Ken Hell's acting skills

Click the pic above to see Heez' acting debut as Vinnie "Lay-Z" Riviera in Riva's new Stakeout campaign. The first episode is online now. New Eps every Friday it seems. 5 More to come.

New X & Hell Single to Radio Soon & Blog Love

We're taking the next X & Hell single "Shades Off" to radio soon and a couple of the blogs have it up for your listening pleasure. We've also had stellar write-ups from a couple which i have linked to below. Thanks to all the DJs, Artists & Blogs who have contributed to our 'first listen' feedback - Both the group and the label appreciate your time.

Shades Off Preview @ auspOp

Shades Off Preview @ SheenaBeaston

A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead...

hahah thought this was a laugh.

X & Hell x A-Style - Drunk Girls & Disco Fights Mix

This long intro and rant was up at Affinity. I'm not gonna not steal it.

Drunk Girls & Disco Fights is a new mix from Melbourne duo X & Hell, mixed by their DMC winning DJ A-Style, as a soundtrack to all your intoxicated bad decisions and broken New Year resolutions.

In all its party-hazed glory, Drunk Girls & Disco Fights takes its influence from X & Hell's manic live show, and serves as a nice little pre-cursor to the release their forthcoming long-player Million Dollar Sex Party, due in April through Illusive Sounds.

Throwing together random shots of pop, Miami bass, electro, new jack, bassline, rap and brand new X & Hell cuts, Drunk Girls & Disco Fights is an international, multi-genre kickstarter, created truly in the spirit of it's title.

Drunk Girls & Disco Fights is available for free download HERE

Drunk Girls & Disco Fights can also be streamed HERE

Drunk Girls & Disco Fights Tracklist

1.Seven Nation Army / Move It Move It - The White Stripes / Reel 2 Reel
2.Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) - Outhere Brothers
3.Don't Stop Movin (Original/Winning/A-Style/Dublin Aunts Mixes) - X & Hell
4.D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Justice5.Bounce - MSTRKRFT feat N.O.R.E 6.Green Light (Diplo Dade County 1988 Remix) - John Legend feat Andre 3000
7.Maui Wowie - KiD CuDi
8.When We Were Young (Styalz Fuego Remix) - Sneaky Sound System
9.She Needs My Love - The Dream
10.Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
11.Mr Vain - Culture Beat
12.Day N Nite (Crookers Remix) - KiD CuDi
13.Stronger (A-Trak Remix) - Kanye West
14.Where The Party At (Remix) - Tonite Only feat X & Hell
15.Sweaty Wet (Remix) - KillaQueenz feat Ken Hell
16.Hoochie Mama - 2 Live Crew
17.Tootsie Roll - 69 Boyz18.Ghetto Musik - Outkast
19 You Know What - N.E.R.D
20.My Fkn Hat (Produced by Shazam) - X & Hell
21.My Cool (Remix) - Adam Tensta feat Weapon X
22.N.A.S.A Music - LA Riots feat Method Man & E-40
23.Jump - Van Halen
24.Lights & Music - Cut Copy
25.Shades Off (Reprise) - X & Hell
26.Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders
27.We Are The People (Shazam Remix) - Empire of the Sun
28.Send Me An Angel / Jump The Gun - Real Life / X & Hell
29.Come On Girl (Delinquent Remix) - Taio Cruz
30.Heartbroken - T2 feat Ayesha
31.My Destiny - Delinquent feat K-Cat
32.When We Were Kids (Bag Raiders Remix) - The Galvatrons
33.Good Luck - Basement Jaxx

Drunk Girls & Disco Fights

The sorry state of digital music in Australia

I've been wanting to vent about this for a while, and it came to a head for me today something fucked.

Firstly, there are a few things I just don't wanna have to put up with - in order of importance:

1. Shitty formats (wmv, aac etc.)
2. Shitty bitrates (i'm lookin at you Mr. Jobs)
3. Shitty ass DRM shitty shit shit (Jobs, Bigpond etc)

Now the DRM thing, as annoying as it is, wouldn't bother me if there was a decent lossless format available, as I'd just have to do my downloading in one hit and burn em to CD for backup's sake.

I tried to legally download 'Get Shaky' by the Ian Carey Project today. I get all my electronic ish from Beatport, so naturally that's where I headed for this. BP had no less than four versions of the single, but I was restricted from purchase in my territory. Gaydom. Props to beatport, but fuck this regional BS.

Amazon i thought. Never tried it before. Australian Credit Card. Can't bounce.

I never fucked with bigpond due to DRM but hey, I thought i'd sacrifice a lil quality and convenience for the ease of grabbing it. WMV only. Get fucked you shitbags.

At this point I considered the devil's pie only to realise that I hadn't installed iTunes on my new notebook. I'm not planning on it.

I'd just installed Media Player 11 and saw it has a store link built in from Sanity's LoadIt. Searched for it (only one of the biggest songs on radio right now in Oz) and nothing came up.

This exhausted my commitment to playing fair. I mean, i get payed to DJ. I write produce and release music with the intent of making a profit. I even own a label and know how hard it is to stay afloat these days. But what the fuck is up? Pirate Bay came through and I still feel bad but i know I shouldn't as it's not my fault the music industry has dragged it's feet in updating the business model and delivery method of this content.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO START A NEW DIGITAL STORE.

Where are the dudes from Winamp on this front?

Kid Cudi / Plain Pat / X & Hell + More - THURSDAY!

Yep thats right. Miss Libs this thursday people. A-Style & Mafia holding down the decks in support also. Be an angel and roll thru.

Lamborghini Estoque

Finally a lambo you can fit more girls in after the show. I'm sick of cramming two broads (only) into the Gallardo. More Pics, info and Lambo press release here

GMC SUPPORTING THE X-ECUTIONERS @ THE ESPY

GMC performing tracks off the new mixtape Three Letter Mixtape Vol. G at the X-Ecutioners gig OCT 4!

Come check out GMC a long with P-Money, Roc Raida's world famous Gong Battle & of course the X-Ecutioners!

Mixtape give aways on the night!

http://www.myspace.com/gmcgmc
http://www.grounduphiphop.com/gmc

GMC LIVE AT STAR BAR THIS SATURDAY

Catch the Three Letter Emcee performing joints off his his mixtape this saturday at star bar's 31 flavours!

If u havent copped a hard copy of VL. G now is ur chance!

& if u havent heard the mixtape yet free download is available from

www.grounduphiphop.com/gmc

VIDEO: Bert & Ernie - Ante Up

This shit is just plain funny. Props to Stian Hafstad.

Swacked from Discobelle

Espionage Infrared Max 90 Launch

Footage from the launch party for the OG colourway Air Max 90. Sounds by X & Hell.

Late pass on this one BTW. I was gonna post it then I forgot, then weez did, and I can't post less than weez. I mean that wouldn't be right.

Shouts out to Espionage Sydney, a place where myself and A-Style have blown quite a bit of show money over the years while on tour.

X & Hell - Video Hits Competition

You can win a whole bunch of shite from Video Hits in a promo for the new X & Hell single. Contest is running for the next 4 or so weeks - you can peep the details here