The first thing you notice when speaking with Guy Lawrence, one-half of this year's Grammy and four-time Brit award-nominated outfit, is his positive glow. He is clear-headed, confident and happy to answer whatever question rolls his way. And he does it with so much energy you feel better having chatted with him. Not unlike what happens when you don a set of headphones and dig deep into Disclosure's musicology.

There may even be a connection there. Guy and his brother Howard are the progeny of a musical family. Which means living around instruments and tapping into creativity is as normal to them as eating Vegemite toast is to one of their Australian fans. Guy says, "It was inspiring to be around that as a young kid." With most other children's parents having office jobs or similar, Mr and Mrs Lawrence were out making money by playing music.

It probably helped, either genetically or through exposure to more than the odd Beatles album, that both brothers played instruments from an early age, and wound up studying music production.

Regarding his rise to fame, Guy says it only seems like yesterday he was loading his gear into a Volkswagen Polo, driving to London to "play shows to no one", packing up and heading home again. "I did that many, many times," he says.

Things have changed now of course. "It's been a crazy 12 months, or is it longer than that? It's just flown by. We just haven't really stopped," he says.

Listing London's Alexandra Palace as one of his dream venues to play, a far cry from playing to empty rooms, getting up on stage there before 10,500 adoring fans was a high point within the madness, he says.

Their career has also taken off in Australia, with Disclosure playing a number of shows around the country. "Our music is doing really well in Australia," Guy says, who enjoys our food, people, and "obviously" our weather.

It's good, because the band is finding Australian audiences are reacting to different songs. For example, When a Fire Starts to Burn gets a big reaction, he says (likely from its liberal air play on Triple J).

With the success of debut album Settle still sinking in, the extended touring schedule the band have enjoyed is one of the rewards the album has brought. Every night Guy goes out on stage and looks at the audience, he says, "you just go wow, this is still crazy''. When asked if he's had a chance to enjoy a slice of the rock'n'roll lifestyle amid all the commitments such a high-profile life brings, Guy says "you can make it as rock'n'roll as you want".

With Disclosure not adverse to finding themselves in celebration mode, such as after their massive Alexandra Palace show or during a celebrity-studded Brit Award after party on the Thames, the band likes to keep things under control. At the end of the day "we really, really like dance music", Guy says, and points out the more you party, the more chance the quality of the music may suffer.

And with fame comes fans, which these days can mean a lot of requests for photos, but the occasional fan pic is about as personal as the band likes to get. "We haven't given away too much of our personal lives," Guy says, noting he likes to keep his interaction about the music and the band.

When discussing the integral steps in making it big, Guy says "every song and every show has been a step in the right direction".

Another defining moment was when Settle defied expectation and made it to No.1 in the United Kingdom. "I didn't expect it at all," he says. "No dance act has done anything like that in the charts for a long time."

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Where: Groovin the Moo - University of Canberra
When: April 27
Tickets: $99 + BF