Hey Auckland, VICE is Throwing A Very Collaborative Xmas Party

Parties are good Christmas gifts because people aren’t able to shake them to find out what they are before the big day. That's why VICE is throwing a party in Auckland this Friday where the only thing shaking will be fine asses. Come join us at [Cassette 9](http://www.cassettenine.com/ f) for a Very Collaborative Christmas featuring Kerosene Comic Book members Gotenks, Career Girls and Yvnalesca going up against some of the Young Gifted and Broke crew including Haz Beats and Dandruff Dicky. Plus there will be VICE and Mum Djs, a snow machine and some extra Christmas presents for the first 50 people through the door. Entry is FREE but you will need to RSVP here: party.vice.com/nz

To whet your appetite, we've got two exclusive mixes and some dj banter to help pass the time between now and the party.

There's a special kind of magic that can only be captured with a box of beer and a voice recorder so we sat down with Haz Beats (YGB) and Totems (KCB) to have a little chat about what 2014 had to offer them.

Haz: OK, what were some of your buzzy words that you heard this year?
Totems: On Fleek. That’s one.
Haz: Bro, you’re, like, advanced in this shit.
Totems: I just see it on Twitter all the time.
Haz: I just know all the basic ones, like “Bae”, “Halla”… yea “Halla” is old school. “Basic”, that’s one I hear every fucking day“You’re basic!” Like, what the fuck is basic? The same as simple, or something? What other ones do you know?
Totems: Calling shit, like, flames? “That beat’s flames.”
Haz: That’s pretty old school though. They don’t even say it, they just put that emoji up.
Totems: Yea fuck that shit. I don’t even fuck with emoji’s. I got the Lil B emoji pack and it didn’t even work so I was like “fuck that”.
Haz: Anyway, the only words I know… “Bae”, “Basic”, “Halla”, but spelled like H-A-L-L-A.
Totems: Oh, like Allah?
Haz: Yea, halla meat.
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Haz: So are we actually challenging these guys on Friday? I wanted to have a little battle. Not a fight or anything, just maybe some lazers. I got lazers, man. You got any lazers?
Totems: : I got one sting just with one of my mates talking shit for ages, all like “KCB, RUNNING THIS SHIT BITCH”.
Haz: Man, you guys are crazy. We still sampling out here. We still using the boom bap… fuck, have we only got three beers left? Might have to resort to red bull.
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Totems: What are some of the worst songs of 2014?
Haz: Shit I dunno man, I’m just trying to make my own worst music.
laughter
Totems: I can’t think of anything I’ve heard that’s like, too shit. There’s a lot there that’s just… nothing for me, ya know?
Haz: Yeah, just goes straight over – bland. It’s not bad, but… just no flavour.
Totems: The other thing I noticed is with Soundcloud, there’s a certain kind of ‘Soundcloud Sound’ now which everyone kind of emulates – trying to do Clams Casino / Shlohmo type beats.
Haz: I hate that shit, I mean, I don’t hate it, but that’s whole reason I don’t post anything on Soundcloud, it’s just being bombarded with that shit. Just the same remixes getting millions of likes, and I’m like “what the fuck man? The other guys doing it, and he’s getting more likes, and you’re just doing it cause you wanna get likes too.”
Totems: And I feel like doing that’s even worse than hating something, cause it does nothing, but if you’rehating on at least you’re doing something new.
Haz: It’s inspired something.
Totems: Exactly.
Haz: I mean, I got some shitty remixes. But at least I didn’t use Aaliyah, Ciara, Brownstone. Actually, I got a remix I’ll play on Friday, a Danny Brown one.
Totems: Oh, what song?
Haz: Umm “Lie4”. You might like it cause it’s pretty trappy.

Catch Haz and Totems at the VICE, Budweiser and Mum Xmas party Friday December 19 at Cassette Nine. Entry is free but RSVP here: party.vice.com/nz