The Halluci Nation, formerly known as A Tribe Called Red (a name inspired by

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), is a

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electronic music group who blend instrumental

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and

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-influenced dance music with elements of

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, particularly vocal chanting and drumming."A Tribe Called Red’s urban powwow"
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'', August 23, 2011. Based in

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, the group consists of Tim "2oolman" Hill ( Mohawk, of the

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), and Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas ( Cayuga First Nation)."Bio of A Tribe Called Red"
. Former members include co-founder DJ Jon Deck and Dan "DJ Shub" General (Mohawk), who left the band for personal reasons in spring 2014, and was replaced by Hill."A Tribe Called Red, Wab Kinew, Tanya Tagaq on the indigenous music renaissance"
.

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, August 18, 2014. Co-founder Ian "DJ NDN" Campeau (

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) left the band for health reasons in October 2017, with the band opting to remain a duo for the time being. The group's music has been labelled as "powwow-step", a style of contemporary

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music for urban

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in the dance club scene; popularized by the media as a description of the band's unique style, the term originated as the title of one of the band's own earliest singles. In 2025, The Halluci Nation became the 1st Independent Indigenous Artists from North America to reach 100+ Million streams on Spotify.

Origins

Inspired by parties for Korean and South Asian youth in Ottawa, DJ NDN (Ian Campeau), a nightclub bouncer turned DJ, became interested in a similar event for Aboriginal youth. After discussing the idea with his DJ friend, Bear Witness (Thomas Ehren Ramon), and fellow

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Dee Jay Frame (Jon Limoges), they began the first night at Ottawa's Babylon nightclub in 2007, calling it Electric Pow Wow. Encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response, the DJs began holding the event on the second weekend of every month — a schedule that lasted until December 2017. The parties featured a mixture of traditional

recordings, mixed with

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rhythms and genres such as

and

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. Bear Witness explained that the group was formed because its members wanted to throw parties for their community, and he also pointed out ATCR's political connotation: "To take over and Indigenize the club space is a really political act ..As First Nations people everything we do is political".

Music

After releasing a number of tracks online DJing at various dance and aboriginal events,"A Tribe Called Red"
''

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'', February 7, 2013. the band released their self-titled debut album as a free internet download in 2012. The album was named as a long-listed nominee for the

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'', June 14, 2012. In December 2012, ATCR released "The Road" on

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(P.27), a track that garnered "upward of 50,000 plays within five months" and nearly 300,000 plays as of August 2018. The song's structure revolves around a series of " drops", an important component in

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derived from

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as well as syncopated " trap beats" originating from dirty south hip-hop characterized with a booming

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and skittering

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s. At the time, ATCR "was working on its second record—what would become 2013's ''Nation II Nation''" and has since, for years now, been perceived as one of the leaders of an artistic Indigenous resurgence, exemplifying the remixing of tradition, bridging Indigenous history and futurity. Their second album, ''Nation II Nation'', was released in 2013 and was named a long-listed nominee for the

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on June 13, 2013;"Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List"
. ''

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'', June 13, 2012. in July, it was named to the prize's final 10-album shortlist. The band also won several awards at the 2013

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, including Best Group and Best Album for ''Nation II Nation''. The band has toured extensively across Canada and the

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, as well as performing festival dates in the

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,"A Tribe Called Red's dubstep take on powwow music"

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, April 18, 2013.

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and

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. They have been featured on

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's '' Q,'' '' Canada Live'', and PBS' Sound Field, and have been playlisted on both

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as well as

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. In 2014, they garnered two

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nominations at the

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, for Breakthrough Group of the Year and Electronic Album of the Year, winning the award for Breakthrough Group. The band specifically chose not to submit themselves for consideration in the Aboriginal Album of the Year category. A Tribe Called Red have also collaborated on and produced one of the last known

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songs, called "Indians From All Directions", as well as the song "A Tribe Called Red" on Angel Haze's album ''Dirty Gold''. In 2014, they released "Burn Your Village to the Ground", a non-album

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about the complicated aboriginal relationship with the

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connotations of

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. In 2015, they released

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-themed EP ''Suplex'', with appearances from

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, as well as a remix of

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's song "Working for the Government". They also won for Best Music Video in 2015 by the Native American Music Awards. In 2016, they released LP ''

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'' in September. Guest collaborators on the album included Narcy,

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, Joseph Boyden and Black Bear. The group won the

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at the

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. The group won the Group of the Year award at the

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. In April 2018, the band performed at a

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during TED2018. The Hallucination 2018

Following the release of their 2016 album ''

'', the group released a number of singles in 2019. In April 2019, the group released a remix of Keith Secola's song "NDN Kars". The group put a "modern twist" on the '90s hit. Following the release of the "NDN Kars" remix, the group released "The OG', which was their first original song since the release of ''We Are the Halluci Nation''. A few months later the group released "Ba Na Na", which features Canadian rapper

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, singer Odario and Chippewa Travellers. In September 2019, the band released "Tanokumbia", a single featuring Texan DJ El Dusty and Canadian Pow Wow drummers and singers, Black Bear. In 2020, A Tribe Called Red released "Land Back" during the

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. "Land Back" features Boogey the Beat and Chippewa Travellers. The song was available for free and made in support of the

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opposing the construction of a Coastal GasLink Pipeline. The song was intended for use by "anyone working to promote Indigenous land sovereignty and 'a true nation-to-nation discussion between the Indigenous nations of Turtle Island and our Canadian settlers. On April 5, 2021, the group changed their name to The Halluci Nation.

