So Get Up (first written and recorded by Ithaka Darin Pappas in 1992) higher-frequency.com

Skrufff : When Touch Me topped the pop charts in 2001, that was almost the peak of dance music as far as crossing over to the mainstream is concerned, how was that whole experience ? Rui Da Silva : Having that hit gave me an identity which was not necessarily what my music was about, because I'd already been making underground dance music for over eight years before that from Lisbon, having great success with the records being played by everybody around the world. Skrufff : I looked up the lyrics... Rui Da Silva :The lyrics are so like 2001 they are scary, which is crazy because the track was first written and recorded Ithaka Darin Pappas, or Ithaka in 1992. He is an artist from LA who was living in Portugal at the time, he used to MC at the parties we used to throw in Portugal and at raves. He was also a poet and used to write loads of things, and I revisited his poem in late 1993 to put on a record and tried to give it more of a DJ Pierre feeling by repeating of the vocal. We pressed a couple of records onto vinyl and sent the record around the world, then it became a big hit all around. It still gets played everywhere actually. Last year I went to see a big DJ spin at Turmills and I was really looking forward to hearing him because I'd never heard him play and he opened with the 'So Get Up' accapella. I though 'Oh right, nothing changes'. Skrufff : Who was the DJ ? Rui Da Silva : John Creamer.

So Get Up - vocalist

The vocalist of the song "So Get Up" is Ithaka Darin Pappas. He is credited with both writing and vocalizing the spoken-word electronic dance music piece, which is often referred to as a vocal poem. The song was originally recorded in 1992

So get up, Forget the past, go outside, have a blast

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