In 2021, Brazilian DJ ALOK founded an institute to foster the socio-environmental development of Brazil, India, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Malawi. The following year, he spearheaded the foundation's The Future Is Ancestral project to create awareness of the need to preserve and understand indigenous communities — doing so through the power of music.

In collaboration with artists from seven indigenous tribes from different regions of Brazil, ALOK will produce an albums called The Future Is Ancestral. One of the featured tribes is YAWANAWÁ, a Brazilian indigenous community whose traditional chants and songs celebrate their deep, ancient relationship with music and nature.

In this episode of Global Spin, watch ALOK and the YAWANAWÁ tribe light up the United Nations' rooftop with an upbeat performance of "SHINA VAISHU," one of the many songs from The Future Is Ancestral. This performance kicked off New York City's Climate Change Week on September 16, 2022, which also saw a series of panels uplifting indigenous peoples' impact on climate change.

ALOK Institute will release The Future is Ancestral in September, with all proceeds donated to the indigenous communities. "What we did with ALOK was to record our music to pass it on from generation to generation," Rasu YAWANAWÁ said in a press release. "Because one day, this will be necessary to share with men who have no knowledge of what the forest is."

After the release of The Future is Ancestral, ALOK Institute will release another six collections, all featuring original recordings of ancient traditional tribal music from various indigenous communities that have never been recorded before. These albums will be released through the label Native Sounds, created by ALOK Institute specifically for this project and to create an outstanding collection of indigenous music and their culture.

Press play on the video above to watch ALOK and the YAWANAWÁ tribe's magnetic performance of "SHINA VAISHU," and check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of Global Spin.

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