Growing up in Chicago, when House Music was at its peak and having a father being a blues artist (Rick Howard also sometimes lends his voice to productions of Tevo) and a brother, who is a DJ it was no surprise that Tevo Howard got into music at an early age. So he started spinning record throughout various clubs in Chicago when he was only sixteen, but it was not before 2005 that he started his own productions and two years later his own imprint Beautiful Granville Records.

The releases on BGR showed his significant work consisting of raw analog beats paired with a great sense for melodies, dirty synth basslines, strings and piano stabs to keep the spirit of early 80's Chi-Town records alive. Soon Tevo's music caught the attention of house music lovers on both sides of the Atlantic and brought him releases with European house labels such as Rush Hour and Rebirth, which helped to spread his name to a wider audience.

The "WHAT IS NOISE?" EP is his first release with Permanent Vacation. What initially started as a remix request lead to the beauty of four originals, which show the whole variety of Tevo Howard's sight on todays House Music. Sometimes in life things come together, that are meant to be.