The Halluci Nation

Bear Witness and Tim “2oolman” Hill reintroduced themselves as The Halluci Nation in 2019 to reflect the evolution of their music and mission. The late artist, poet and activist, John Trudell, coined the expression the Halluci Nation to describe the global community who remember at their core what it means to be human, and live life in line with Indigenous values. Trudell recognized the connections between what he’d accomplished, and what ATCR did intuitively through music and art that helped these ideas to resonate. Trudell’s voice can be first heard on The Halluci Nation's record, One More Saturday Night, a genre-oblivious homage to the Electric Pow Wow gatherings launched at Ottawa's Babylon nightclub in 2007 by the DJ crew. That night helped materialize the group’s boundary-smashing vision to connect the dots between traditional Indigenous dance music and post-rave electronic music, into the future in entirely unexpected ways. In their latest releases, The Halluci Nation continue to shine as versatile producers, that catapults the groups classic sound and message to new exciting new levels. In 2025, The Halluci Nation made history as the first independent Indigenous artists from North America to reach 100 million streams on Spotify, an achievement that underscores their global reach and continued influence.

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