★★★★★
The essence of house is repetition. Built for the endurance dancer, deep house establishes a groove and lets the groov-ee find a pocket and shimmy into it. There's nothing so disruptive as a drop or a bridge that might disturb the rhythm. House is designed to stretch out over 8 minutes to 20 minutes to even an hour long. It lets the dancer intertwine themselves in the groove and let the night slide by...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-05-08
★★★★★
One of Disclosure's signatures is their ability to strip their songs to exactly the right number of elements. This is in part an aesthetic choice, but the paring down of each track is a means to an end: the duo's instant classic debut Settle doesn't sacrifice emotional resonance in the name of efficiency, and it's in that tension--the weight carried by bare bones--that the album becomes special...
- pitchfork.com
2014-01-14
★★★★★
In the 90s, it was "intelligent." Today "credible" is the condescending buzzword producers use to discriminate between techno, house and disco on the one hand and the dance pop of Lady Gaga on the other. But every once in a while, an act that appeals to both equally standoffish camps comes along and unites snobs of all stripes on one dance floor. This year that act is Disclosure, the barely legal brotherly British duo of Guy and Howard Lawrence...
- nowtoronto.com
2013-06-20
★★★★★
Disclosure Settle
PMR/Island
Disclosure have emerged, fully formed and firing on all cylinders. A few months ago, UK brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence were just another of dance music's enigmatic secrets; their identity cloaked in the same murky dimness as the underground clubs where their material would have been most popular...
- www.thevine.com.au
2013-08-14
★★★★★
Disclosure Settle
PMR/Island
Disclosure have emerged, fully formed and firing on all cylinders. A few months ago, UK brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence were just another of dance music's enigmatic secrets; their identity cloaked in the same murky dimness as the underground clubs where their material would have been most popular...
- www.thevine.com.au
2013-06-19
★★★★★
Disclosure are a ridiculously young and talented electronic duo from Britain. The two brothers started making music back in 2010 but 2012 was their year, striking gold with their remix of Jessie Ware's "Running" and their breakthrough single, "Latch". Since then, the whole electronic music community has been eagerly awaiting their debut album, Settle. Finally, it's here - and my verdict? It exceeds expectations...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-06-12
★★★★★
Pop fan Guy Lawrence, 21, felt dance-music nirvana when he heard Joy Orbison's 2009 dubstep head-fuck, "Hyph Mngo." With brother Howard, 18, he's heir to the tradition of the Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx and Daft Punk: marquee EDM duos as devoted to vocal-driven songcraft as they are to beatmaking. The pair's debut is a modest masterpiece of production finesse, rooted in house but borrowing from hip-hop, dubstep and other club mutations...
- www.rollingstone.com
2013-06-11
★★★★★
The dark cloud looming over the music industry today is the fact that artists aren't just competing with people making their own music, but with music that's accessible for virtually nothing. It's especially evident where thumping electronica is involved -- with Ableton, a used synthesizer from Craigslist, and a relatively quiet space, you can create an album and share it on a global scale...
- consequenceofsound.net
2013-06-12
★★★★★
Music Reviews
Disclosure Settle
(PMR/Island)
Buy it from Insound
The hype machine has been in overdrive lately for a UK-duo called Disclosure, made up of two brothers named Guy and Howard Lawrence. After a series of deep/funky house EPs spread out over nearly two years, their debut LP, Settle, has arrived. When it's good, it soars...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-06-12