Each month in the magazine we play an artist or group a series of tracks which they are asked to comment on – with no prior knowledge of what they are about to hear.

In The Wire 499 it is the turn of DJ Haram, aka Zubeyda Muzeyyen.

Here you can listen to a mix of the tracks our correspondent Mosi Reeves played to Haram during the interview, which is published in full in The Wire 499. To find out what Haram said about them, subscribers can read the interview in our online magazine library here. Or you can buy a copy of the magazine in our online shop.

But first, a brief biography of our subject:

DJ Haram aka Zubeyda Muzeyyen grew up in the US, in northern New Jersey as part of a Turkish immigrant family. She began DJing house parties, and after moving to Philadelphia, she gained notice with an eclectic form of global bass that incorporates trap music, juke, ghetto house, cumbia and rhythmic sounds from all corners of the world, including Latin America and the Middle East. In 2018, she and friend Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother, working as 700 Bliss, released Spa 700, an experimental rap project that led to her signing with UK electronic label Hyperdub.

Her debut EP as DJ Haram, Grace, arrived in 2019, and an acclaimed 700 Bliss album Nothing To Declare followed in 2022. In recent years, Muzeyyen has adopted her unique style to hiphop production via credits for rappers like billy woods, Elucid and Ghais Guevara. She has also completed remixes for Fever Ray and Special Interest, and 700 Bliss appeared on Kronos Quartet’s Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra.

In July, she released her long-gestating solo album Beside Myself. With appearances from Irreversible Entanglements trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, rappers Bbymutha and Armand Hammer and longtime collaborator Moor Mother, among others, it’s a departure from the club-oriented sound of Grace which incorporates enigmatic spoken dialogues and sepulchral noise as well as the bassy bangers she’s known for.

The Jukebox was conducted online with Haram at her home in New York.

DJ Haram’s Invisible Jukebox tracklist (with timestamps)

Kode9 & The Spaceape (00:00)
“Black Sun (Partial Eclipse Version)”
From Black Sun
(Hyperdub) 2011

Helado Negro (05:30)
“Sabana De Luz”
From This Is How You Smile
(RVNG Intl) 2019

MoMA Ready (08:48)
“EYE2EYE”
From BODY 24
(No label) 2025

Sonic Youth (13:22)
“Beauty Lies In The Eye”
From Sister
(Blast First) 1987

Three 6 Mafia (15:39)
“Tongue Ring”
From When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1
(Loud/Hypnotize Minds) 2000

Fatima Al Qadiri (19:44)
“Ghost Raid”
From Desert Strike EP
(Fade To Mind) 2012

Traxman (22:02)
“Get Down Lil’ Mama”
From Booty House Anthems 2
(Dance Mania) 2006

Sumac & Moor Mother (26:04)
“Camera”
From The Film
(Thrill Jockey) 2025

Annette Peacock (34:31)
“My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook”
From X-Dreams
(Aura) 1978

Public Enemy (40:04)
“Hazy Shade Of Criminal”
From Greatest Misses
(Def Jam) 1992