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Off the back of storming the UK charts once again with latest single ‘White Noise feat AlunaGeorge’, Disclosure are extremely excited to announce their debut album, ‘Settle’, out June 3rd on PMR Records. It will be preceded by new single ‘You & Me’, which is available to buy from iTunes and physically from June 3rd. The first taste of new material from the album, ‘You & Me’ features Eliza Doolittle and, as you’d expect, yet again proves Disclosure’s ability in bringing the best out of their vocal collaborators, with Eliza’s lustrous vocal immersed among Disclosure’s trademark 2-step garage rhythms, once again showing beyond doubt their capacity in delivering yet another anthem alongside previous singles ‘Latch’ and ‘White Noise’.Having steadily built a name for themselves as purveyors of a standard of music production way beyond their tender years, they’ve spent a solid couple of years honing their already prolific output into what’s sure to be one of the debuts of 2013 – in...

Since the release of ‘Your Drums, Your Love’, AlunaGeorge have rapidly established themselves as one of the UK’s brightest prospects. The London duo’s latest offering has arrived in the form of ‘Attracting Flies’, available now on iTunes , via Island Records. Amidst a flurry of hyped shows and putting the finishing touches to their highly anticipated debut album Body Music, due on July 8 th , the duo have been picking up fans left, right and centre. Alongside their own incredible achievements AlunaGeorge’s recent collaboration with Disclosure on ‘White Noise’ quickly racked up over a million plays online and reached number two in the UK charts. Also nominated for the prestigious BRITs Critic’s Choice Award, another accolade to add to their number two spot in BBC’s Sound of 2013 poll, and their achievement of being the UK’s most blogged about artist at the clo se of 2012. AlunaGeorge recently played yet another sold out show, at London’s XOYO, and only a handful of tickets to their b...

Disclosure are back. Returning on March 17 with new single ‘White Noise’, featuring vocals from one half of another of the UK’s most exciting new acts Aluna Francis of AlunaGeorge. Within one week of launching the new track as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record on Radio 1, ‘White Noise’ has racked up over 750,000 plays online - topping both the Hype Machine and Elbo.ws music charts, has been playlisted at Kiss Radio and enjoyed over 30 plays between Radio 1 and 1Xtra, had support from 6Music and XFM, as well as landing Zane’s ROTW this week – all 8 weeks upfront of impact. This incredible and instant reaction to this young duo’s latest offering prove that Disclosure are well on their way to owning 2013. ‘White Noise’ follows the amazing success of Disclosure’s last single ‘Latch’, which was a-list at Radio 1, 1Xtra and Kiss, peaking at number 11 in the UK charts, staying in the top 30 for 15 weeks and going silver (sales in excess of 330,000 worldwide). ‘Latch’ also notched up several numbe...

In June, the London duo of producer George Reid and singer Aluna Francis released their debut EP, 'You Know You Like It' on the experimental Tri Angle Records. The three tracks seamless marriage of UK glitch and bass culture and sample based production with futuristic R&B sheen and British pop sensibilities packed a contagious punch, winning the accolades of everyone from the NME and The Guardian to Pitchfork and Spin, quickly highlighting AlunaGeorge as one of 2012's brightest hopes. Hot off the heels of that resounding opening gambit, AlunaGeorge now announce their new single, ‘Your Drums, Your Love’. Picking up where 'You Know You Like It' left off, ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ continues the duo’s streak of cutting-edge club pop with an enticingly downbeat R&B ballad. Reid’s elusively liquid synths, rumbling low-end bass and hip-gyrating electronic sway provide a glistening backdrop to the sweet allure of Aluna’s voice, soaring with the arching, fragile ref...

Celebrating the release of their critically acclaimed debut EP 'You Know You Like It' on Tri Angle records, the ever musically forward-thinking home of artists like oOoOO, Holy Other and Evian Christ, AlunaGeorge unveil the new video for EP single 'Just A Touch'. Aluna Francis and producer George Reid have captured the attention of futuristic pop heads across the blogosphere with the most immediately arresting combination of a singer and producer since Timbaland first pulled up a studio chair for Missy Elliot. Drawing on everything from Flying Lotus, Chris Clark and Hudson Mohawke to Aaliyah, Destiny’s Child and Mariah Carey, AlunaGeorge manage to take the soulfulness of American R&B while remaining utterly quirky, futuristic, fun, left field and still totally, instantly classic British pop. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE 'You Know You Like It' EP Tracklist 01. You Know You Like It - 02. Just A Touch - 03. Put Your Hands up Remixes include the hugely popular B...