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- Summary: The debut full-length studio release from electronic producer DJ Haram features guest appearances by 700 Bliss, BBymutha, Dakn, El Kontessa, August Fanon, Abdul Hakim Bilal, Armand Hammer, Kayy Drizz, Moor Mother, Aquilles Navarro, Carmen Nebula, and SHA RAY.
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- Record Label: Hyperdub
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Nov 7, 2025The multi-disciplinary artist transforms sentiments of rage and frustration into a cohesive and necessary body of work.
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Jul 18, 2025Muzeyyen's technical proficiency is undeniable, but somewhat beside the point. Beside Myself comes off less like a manifesto than a scream—and it's all the stronger for it.
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Jul 18, 2025DJ Haram has delivered a debut worthy of an artist intent on tearing through the clichés that cling to both sound and identity – confronting the systems that colonise, both outwardly and within.
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Jul 18, 2025It’s a wild explosion of ideas, to the point where it could be argued that, when taken as a whole album, it lacks a bit of shape or finesse. Regardless, the fascinating production work by its skilled creator and a frankly ridiculous selection of guest features makes ‘Beside Myself’ a singular descent into vantablack-coloured dystopian club-tronica.
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The WireJul 30, 2025Channeling her raw, unflinching energy with the help of a host of collaborators, the album incorporates rap, live instrumentation and a range of bpms, murmurs and screams, forming an aural documentary of sorts. [Jul 2025, p.53]
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Aug 22, 2025DJ Haram is all jaded Brooklyn sophistication and all wide-eyed exotic transcendance, all at the same time, and it’s wonderful.
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Jul 18, 2025Beside Myself is dramatic and daring, the agreeably messy sound of the kind of radical freedom that might not change our sinking world but can liberate the willing mind.