Live Review: Disclosure, Motez

In the queue outside the venue, there are laydeez shivering wearing flimsy camisoles and Lycra disco pants. In the powder room, punters enter cubicles in pairs. Once seated in a front booth, we appreciate Baghdad-born, Southern Australian producer Motez, who throws down some decent jams. The atmosphere is already simmering. Multicoloured shards sparkle through single beams of light, just add smoke and the resulting visuals are delectable. There are so many dudes sporting tiny top knots with extreme undercuts that we lose count. Motez orchestrates a worthy gee-up.

Houselights dim several minutes before showtime to tease out our excitement levels. Disclosure's trademark sketched face outlines blink out at us from the screen covering the stage's back wall. The unassuming Englishmen, Guy and Howard Lawrence, wander out and settle behind their respective consoles. Opener F For You is the new studio version featuring Mary J Blige, with video footage of the legendary singer spliced in. Is that talcum powder we smell? Now that authentic touch deserves a Melbourne shuffle. When A Fire Starts To Burn sees the back screen ignite with fiery imagery and the bro duo immediately take our bodies hostage. Punters dancing with unbridled joy exude inner beauty and Disclosure initiate this perpetual state. Those finger snaps in the production are so crisp! Younger brother Howard Lawrence has added swag playing bass since Sting told him he was a good bass player, and he also pulls good bass face, lips pursed together so much that he looks lipless. A punter actually attempts to Shazam during an older track.

Disclosure lead us in a clap along, which then meshes effortlessly into You & Me without missing a beat. After Guy Howard encourages everyone to “go mental” to mark the final drop in Grab Her!, we take it there and lose all limb control. Remember Tommy Franklin (aka Salty Rain) from Australia's Got Talent? Pretty sure that's how we're dancing about now. Playing cowbell onstage during a belting track has gotta be right up there and the grin on Guy's dial serves as confirmation. Confess To Me's lyrics, “I'll fulfil your desires for you” could be Disclosure's mission statement. It's a sweaty affair and penultimate track Help Me Lose My Mind (Disclosure most certainly oblige) is a pleasing tempo shift. We experience unexpected pleasure while watching the feminine sketched face outline on the back screen, lip-syncing in perfect time with Hannah Reid's soaring vocal. Howard thanks us on behalf of “Disclosure from the UK” and then we're swept up in Latch's clutches.

There's no encore, but we were warned about this two songs ago. You'll love Disclosure live so much you'll need to visit the merch desk on the way out for a souvenir. A concertgoer wandering down Flinders Street after the show marvels, “Everything was so clear!”