DJ HARAM

DJ Haram is a music producer, DJ, curator, and performer originally from New Jersey, currently based in Philadelphia. Stylistically versatile in her production and dj sets she honors Jersey's club and booty bounce legacy. In the same breath, Haram pays homage to her roots in the tradition of Middle Eastern music and DIY noise/experimental sound design. DJ Haram along with Moor Mother make up the critically acclaimed noise rap group 700 BLISS. For three years Haram has curated a monthly radio program RAGE RADIO for the iconic Rinse FM 91.7 London (archived on her soundcloud). She is is represented by the all-female Discwoman collective and is signed to Hyperdub record label. bookings and inquiries: [email protected] europe: [email protected] contact: [email protected]

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700 Bliss, Sixteen from Stimulus Swim (Hyperdub x Adult Swim June 11, 2020)

digital release.

Production and Arrangement: Dj Haram

Lyrics and Vocals: Moor Mother

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Dj Haram, Great Divide (Adult Swim Singles, April 13, 2020)

digital release,

Production, Arrangement, and Mix: Dj Haram Master: Dj Swisha           

“Released via Adult Swim’s singles series, the song continues in the vein of DJ Haram’s lively back-catalog: raw recordings of accordion and violin play complimentary middle eastern melodies, juxtaposed with bass hits, dope beats, and a clubby voice hollering enthusiastically.

DJ Haram very much sees the track as a reflection of our times.

“The song is called  the ‘Great Divide’ in reference to the election making divisions amongst people who could benefit from relationships of solidarity,” she writes, “and because I was disappointed when I realized hardship pits us against each other when it could also help us understand one another better.”” -- John Vettesse, The Key

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Dj Haram, Get it ft. Orion Sun from Hyperswim (Hyperdub x Adult Swim November 24, 2019)

digital release.

Production, Arrangement, Mix: Dj Haram

Vocals: Orion Sun

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Dj Haram, Overeager from Under Frustration (Arabstazy September 13, 2019)

digital + vinyl LP release

The “Under Frustration” project takes stock of the contemporary Arab electronic scene, and highlights its astonishing diversity, by deconstructing Western clichés that are still fantasizing about a culturally homogenous Arab world. In a context of post-revolutionary disillusion, this ambitious trilogy sets itself as a manifesto of a new, futuristic, underground wave that aims to uplift the Arab voice, once again. With this new release, Arabstazy allows the listener to walk among Shiite, Shaabi or Stambali lands - revealing new mystical sounds, reserved for trance ceremonies and ancestral rituals; all vivid in the eyes of the collective members, musicians, producers, videographers and photographers, nowadays, scattered between the United States, Tunisie, Germany, France, Sweden, Irak, Liban and Poland

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Dj Haram, Grace (Hyperdub, July 5, 2019)

digital + vinyl EP release.

Tracklist

A1 No Idol A2 Interlude A3 Gemini Rising A4 Body Count B1 Candle Light (700 Bliss Remix) B2 Grace (K.O.D.) B3 Candle Light (Instrumental) B4 No Idol (Remix)

“Some artists are just here to have fun and party. But everything about DJ Haram is deadly serious, from her decisive DJ blends to her tough sound palette and the relentless militancy of her rhythms. Grace is at times so focused and earth-shakingly forceful that it's a little intimidating.“ -- Max Pearl, Resident Advisor

“Each track on Grace is represented by an imagined character based on jinn, angelic supernatural creatures that appear in early pre-Islamic Arabian and later Islamic mythology and theology. Listen to the propulsive ‘Gemini Rising’ now.“ -- Henry Bruce-Jones, Fact Magazine

“This duality plays out everywhere across the EP. The darbuka, a goblet-shaped drum commonly associated with Egypt, rubs up against against the raucous, percussive crunch of New Jersey club and ballroom, and celestial melodies share space with dark, distorted riffs that fuse hardcore rave with Middle Eastern souk. Often in electronic music, this kind of dichotomy is characterised as x versus y, with elements pitted against each other. On Grace, these seemingly contrary elements interact respectfully, each taking a turn to bask in the limelight and play a supporting role.“ -- Ben Cardew, Pitchfork