Powwow-step

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and

styles. The name of the genre is derived from

and

. Ian Campeau of the group has said, regarding the genre, " l we really did was match up dance music with dance music".

Film and television

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. In 2020, the Showtime mini-series ''The Good Lord Bird'' prominently featured "Electric Pow Wow Drum" (from the 2013 self-titled album) in their trailer and the soundtrack. That same year, the song "Sisters" was featured in the third season of the

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series ''

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''. The Halluci Nation co-composed music for the sitcom ''

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'', which premiered on

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's streaming service

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in April 2021. The show centers on relationships between members of a northeastern town and a fictional Native American tribe. Also in 2021, The Halluci Nation songs "R.E.D." and "Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear)" were featured on

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, a show about four Indigenous teenagers living on a reservation in Oklahoma. In 2023, the movie ''Killers of the Flower Moon'' by renowned director

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prominently featured "Stadium Pow Wow (feat. Black Bear)" in its second trailer.

Activism

The band found its roots when Bear Witness and Ian Campeau realized their home city of Ottawa had dance nights that represented every culture there but their own, so deciding to, "throw a party," was more than just for fun—these Electric Pow Wows were to portray their Aboriginal culture within urban centres where historically, its involvement has been erased. Thus, the band has been involved in activism from its very origin. They have been vocal supporters of Idle No More, a peaceful revolution launched in November 2012 to protest the Harper government's introduction of Bill C-45, which critics, including many First Nations people, claimed threatened both the environment and Aboriginal sovereignty. In 2013, they issued a public statement asking non-aboriginal fans to refrain from

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by not wearing headdresses and war paint to their shows. Furthermore, Campeau filed a

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complaint against an amateur football club in Ottawa that was using "Redskins" as its club name. Also, through its piece "The Road", the band provided "catalyzing soundtrack to the Idle No More movement sweeping across Turtle Island", advocating in favor of "Indigenous peoples reclaiming the land, moving to reverse the ongoing dispossessions of the settler state". The track has made some recall a series of walks along roads, like the " Longest Walk" from Alcatraz to Washington in 1978. In 2014, the band withdrew from a scheduled performance at the official opening ceremonies of the

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, citing concerns about the museum's depiction of indigenous human rights issues. Further than distinct actions like the aforementioned, the group is also activist through the expression of their music itself. "I think in our own community," Bear Witness told '' The National'' in 2013, "it's not something that people would have been ready for us to have been doing 10 or 15 years ago, to be sampling powwow music and bring it into clubs. I mean, that's really pushing boundaries." Using music as a platform to educate, they have broken away from homogenous genres and at once promoted appreciation and respect for First Nations cultures while combating stereotypes and appropriation. "It's mind-blowing that this whole conversation that we've been having the past few decades about the portrayal of our people hasn't gone anywhere," said Bear Witness. "It hasn't changed." However, the band is positive about making a change moving forward. "All those things that we're trying to talk about with Idle No More, with aboriginal rights, you're feeling it and you're getting it without a word having to be said. Because when you feel that, you're feeling what we all feel." In 2020, the band released "Land Back". The song was available for free and intended to show support to the

who were opposing the construction of a Coastal GasLink Pipeline. The song was hoped to be used by those involved during the

. In 2024, with Saul Williams and NARCY, they released "Voices Through Rubble" in solidarity with the people of Palestine - a song which Steven Ward of ''Grimy Goods'' described as "spotlight ngthe shared oppression and violence endured by Indigenous populations, inflicted by colonizers, that’s ingrained in both our history and cultural mythology".

Albums

''A Tribe Called Red'' (2012) This first album by ATCR was nominated for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize; it was also featured in ''

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''s Top 10 albums of the year. After their debut, ATCR went on tour across North America and Europe, where they participated to the World Music Expo in Greece. '' Nation II Nation'' (2013) ATCR's second album was nominated for a Polaris Prize and it also had a political inclination as it contributed to the conversation that revolves around Indigenous rights and cultural appropriation. The name of the album has two layers of meaning. On one hand, the members of the group are originally from different communities, as Campeau explained: "I'm Ojibway, Anishinaabe. The other two guys, Dan and Bear, are both Cayuga ..Historically, we're enemies. So together, in forming this group, that's a nation-to-nation relationship". On the other hand, there is a "nation-to-nation relationship from the settler nations to the First Nations" (Ian "DJ NDN" Campeau). ''

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, a Native American activist, poet and musician. In fact, with this work, ATCR wanted to celebrate contemporary Indigenous culture. '' One More Saturday Night'' (2021) The band, now called The Halluci Nation, released its fourth album in July 2021. They've collaborated with artists such as Black Bear, John Trudell, and Northern Voice whom they worked with on their 2016 album ''We Are the Halluci Nation''.

Discography

Albums

*''A Tribe Called Red'' (2012) *'' Nation II Nation'' (2013) *''

'' (2016) *'' One More Saturday Night'' (2021)

EPs

*''Moombah Hip Moombah Hop'' (2011) *''Trapline'' (2013) *''Suplex'' (2015) *''Stadium Pow Wow'' (2016) *''Path of The Heel'' (2023)

Singles

*''Voices Through Rubble'' (2024) *''Babylon'' (2025)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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