With a joyous call out to every tribe and every tongue, rich and poor, old and young, Producer Hal Sacks fuses multiple languages, genres and cultures in worship to create the Make Us One – Culture Fusion project. This ambitious six track and four music video release is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon and YouTube.
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and recording artist, Kirk Whalum exalts the lead single, Make Us One, a track performed in four languages (English, Spanish, Mandarin and Tagalog) and accented by gifted vocalists featuring Latin Grammy winner and Christian artist Paulina Aguirre and Make Us One renowned songwriter/worship leader, Tommy Walker who has written over 200 songs that are currently tracked by CCLI and sung in churches around the world. Sacks reveals the depth and breadth of his musicality on the project with a collection of tracks and videos that celebrate gospel, pop, rock, spoken word and rap elements inspired by his earliest experience with ― and deeply personal commitment to multicultural worship..
“I grew up in a middle-class Jewish home where I had very limited interaction with people from other cultures and religions. When I was 18, I developed a relationship with a family of Bible believers originally from the South. Prior to these folks, I had never met anyone from a cultural background so radically different from anything I had ever experienced,” Sacks reflected. “Yet they shared their lives with me, welcoming me into their home, igniting a relational and spiritual journey that ultimately led to my becoming a follower of Jesus. This first experience with cross-cultural relationships is still the catalyst for my passion to develop worship for multicultural churches today,” Sacks continued.
For the past 25 years, Hal Sacks has combined his exceptional audio and video production skills with his vast experience across genres and industries. With multiple Grammy, Stellar and Dove awards and nominations, and his work with major artists Kirk Whalum, Layla Hathaway, Tommy Walker and Norman Hutchins. Sacks’ spirit-led goal is to serve the whole body of Christian believers using his gifts and experiences to see the church move closer to its highest calling as a multiethnic, multicultural, intergenerational and multi-genre catalyst for global reconciliation. Sacks achieved his goal on the Make Us One – Culture Fusion project by assembling a cultural mosaic of vocalists and musicians united in faith and purpose.
Make Us One – Culture Fusion (Music Track List)
1. Make Us One
2. Standing Together
3. We Bow Down
4. Faithful
5. Our God Almighty
6. El’iIllaya
Make Us One – Culture Fusion (Video List)
1. Make Us One
2. Standing Together
3. We Bow Down
4. Faithful
“Worship is fundamentally cultural. It is my hope and prayer that people from all walks of life, cultures, ethnicities and languages will join with us as we stand together in worship via this Make Us One – Culture Fusion project.”