“Most Gracious” is the name of God in all religions. Gracefulness is the dignified elegance we attribute to the holy. Grace manifests in salvation of sinners and the benediction of saints.“ -- Whitney Wei, Bandcamp

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Debby Friday & Dj Haram, Searching (May 24, 2019)

digital release

Production and Arrangement: Dj Haram and Debby Friday

Lyrics and Vocals: Debby Friday

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Dj Haram, Blessed ft. Nustaliga & Dj Haram, Blessed [Instrumental] (Cairo Concepts, May 15, 2019)

digital + vinyl LP release

Cairo Concepts: Mahraganat Music X Club Scenarios

Mahraganat is the rhythm driven, bass and autotune-heavy sound from Egypt sweeping dance floors worldwide. An emerging scene at its peak creative output, the genre has drawn club producers such as DJ Plead and Haram to team up with Mahraganat‘s most influential figures on the Cairo Concepts compilation series. The debut release showcases Mahraganat's heaviest music alongside the club tracks it has inspired.

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Dj Haram, Mixed Berries (Self-released April 12, 2019)

digital release

“...rather than three separate songs, its three songs that work together as one. Haram’s sound is part percussion, part spoken samples, part electronic club beats. It feels like she is challenging the boundaries of club music and pushing for an international sound.“ -- Izzy Lopez, The Key

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Ayida Weddo (Dj Haram remix) & Ayida Weddo (700 Bliss remix) from Aequs Nyama Remixed (Salviatek, Feb 9, 2018)

digital release

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Dj Haram, Big Girl (Club Chai Vol. 1 January 17, 2017)

digital release

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700 Bliss, Spa 700 (February 23, 2018)

700 Bliss Debut EP. digital + cassette release.

Tracklist: 1. Basic 2. Cosmic Slop 3. Ring the Alarm 4. Living 5. Scully Credits: Lyrics by Moor Mother Production by Dj Haram Mixed by Hprizm Mastered by Ase Manual 

“[Spa 700] might be the most essential listening of 2018. Spa 700 is a cleansing experience achieved not by bathing you in lightness, but by drowning you in spaced-out commotion.“ -- Hannah ongley, i-D

“...pairing hardcore poetry with raw, lean instrumentals...“ -- Max Pearl, Resident Advisor

“...a sense of timeliness, entangled with history, living in it, speaking to it; both of its time and for its time...” -- Rafael Lubner, Tiny Mixtapes

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Dj Mixes

Boiler Room: Streaming in Isolation (Live Video)

Fact Mag

Resident Advisor

Boiler Room: ROAM Warehouse (Live Video)

Dummy Magazine

Mixmag Lab (Live Video)

FADER

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700 BLISS

700 Bliss is the collaborative experimental club project of Philadelphia artists DJ Haram and Moor Mother. Paired up creatively since 2014, the duo released their first EP, Spa 700, on Halcyon Veil and Don Giovanni in 2018.

DJ Haram and Moor Mother met amidst Philadelphia’s thriving art and music scene, where several disciplines intersect with each other in addition to the local political activist community. 700 Bliss’ music reflects an all-encompassing approach to style, filtering rap, noise, club, and folk through modulated and distorted hardware samplers.

With their debut EP, Spa 700, 700 Bliss offer anxious rhythms. Layered sounds are balanced with delicate and eerie beats that contain both samples and found material. They work to create previously unheard melodies that propel lyrics of struggle, subjugation, and social alienation in an unjust world.

Outside of 700 Bliss, Moor Mother and DJ Haram have stamped their identity on the contemporary club and electronic world with a slew of releases over the past three years. Moor Mother’s breakout record Fetish Bones was followed quickly by The Motionless Present, along with a split EP with Jewelry, entitled Crime Waves. She also became part of free jazz and spoken word group Irreversible Entanglements, who debuted their eponymous LP in 2017.

Part of the Discwoman collective, DJ Haram has been touring steadily across the world, releasing mixes for online platforms such as The Fader and Truants. She hosts Rage Radio on Rinse.FM, and has created several remixes and original solo productions since 2016.

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