Aquakultre Reveals New Track, “Make That Change”

Multi-award-winning Halifax singer, rapper, composer and storyteller Aquakultre aka Lance Sampson releases the new single for “Make That Change” featuring Juno Award-winning soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee in advance of his much anticipated fourth studio album, 1783, arriving next month, February 6th, 2026, via Next Door Records.

The forthcoming soul, R&B, gospel and folk-fuelled new album produced by two-time Music Nova Scotia “Producer of the Year” Erin Costelo, mixed by Grammy-winner Qmillion (Robert Glasper) and mastered by world-renowned multi-Grammy nominee Chris Athens (Drake), follows on the heels of his critically-acclaimed 2023 Polaris Music Prize longlisted album Don’t Trip.

On the single “Make That Change,” which also comes with a new lyric video shot by John Walsh, Aquakultre reflects on what it might take to break the cycle of intra-community violence that affects his community.

Aays the former CBC Music Searchlight national contest winner:

“There was always a tension between the Square and Mulgrave Park, which are both predominantly Black – and between East Preston and North Preston. As the younger generation, I feel like we were at a loss. Even now, I’m one degree separated from what happens on the street and who’s been affected by it. I shifted my stance over the years in really trying to question what it means to be silent on this stuff. When are we going to stop turning a blind eye to things? This song is a question particularly posed to Black men of my generation. It’s an optimistic plea for us to start thinking about the violence in our communities and how generational trauma is catching up to us, how we are reacting to each other without love and connection. It’s a plea to get back to connection and community.”

Aquakultre “Make That Change” single artwork