Multi-award-winning Halifax artist Aquakultre releases his new single and video for “Scotia Born”.
Multi-award-winning Halifax singer, rapper, composer and storyteller Aquakultre aka Lance Sampson releases the brand new single, “Scotia Born”, his first music launch since 2023’s Polaris Music Prize longlisted album, ‘Don’t Journey’.
The anthemic new single is destined to turn out to be a brand new soulful supply of Canadian east coast satisfaction, whereas concurrently nudging the remainder of Canada and international audiences to pay strict consideration to this traditionally important area.
Produced by fellow acclaimed songwriter and two-time Music Nova Scotia Producer of the 12 months Erin Costelo, “Scotia Born” additionally boasts contributions from just a few of the best pure vocal abilities who signify two of the oldest Black communities in Nova Scotia; Juno-nominated Canadian Idol finalist Gary Beals from Cherry Brook, and North Preston’s Haliey Smith, one of the vital recorded background session singers in Atlantic Canada, whose credit embody Canadian music icons David Myles and Joel Plaskett.
“This can be a tune recognizing the cultural richness that we have now right here as Black Nova Scotia, the resilience, the togetherness, and the way all communities of Black Nova Scotia are linked,” says the previous CBC Music Searchlight competitors winner and Prism Prize recipient. “It’s about being happy with that cultural richness and being conscious of it. I didn’t have that once I was a young person, I actually want I did. Within the era earlier than me there have been individuals who understood what that was, however one way or the other down the road that consciousness of identification as Black Nova Scotian didn’t come by means of. Scotia Born is simply being happy with our ancestors for paving the way in which for us and being proud for coming dwelling, and being happy with our birthplace after we’re overseas. It’s nearly being happy with being Black Nova Scotians.”
Equal elements catchy and celebratory, “Scotia Born” gives a wealthy glimpse into the storied musical and cultural histories that emanate from a definite ethno-cultural Canadian neighborhood, incorporating vocals and lyrics that invoke what it really means to be from this area.
The music video co-directed by John Butler and Juno-winning artist Shad offers a fowl’s eye view of a multi-generational community-centered cookout and dance-friendly retrospective that acts as a tribute to some necessary Black Nova Scotian music luminaries.
With heart-on-sleeve depth, “Scotia Born” is a life-affirming anthem that gives simply the correct backdrop for Lance’s massive, heat vocals and potent rhymes to shine by means of, whereas paying tribute to a singular area of the Black diaspora.
Aquakultre’s “Scotia Born” observe can be obtainable now to stream and cop on all main digital streaming platforms