The Halluci Nation Essentials
Playlist - 13 Songs
Since their late-2000s formation as the DJ crew for an Indigenous club night in Ottawa, The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red) have been fusing festival-ready EDM with ancient First Nation rituals, spawning a singular style best described by their 2012 single “Electric Pow Pow Drum”. But on their landmark 2016 release, We Are the Halluci Nation, ATCR’s genre-blurring adventurism is matched by an equally restless activist voice (with guest Yasiin Bey—a.k.a. Mos Def—spitting anti-nationalist fire on the boom-bapped chant “R.E.D.”). The band’s 2020 single “Land Back” combats colonialism with stuttering percussion, buzzing synths and celebratory incantations.
Featured Artists
The Halluci Nation Essentials features The Halluci Nation, Sitting Bear and more