Press release –
Today, Shub (formerly known as DJ Shub) announces the release of Heritage (Part Two) – the follow-up to his acclaimed album Heritage (Part One), which featured collaborations with Tia Wood, JRDN and Boogát. Due out independently on May 1, 2026, Heritage (Part Two) continues Shub’s collaborative spirit, with upcoming tracks featuring JUNO winners Sebastian Gaskin and Aysanabee, alongside the lead single “Legacy” (feat. DJ Paul & Nova RX), and the brand new track “Eye of the Storm” featuring rising star Natasha Fisher.
“Eye of the Storm” marks a striking evolution in Shub’s sound, blending traditional Indigenous hand drum rhythms with early electronic, post-dubstep, UK garage, and indie pop influences.
“This song started with something really simple and raw, a traditional hand drum rhythm and vocals that set the whole mood,” shares Shub. “From there, I leaned into the early electronic, post-dubstep, UK garage, and indie pop sounds I grew up loving. I knew Natasha Fisher was the perfect voice for this record, and I knew she was going to smash it. She didn’t just get the vision; she elevated it in every way. Her performance brought so much emotion, texture, and honesty to the track, and working with her was honestly magical. This is one of those collaborations I’m super hyped about.”
Built on a raw, grounding rhythmic foundation, the track explores moments of clarity and calm that surface amid chaos. Natasha Fisher’s emotionally charged performance anchors the song’s narrative, drawing from themes of sobriety, trauma, intuition, and survival. Lyrically, the song reflects breaking cycles, shedding chemical dependence, and reclaiming agency — finding stillness while learning to move forward.
“To me, this song is about finding peace in a difficult time,” Fisher explains. “I wrote it from the perspective of someone navigating through early sobriety and trying to cope with the flow of life while still dealing with past trauma. ‘Eye of the Storm’ is about the calm before or after the storm — where things feel calm for just a moment, a place you wish you could stay for a little while longer. As I’ve had to navigate my way through multiple tragedies and mental health struggles throughout my life, there have always been times when I’d get moments of clarity. Those moments have guided me to make the decisions needed for survival and healing. That’s the eye of the storm — being able to use intuition.”
Complemented by a music video, “Eye of the Storm” captures the tension between turbulence and peace, reinforcing Shub’s ongoing exploration of identity, healing, and heritage through modern electronic music.
Filmed inside a laundromat, the visual plays on themes of sobriety, renewal, and “getting clean,” using the cyclical motion of washing machines as a metaphor for breaking patterns and beginning again. Set against the stark, everyday setting of a laundromat, the video amplifies the song’s message: cycles can be broken, stains can be lifted, and even in the middle of turbulence, there is a still point where healing begins. Together, the song and video explore transformation not as a single breakthrough, but as a series of conscious choices — breaking cycles, reclaiming agency, and learning to sit in the calm long enough to move forward.
What’s The Story about Heritage?
With Heritage, a two-part body of work and the most ambitious project of his career, Shub is making a statement not just about where he’s been, but about where Indigenous music is headed. Whether through groundbreaking new music, creative collaborations, or advocating for the identity of his community, Shub’s presence in the industry is a force of innovation, culture, and identity.
“Heritage is about bridging generations,” Shub explains. “It’s about taking what our ancestors passed down and making sure it continues to evolve. Our culture isn’t stuck in the past — it’s alive, it’s powerful, and it belongs on the biggest stages in the world.”
Heritage (Part One) arrived as a stripped-down, raw statement of identity, shifting away from overt political messaging in favour of hard-hitting, celebratory rhythms that expanded Shub’s sonic palette into hip-hop, ’90s-era IDM, dub-infused trip-hop, and the heavy bass of drill.
“My previous album War Club was like a weapon,” Shub says. “Heritage is more about where I come from —bringing my culture forward, introducing it to new spaces, and showcasing who I am.”
Heritage (Part Two) is the direct continuation of that vision, completing what Part One began. What started as a single album became something larger than expected.
“In the beginning there was never a plan for a Part Two,” Shub reflects. “Realizing the project needed to be split was the first real tough decision, but it ended up letting the music breathe and tell the full story instead of cramming everything into one release. The concepts and inspirations stayed the same the whole time, but the overall feeling became more complete once both records existed.”
Stay tuned for more new music from Shub ahead of the release of Heritage (Part Two)!
What’s The Story about Shub?
Shub (formerly known as DJ Shub) is a Mohawk artist, producer, and composer from Six Nations of the Grand River, and the pioneer behind the powwow-step genre. A former member of the JUNO-winning A Tribe Called Red, he helped define a new era of Indigenous electronic music with the breakout track “Electric Pow Wow Drum,” now exceeding 25 million streams. His solo career has since taken him from the DMC World Championships to the Canadian Screen Awards, where he won Best Original Song for his soundtrack to The Grizzlies, to the theme of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Emmy-nominated Showtime series Who Is America?
With Heritage, a two-part body of work and the most ambitious project of his career, Shub has created his most complete statement yet. Raw, genre-defying, and deeply rooted in culture, the two albums together form a full autobiography, weaving electronic, hip-hop, and powwow energy into something that belongs equally in a club, at a festival, or in someone’s headphones. Anchored by bucket-list collaborations and a commitment to bringing Indigenous music to the biggest stages in the world, Heritage Part One and Two are unmistakably Shub.
What’s The Story about Natasha Fisher?
Natasha Fisher is an Anishinaabe singer, songwriter and producer based in Toronto, Ontario. Originally from Thunder Bay and a proud member of Long Lake #58 First Nation, Fisher blends alternative pop and pop rock with emotionally charged storytelling that reflects both her lived experience and creative evolution. Her sound bridges the nostalgia of early 2000s pop rock with the atmospheric depth of modern dark pop, drawing inspiration from artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Charlotte Sands, and Metric, while weaving in Indigenous elements such as sampled vocals and organic textures that pay homage to her roots.
As a full-time musician and creator, Fisher has built a reputation for her compelling songwriting and raw vocal performances. Her music explores themes of self-discovery, mental health, and healing, often balancing vulnerability with resilience.
Over her career years, Fisher has performed on stages across Turtle Island and received multiple Ontario Arts Council grants and a Canada Council for the Arts grant in 2025. Her work not only highlights her talent as a performer and songwriter but also her commitment to representing Indigenous voices within contemporary music. She has spent a significant portion of her career touring First Nations and teaching music workshops to youth.
“Eye of the Storm” (feat. Natasha Fisher) Single Credits
WRITTEN BY: Dan General, Natasha Fisher
PRODUCED BY: Dan General
MIXED BY: Mikhail Cronin
MASTERED BY: Dan Weston
MUSICIANS: Shub (Producer), Natasha Fisher (Vocalist)
