Aquakultre

Aquakultre is a Canadian soul and R&B[1] musical project from Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose core member is singer and rapper Lance Sampson.[2] They are most noted for their album Legacy, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.[3]

Sampson's ancestors are from Africville, and he grew up in the Uniacke Square neighbourhood of Halifax.[4][5] He was a troubled teenager, who spent some time trafficking drugs and received a five-year prison sentence as a teenager. After being exposed to the music of Common and Erykah Badu, he taught himself to play guitar, and was released from prison after just 19 months for good behaviour.[6] He began performing as a rapper and singer in 2015, and in 2018 he won CBC Music's annual Searchlight competition with "Sure", a song he had written in prison.[7]

He recorded Legacy in just seven days at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta, with a band that included Nathan Doucet, Jeremy Costello and Nick Dourado.[8] Following the release of preview singles "Pay It Forward", "I Doubt It" and "Wife Tonight",[9] the album was released in May 2020 on Black Buffalo Records.[10]

In August 2020, he announced that his second album Bleeding Gums Murphy, a collaboration with DJ and producer Uncle Fester, would be released on October 9.[11]

His video for "Pay It Forward", directed by Sampson and Evan Elliot, won the Audience Award at the 2021 Prism Prize.[12]

Aquakultre performed on the 2021 FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special.[13] He contributed vocals for "Summer Night Songs", the title song of the 2021 documentary The North Star: Finding Black Mecca.[14]

His third album, Don't Trip, was released in July 2022,[15] and was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[16]

References
  1. Beedham, Tom (20 July 2022). "Aquakultre Is More Than Just Halifax's Hottest R&B Star — He's a Community". exclaim.com. Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. Stephen Cooke, "Aquakultre’s Legacy spreads message of compassion, heritage". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 17, 2020.
  3. Tom Skinner, "The Weeknd and Caribou lead 2020 Polaris Music Prize longlist". NME, June 16, 2020.
  4. "Aquakultre". EVERYSEEKER. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. Mullin, Morgan. "Aquakultre's feast of a lifetime". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. Justin Chandler and Grant Lawrence, "Searchlight 2018 winner: aquakultre". CBC Music, March 19, 2018.
  7. Tara Thorne, "Aquakultre wins CBC Searchlight". The Coast, March 19, 2018.
  8. Morgan Mullin, " Aquakultre's feast of a lifetime: How the band's debut LP Legacy sets the table for excellence". The Coast, May 7, 2020.
  9. Calum Slingerland, "Aquakultre Detail New Album 'Legacy,' Share 'Wife Tonight'". Exclaim!, April 16, 2020.
  10. Oliver Crook, "Aquakultre Cement Their 'Legacy' as Canadian Neo-Soul Breakouts". Exclaim!, May 5, 2020.
  11. Matt Bobkin, "Aquakultre and Uncle Fester Announce New Album 'Bleeding Gums Murphy'". Exclaim!, August 12, 2020.
  12. "Haviah Mighty's Thirteen wins 2021 Prism Prize for top Canadian music video". CBC News, July 26, 2021.
  13. "FreeUp!: This Sunday, join artists across Canada to celebrate Emancipation Day 2021". CBC Arts, July 27, 2021.
  14. "Documentary about Chatham-Kent's Black communities available online". chathamthisweek. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  15. "Summer 2022 guide: 14 albums you need to hear". CBC Music, June 20, 2022.
  16. "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, June 13, 2023.
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