FOMO Feat. Chaka Khan-House Of Love Remixes: Single Review

Anything Chaka Khan touches is almost always gold. Her velvety, smooth voice has blessed countless releases. Spanning over 40 years of being in the business. She has helped to transform the musical landscape of several genres of music. Funk, Pop, Jazz, Disco, Soul and even electronica. She has a special connection to the people. An allure and mystique that only a legend of her talents could command. A lot of her appeal is that unmistakable voice and vibrant imagery. Everything from her title as ‘Queen of Funk’, to her attire, and her numerous music videos. Chaka Khan has always stood out. The one thing that has always shone brightest were her powerful vocals. But during her later years, she has also sung with a delicacy and intimacy often heard from many of Jazz’s greatest singers. But this EP is so much more than just her.

This time around though, she made it a family affair. Her lesser known, yet equally vibrant siblings, sister Taka Boom and, brother, Mark Stevens add their own flair to the mixture of vocals on House Of Love. Ironically the three siblings had never thought of working together. Until now. FOMO is comprised of  producers Jamie Petrie (JP) and Mark Bell. The duo was first introduced in the mid-1990s when Bell was already enjoying some moderate success with his band MPeople. While JP was humming along to his own initial charting topping successes. He also at that time was working with the likes of Womack & Womack and, Jean-Michel Jarre. All FOMO members felt similarly. That they wanted to bring back that live instrumentation jam session feeling to the project.

Taken as a whole the variations of the singles on House Of Love (EP) are less of a get together and, more of an injection of life into the songs. Khan having a great vantage point to opine from. She feels as though too much of today’s dance music lacks, feeling and that human touch. The overall effect is that all of the separate parts make the whole greater. Punchy horns, shimmering crescendos of chorus speak to the chemistry of the siblings. But, also the ability of Petrie and Bell to produce a cohesive sound. The group simmers and bubbles with great efficiency and dexterity. Like the old Prego commercial slogan, FOMO have cooked up that homemade flavor. Trust me, “It’s in there.”

—Erik L. Richardson

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Erik L. Richardson

Erik L. Richardson is a graphic designer in the Washington, D.C. area with an affinity towards electronica, and a love of the rush of color and thumping bass-lines of alternating currents and speeds.

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