Ottawa-based electronic music group A Tribe Called Red, made up of Ian “DJ NDN” Campeau, Tim “2oolman” Hill and Bear Witness, released their third studio album, We Are The Halluci Nation,worldwide earlier this year. The album has just been named ‘Best Album of The Year’ by CBC Canada and today the group premiere a new clip for single ‘The Virus’.

Described as “a defiant celebration of indigenous and oppressed cultures,” the song and accompany visuals features activist/poet/rapper Saul Williams filmed in the future (2047 to be exact) on Turtle Island and also features the First Nations drum group Chippewa Travellers. “We are the Halluci Nation,” a disembodied voice bellows over a rumbling drum swarm in the video above, reciting the words of Santee Dakota poet John Trudell. “We are the evolution. A continuation. We are the Halluci Nation. Our DNA is of earth and sky. Our DNA is of past and future.” Reminding us at at a time we so desperately need to hear it, “we aren’t a conquered people”