They’ve topped the charts and worked with Sam Smith and Lorde, but Disclosure reckon it’s time they took a break from pop.

Brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence had smash-hit albums with Settle and last year’s Caracal, their poppiest work yet.

But as the duo gear up to play T In The Park tomorrow, they reckon new EP Moog of Love shows off the clubbier direction they’re aiming for.

“There was definitely an element where we didn’t want to do any more pop songs,” says Howard, the older of the siblings.

“There’s a feeling that we’d done that with Caracal and for a while at least we just want to make some dance music again. So we made these three tracks very casually, while on the road.

“We’re not planning to do an album or anything like that this year, and I’m really happy with it. We’ve reconnected with our old fanbase from back in the day, when we were making much more underground music too– we haven’t stopped listening to that type [of music] or making it, and I think Moog of Love shows that.

“I feel like we’ve scratched the pop itch for a while, but we’re still very much pop people. So we’re always into that music and we’ll never stop making pop for good, but right now we’re focusing on the more clubby stuff because that’s what’s inspiring us more.”

Whether it’s club bangers or chart smashes, Disclosure have proved skilled at either. Their two albums have been rich in collaborations and in chart success, and they’ve become one of the biggest dance acts on the planet. Their latest visit to T sees them second top on Friday’s bill, behind only the Stone Roses on the main stage.

There’s a good chance they’ll be joined by a few of their pals for some guest vocals, too – even if they only spot them a couple of hours before stage time.

“We bumped into Aluna George at a festival recently and didn’t even know she was going to be there, so we asked her if she wanted to come onstage with us later,” recalls Howard.

“She literally walked off her stage, jumped into a buggy and came over to ours, and made it on with seconds to spare. It’s nice to have the freedom to do those things, although personally I’d maybe prefer it if it wasn’t quite as close as that…”

One of the tracks on Moog of Love sees a slightly different guest drop by – the legendary soul figure of Al Green. The brothers used some vocal samples of the great man, and were thrilled when they were given permission to do so.

“He sent us an email before we made the track asking if we’d like to have the parts to all his songs, and we graciously accepted that,” says Howard.

“Then his team mentioned he hadn’t offered the parts to anyone else and wasn’t going to, and that was the real honour for us – the exclusivity of it. So it’s a real honour and hopefully he enjoyed it. We’re going to meet him soon and talk about it then and find out what he thought of the finished version.”

The duo might be starring on huge festival stages now, but they’ve not forgotten how wrong things can go at them, too.

“There was one we did in the Midlands, which I’ve completely forgotten the name of,” chuckles Howard.

“We were on in a tent, it was maybe about four years ago. Five or six bars into the first song, the tent roof collapsed and all the water on top just fell on our equipment and wrecked it. We couldn’t play, so ended up just going into the crowd and making friends with folk – we made the best of a bad situation!”

T In The Park, Friday-Sunday