Disclosure, Higher Than Ever Before | DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶

In the 15^th edition of DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 (2023), we totally get down with Disclosure performing the danceable gem,  “Higher Than Ever Before.” 

Prepare to take it to the dance floor, folks! DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome dance songs from the past and present.  The records that grace DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 aren’t merely limited to music explicitly characterized as dance.  That means all genres of music – electronic, pop, rock, disco, etc. – are welcome as long as the particular song is associated with dance. In the 15^th  edition of DANCE GEMZ 🕺 💎 🎶 (2023), we totally get down with 🎙 Disclosure performing the danceable gem, 🎵 “Higher Than Ever Before”.

Four words: 🎵 “Higher Than Ever Before”.  That’s what 🏆 Grammy-nominated, English, electronic brother production duo, 🎙 Disclosure are. 🎙 Guy Lawrence and 🎙 Howard Lawrence cook up something special – decadent – on the third track from their 2023 album, 💿 Alchemy.  Assisting with writing and producing “High Than Ever Before” is Henry Walter, better known as 🎼 ✍ 🎛 Cirkut.  The adventurous nature of the production, particularly chopped moments, help make this a surefire, electrifying V-I-B-E.

“Higher Than Ever Before” packs a sizable punch over the course of its three-and-a-quarter minute duration.  Disclosure allows ample time for the instrumental to shine, a common, idiomatic characteristic of dance and electronic music.  In a genre where minimalism and repetition shine, both thrive on “Higher Than Ever Before.” The sounds are marvelous, with picturesque synths and the hyper rhythmic groove anchoring things down.  The vocals don’t enter the mix until the one-minute mark, repeating the titular lyric – the chorus, of course. During the chorus, the vocals play more of a background role.  Post-chorus, there is a change of pace with contrast provided by the drop just prior to the minute-and-a-half mark.  The vocal mix is elevated, and the lyrics expand beyond four words, yet still maintain simplicity and the focus on the sound itself: “Higher than ever before / Right now, that’s what I want / Flying without moving on…”  There’s no doubt after partaking of 🎵 “Higher Than Ever Before”, you feel lifted!

🎙 Disclosure • 💿 Alchemy • 🏷 Apollo / AWAL Recordings Ltd • 📅 2023

Disclosure, Higher Than Ever Before: Dance Gemz 🕺 💎 🎶 No. 15 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Apollo / AWAL Recordings Ltd; Beatriz Braga, Dhemer Gonçalves, Niko Twisty, via Pexels]