Can't Say Featuring DJ Smutlee (UK)

Christmas Eve-Eve is usually an underwhelming night. Wrapping gifts, getting drunk to console yourselves for having to listen to your crazy Uncle Bob's teenage sexcapades (or maybe that's just us...). Nonetheless, CAN'T SAY is offering you a perfect opportunity to make the holiday the ultimate goods. Join SMUTLEE and FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! this silly season, and get boozed while gyrating to the sweet tunes from MAT CANT, SWICK, AIRWOLF and GLASS MIRRORS.

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Funky and Bashment provide the foundation in which SMUTLEE'S sets take their keynote, but with a penchant for bass and with an intuitive understanding of the crowd, SMUTLEE is adaptable to a range of sounds and vibes without becoming cliché or mash-up.

SMUTLEE has carved a niche exploring the apertures between Funky and Dancehall. His seamless transition between Hip Hop, R&B, Funky and Dancehall has formed a strong fanbase due to this unique exploration with a distinctly UK influence.

DJing for a decade SMUTLEE has garnered respect from a variety of promoters and influential tastemakers with an ever-growing impact flourishing over the last 4 years. His mixes are highly regarded within leading circles, including commissions by exalted legends of the British club scene Fabric and pioneering trendsetter Vice Magazine.

Major brands have also recognized the importance of being aligned to SMUTLEE, with performances in an Adidas TV Commercial, Puma Catwalk Show, Maharishi Store Opening and an American Apparel Party.

Highly credible peers have called upon SMUTLEE'S talent, including a guest mix for Sinden’s Kiss FM radio show, with Sinden stating that “(Smutlee is) one of my favourite Djs out on the circuit". Suncycle regarded as the Leading British Dancehall act commissioned SMUTLEE to produce a Funky/Bashment promotional mix.

It is this credibility that has earned SMUTLEE shows across the globe and a recent trip to Australia saw him play at leading club nights and on radio in Sydney.

His remixes and blends have been supported in clubs and on Radio 1, 1xtra, Kiss FM and Rinse FM by the likes of Annie Mac, Toddla T, Mistajam, Sinden, Greenmoney, Roska, Heatwave, Young Lion and Tayo.

FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! are a band that are as restless to succeed as their animated name suggests. Having weathered the storm of their debut album Sea Priest (2010) and its subsequent national tour, F!SRF! have re-focussed towards crafting their sophomore effort. In 2011 they’re working harder, longer and more intensively towards a more refined evolution of their unique mix of agitated pop hooks, textured sonic contrasts and the vigorous momentum of six kinetic players working in unison.

Having bonded with UK producer Gareth Parton (Foals, The Go! Team, Holy Fuck) over a love of angular guitars and beer, the band nestled into Sing Sing studios to create a polished article worthy of their new-found determination and musical direction. Mastered in London by Nilesh Patel (Björk, Air, The xx); the shimmering result is lead single Panther Shrine, a perfect portrait of the band’s contemporary powers. Fuelled by its central looping guitar riff, it expands into a spacious landscape of dreamy synths, curdled guitar lines and popping bass; all led by the trip-hop chanteuse melodies of Caitlin Duff.

At once both a stark contrast to, and natural evolution of their sound, Panther Shrine sees FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! shift their focus from dominating songs with a flurry of tricks and ideas, to allowing an orderly arrangement that stands upon key elements. Or, in their own wise words, ‘less saturation, more composition.’

Their recent national tour with Kimbra, Stonefield and Eskimo Joe throughout September offered the chance for audiences to experience F!SRF!’s wealth of new material across the country ahead of very special shows including triple j’s Digital Radio Station Launch, support for the legendary New York Dolls and Peat’s Ridge Arts & Music Festival this New Year’s Eve.

Supports from MAT CANT, SWICK, AIRWOLF and GLASS MIRRORS and your favourites in the front room will help you kick off the festive season in style!

Who pooped in your Christmas Stockings this year?

CANT SAY

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