Sayonara Rulebook
Met resident DJ Pete Smith has played pretty much every major club in the land and a fair swag overseas too, but ... *big sigh* ... he’s happiest rockin’ the dancefloor in his home town of Brisburg - and the rulebook? Forget about it!
So, word on the clubland grapevine has a big birthday bash being planned for your good-self at The Met - what sort of shenanigans are planned for the night?
Shenanigans a plenty that’s for sure! There’s gonna be cake, entertainment (maybe a clown or two), games, basically a whole heap of fun till little Johnny starts running around with a stick and pokes someone’s eye out.
You've played every club of repute up and down the east coast of Australia - how does Brisbane's scene compare to our southern cousins?
I think we’re right up there. I wouldn’t want to live in any other city in Australia for that reason alone. It’s rare if Brisbane ever misses out on a great artist and if we do well ‘meh’ we didn’t want them anyway. I find that Brisbane DJs have a great connection with their audiences.
House music - where do you think the style is at as we head into the second decade of the 21st Century?
I think we’re at one of the biggest music crossroads in a long time. A lot of the barriers between genres have broken down with producers borrowing from completely different styles to make new fusions of music. While many are still just jumping on the bandwagon of the latest sound there are an ever increasing amount rewriting the rulebook and creating gold and a lot of those at the frontier are Australians.
Resident DJ at The Met - how has the club shaped Brisbane's clubbing scene over the last couple of years?
From the direction of our music to some of the amazing events and guests we have hosted, it’s added another dimension to the scene for sure. There’s no other place in the entire country where you have this amazing entertainment precinct like the Valley where you can wander up the road and have access to so many styles and options for a good night. To The Met’s credit - the club’s got an amazing team from top to bottom and it’s the dedication of all of them which has built it to where it is today.
Catch Pete Smith playing at The Met every Friday and Saturday night.