Brazilian producer Alok releases a new album, The Future Is Ancestral, which features more than 50 instrumentalists and vocalists from eight different Indigenous Brazilian communities.
Released in honor of Earth Day next week and the celebration of Indigenous People’s Day today in Brazil, the album is a unique and often joyful collection of vibrant Brazilian sounds paired with the producer’s nuanced, light touch, production.
“Pedju Kunumigwe” features the sounds of bird calls, with the project echoing yesterday’s relates news that some songs featuring such sounds of nature now live on a new Nature-focused Spotify playlist to raise money for conservation. Royalties from The Future Is Ancestral, meanwhile, will go to the Indigenous communities who contributed to it.