Aquakultre

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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]

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  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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