Lamar Ashe is Louder Than Words

Justin Lintag — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:49 +0000

We got the opportunity to see R&B up-and-comer, Lamar Ashe, do his thing last Thursday at Killarney Secondary School. Lamar and labelmate, Heatwave, have been high school touring and performing strictly for the kids these past couple months. The backup of live instrumentation really added to the organic experience of it all. And despite the drab sound system, which I guess is expected from a high school auditorium, it was refreshing to see Lamar interact so effortlessly with the kids, entertaining them but still getting his message across nonetheless. They aren’t solely promoting their own music, but truly just trying to connect with the high schoolers, even bringing them up on stage to participate in contests and a good old fashioned b-boy cypher. They also recruited a grade 8 dance trio from Windermere Secondary to perform their own routine during the set. He’s been blessed, to say the least, and to be enlisted by Red1 and his Killawatt Record Label, Lamar is definitely not taking any of his success for granted. It’s obvious that the man remembers where he’s from while equally being ready to push it to the next level with his rookie album, Louder Than Words, on deck for a summer release.

Press play on the video below to see our in-depth interview with Lamar about his humble beginnings, his tour, and of course, his music.

Written by: JUSTIN LINTAG
Video by: ALEX YELIZAROV

Vancouver Fashion Week: Killa/Architect/Dim Mak

Justin Lintag — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:37:10 +0000

Sunday was another busy night at VFW, and designers from Killa/Architect and Dim Mak were set to showcase their lines for one of the final acts of the weekend. It was a packed house and the strutting models came out to a soundtrack of hype-house-LMFAO party rock. All Black Everything seemed to set the tone as men and women came out sporting a bevy of white on black printed tees. Architect introduced presumably a new line of superior quality pinstripe crew-necks, hoodies and cotton varsity jackets integrated with their innovative “switch” technology. Musician Steve Aoki’s lineup, Dim Mak, brought a third dimension to the runway with his bright and raw collection of shirt prints. The show concluded with nothing more than a heightened party mode, in collaboration with Killa Clothing, Red1’s Killawatt Records brought out two of their in-house artists, budding rapper Heatwave, and crooner, Lamar Ashe, to give onlookers a live and direct performance. Be sure to cop the collections exclusively at Architect in gastown on 48 Alexander.

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Lamar Ashe is Louder Than Words

Vancouver Fashion Week: Killa/Architect/Dim Mak