Guy Lawrence: Last News

Metallica are among investors in a $13.7million (£10.8million) funding round for the new artist-to-fan platform Medallion.The heavy metal veterans supported the platform – which allows artists to have a dedicated hub for releases, concerts, merchandise and more – for its Series A round.The round, co-led by Dragonfly and Lightspeed Faction, was secured with the support of Metallica’s Black Squirrel Partners alongside fellow musicians like Guy Lawrence of Disclosure, Jungle, Tiga and more. Various other tech investors included Coinbase Ventures, Infinite Capital and J17.Other music industry investors include Bill Silva Entertainment, Foundations Artist Management, Mt Joy, Method and TAG Music.Medallion, which launched in 2022, enables artists to cultivate a community-focused digital environment that allows for better fan engagement.As we continue to build the best direct-to-fan platform for music artists, we are thrilled to announce our $13.7 million Series A financing, led by @dragonfly_xyz and @lightspeedvp @FactionVC.

Disclosure had to cancel their London Boiler Room set at the weekend following a crowd surge.The British electronic duo – comprised of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence – were scheduled to perform a surprise set at Boiler Room’s World Tour stop in London on Sunday (August 25).Their performance, which was due to take place at Lee Valley Showground in Waltham Cross, was announced just three days prior and promptly sold out.However, the set was cancelled just five minutes in due to crowd surges posing a health and safety risk.boiler room organisers should’ve known better than to put disclosure’s set in a tiny tent pic.twitter.com/nHIlo4ANeb— magnetic (@katnofeline) August 26, 2024A source told Mixmag that people began queuing to enter the tent “half an hour before Disclosure’s set”. They told the publication that punters pushed inside the tent through a forcibly opened gap, causing a crowd surge.

Disclosure have finally released their viral energetic single ‘She’s Gone, Dance On’.The British electronic duo – comprised of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence – first performed the song last October at a pop-up show in Los Angeles. They then went on to premiere the track on BBC Radio 1, which caused it to go viral.‘She’s Gone, Dance On’ features a pulsing, bright beat with the lyrics: “In time, she’ll find / This was so kind / So long, dance on / She’s gone, dance on,” which were pulled and sampled from the late legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone’s 1978 track ‘Dance On’ from the film Così Come Se.The duo had previously distributed ‘She’s Gone, Dance On’ to their DJ colleagues with the likes of Todd Edwards, Joy Anonymous, salute, DJ Seinfeld, Peggy Gou, and Sammy Virji playing the track during their sets.Most notably, Dom Dolla played it during his Coachella set last month, with clips of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dancing to it circling social media.‘She’s Gone, Dance On’ comes ahead of the duo’s set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona tomorrow (May 31) as well as Parklife Festival and Glastonbury next month, HARD in LA and Portola in San Francisco.Disclosure’s last album release was 2023’s ‘Alchemy’.

Disclosure have announced their fourth studio album ‘Alchemy’, which will be released later this week.The dance duo – comprised of brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence – took to their official social media pages to surprise announce ‘Alchemy’ showing its cover art and tracklist. The album does not feature any collaborations or samples.This marks the first LP Disclosure have independently released via their AWAL imprint, Apollo Records, following their departure from Capitol Records.

Disclosure have released a new track called ‘Observer Effect’ from a forthcoming mix – listen below.The dance duo – comprised of brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence – will share their debut mix for the album series DJ-Kicks on October 15 via !K7 Records. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.“Our last album ‘ENERGY’, which is just a year old, it’s all club bangers,” explained Guy in a statement.

Disclosure have shared a new song called ‘Into My Arms’, the first of a series of songs arriving every day this week.It’s the Lawrence brothers’ first new music since their 2020 album ‘ENERGY’.On each of the five weekdays this week, the duo will share a new track.

Disclosure have shared a new song that hears them team up with Kehlani and The Internet singer Syd – listen to ‘Birthday’ below.The new single comes ahead of the release of the electronic music duo’s third album, ‘Energy’, which is due to arrive this coming Friday (August 28).‘Birthday’, which digs deeper in an R&B sound that brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence brought to the forefront of their repertoire around their second album ‘Caracal’, is the oldest song to feature on the new album.“[It] has definitely stood the test of time and deservedly made the cut,” explains Guy.

Disclosure have opened up about releasing their new album ‘Energy’ during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.In a new interview with The Guardian, the dance duo – comprising brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence – said after multiple delays to the album release, they decided to still share the album this summer because of its “positive messages.”Guy Lawrence said: “It does feel strange to make an album of club music when all the clubs are closed.“…But after a few months of delaying we realised this was a perfect time to release an album called Energy which has a lot of positive messages about strength and courage.”He added: “OK, we finished it in November so we didn’t make it intentionally for a pandemic, but it does work well.”The pair recently