Brazilian global DJ, producer and humanitarian ALOK, released in April his much-anticipated album “The Future is Ancestral.” The project is the result of over 500 hours in studio, involving over 50 musicians who shaped the eight tracks sung by various indigenous communities.
The album invites the audience to immerse themselves in a sonic landscape where each track tells a story of innovation, resilience, and cultural resurgence. Listeners will be taken on a journey into the indigenous culture and sounds of Brazil while being transported to new horizons, which is forged around the central message of the importance of preserving indigenous roots.
“I feel honored to be able to serve as a platform to amplify the voices of indigenous ancestry. “The Future Is Ancestral’ is not just a musical project; it is a movement to reforest the imagination of our society and its perception of indigenous peoples and the importance of their presence in multiple territories,” says Alok.
The project was initiated in 2021, and some of its songs have already made appearances at international events such as Global Citizen Live (2021), at the official United Nations headquarters in New York for the pre-opening of Climate Week (2022 and 2023), and most recently, the album’s pre-launch at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles.
Furthermore, “The Future Is Ancestral” has been recognized by UNESCO as a relevant action for the “International Decade of Indigenous Languages.” The work reaffirms the importance of Indigenous people occupying various social and cultural spaces within society.
All profits from “The Future Is Ancestral” album will go to the Indigenous artists and communities who co-created the project and whose traditional chants and music celebrate their deep, ancient relationship with music and nature. You can learn more about the entire “The Future Is Ancestral” project here: https://thefutureisancestral.squarespace.com/
The album was produced by Alok with Fernando Garibay, the GRAMMY-award winning and nominated songwriter as the Executive Producer. Co-producers for the project include Daniel Padilla, Ramiro Padilla. Gustavo Leal [Koen], and João Cruz. The album was mixed by Rob Rettberg, while the Dolby Atmos/Spatial Audio Mix is by Rafa Sardina.