Disclosure (band)

English electronic music duo

Disclosure are an English electronic music duo. The duo are brothers Howard (born 11 May 1994) and Guy Lawrence (born 25 May 1991).[3] They grew up in Reigate, Surrey.[4] Their first album, Settle, released on 3 June 2013, by PMR Records, was nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. Their second album, Caracal (2015) was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards.

Disclosure
Disclosure performing in 2016
Disclosure performing in 2016
Background information
OriginReigate, Surrey, England
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
Members
  • Guy Lawrence
  • Howard Lawrence
Websitedisclosureofficial.com

The group had their first UK hit in October 2012 with "Latch".[5] This recording was a collaboration with other musicians, co-written with Jimmy Napes and featuring the vocals from Sam Smith. It reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart.[6]

In 2013 they were voted into the BBC Radio 1xtra 'Hot Ten For 2013' and had two consecutive top 10 hit singles in "White Noise" (number two) (with AlunaGeorge) and "You & Me" (number 10) (with Eliza Doolittle).

References change

  1. "Disclosure To Release Singles EP April 30th, Sign to Cherrytree/Interscope Records in US". Cherrytree Records. 2013-04-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  2. Sargent, Jordan (2013-04-18). "Disclosure Sign to Interscope, Self-Titled Singles EP on the Way". SPIN. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  3. "Twitter / Jessie_Ware: Happy birthday to Howard". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  4. Lester, Paul (2011-07-07). "New band of the day – No 1,057: Disclosure". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  5. Fitzmaurice, Larry (7 September 2012). "Disclosure- Latch [ft Sam Smith]". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. Joe Allan (1 October 2015). Sam Smith - The Biography. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1784187729.