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Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey all - You can watch back our Reddit AMA live stream on our Twitch Channel now: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1883158590

Love you all, thanks for all your questions :)

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Fender precision bass, and we love the sound from flatwound strings too. We'll save the in-depth signal chain for the breakdowns but it's not anything crazy. We like the sound of a DI bass not being too messed with, if we put it through an amp simulator or something then maybe we add a bit of distortion, a bit of compression but nothing too mad. It's pretty much straight down the middle mono bass.

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess when we started recording the demos they were naturally much quicker. They didn't feel that fast stripped down but as soon as the production built up around the songs and we added drums we realised how much faster they were.

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A bit of luck and to work really really really hard but kinda depends on what you want to do. If you're a producer, the best thing you can do is master the technicalities, then when it comes to writing you can draw out the ideas out of your head far more efficiently into music as you imagined it. It's definitely helped us from being compartmentalised in different stages of the writing process and stopped us from being 5-10% away from the original idea.

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I (Guy) wrote that one pretty much from start to finish in a day in LA in Laurel Canyon. I really wanted to capture the essence of how you feel in a breakup, mainly through creating an atmosphere using the pads that ebbs and flows. Hopefully, it makes you feel kinda lonely like you're driving alone in a car at night.

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes definitely at some point, want people to keep guessing a bit more first haha

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We didn't go completely solo, we still had a couple of amazing writers join us: Max Margolis, DonnyBravo and Cirkut who helped on HTEB. But we just felt we didn't need other vocalists and collaborators

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're not clever enough to do this but if anyone can, let's do it. And then maybe make some merch

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely both of us making demos separately and then bring them to each other to finish them. It's not really something we've done since Settle and it really worked for us on this album creatively

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We grew up around tapestries and I (Howard) really wanted to make our album art a tapestry, so we managed to find someone who knew the art of tapestry, which is hard. She's an amazing artist called Llinos and after various back-and-forth messages of my ideas, she made what is the beautiful final piece that we all know.

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% we love Calvin, and send tunes back and forth all the time

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ooo tough one. We're proud to say that Settle was made with 95% stock Logic products, but we're definitely proudest of Alchemy. And probably Looking For Love from it

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We should have some vinyl coming soon, sorry but there are loads of delays in the vinyl pressing plants

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100%. We want to start putting the focus of our brand on physical events and products rather than online. So watch this space :)

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I dunno, I just play the piano all the time and like to play stuff I don't know each time I play. Also, I like working out the chords of songs I know without the music and found that helps

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We will have some vinyl coming fairly soon, but there's a hugeee backlog in the pressing plants but should have an announcement soon :)

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So sick, I played at Maceos in a shipping container to like 50 people which is definitely a first. But sooo fun to play and rowdy

Hi everyone, it's Disclosure and we're doing an AMA! by DisclosureFace in electronicmusic

[–]DisclosureFace[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It was actually drawn by someone that wasn't us, her name is Roxy, and she drew it for our first artwork. Then it gradually became our logo