Rick Poppa Howard - Keep Holding On

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  • From Robert and Lyric Hood to Big Strick and Generation Next, the Midwest has produced more intergenerational family dance music projects than anywhere else. This might be down to the ties soul, disco and electro have to house and techno. These ties are the basis of the excellent collaboration between the Windy City producer Tevo Howard and his father, Rick Poppa Howard. Having already released enduring vocal house cuts like "Can Your Love Find Its Way," the Howards return after a four-year hiatus with an EP for the Lumberjacks In Hell sister label Intimate Friends. The title cut is the most eccentric track the duo have made. Its melodic and rhythmic backbone is a piano skank that evokes both digital dub and Chicago dream house. The elder Howard, who's a soul singer at heart, sings about love in a throaty, emotional tenor. On the remix of "Keep Holding On," there's an imposing bassline, hand percussion, synthetic strings and horns. It's like they were going for an Isaac Hayes Live At The Sahara Tahoe vibe using only Roland kit. "Gimme That Love" has Poppa Howard asking someone to do just that while Tevo makes the most of a blurry batch of piano chords reminiscent of the Rhodes on Loose Joints' "Is It All Over My Face."
  • Tracklist
      A1 Keep Holding On A2 Keep Holding On (Remix) B1 Gimme That Love B2 Gimme That Love (Instrumental)
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