"SO GET UP" (the most remixed vocal in musical history)

Information regarding the iconic 1992 vocal acapella song by Greek-American songwriter and interdisciplinary artist Ithaka Darin Pappas (Ithaka). As of 2025, this example of lyrical mastery has been remixed over 800 times. In 1994, a hit remix was made by an acid house project from Underground Sound of Lisbon (DJ Vibe, Rui da Silva) and presented as a 100% Portuguese project with absolutely no mention of its creator Ithaka...now considered one of the biggest musical coverups since Milli Vanilli.

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Ithaka's SO GET UP Poem-Acapella Played By Legendary DJ - Armin Van Buuren

ARMIN VAN BUUREN (World #4 Top DJ)

opened his historic vinyl set

at the A State Of Trance Festival

with Ithaka's acapella poem "So Get Up"

(Utrecht, Netherlands Feb.18th 2017)

VIDEO CLIP - ASOT UCRECHT

Friday, March 10, 2017

So Get Up - A Poem By Ithaka Darin Pappas

Ithaka : So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas

Collection of vocal poems recorded in Europe in 1993, which had been completely lost until being rediscovered in early 2017 (on a damaged cassette tape in a Los Angeles garage). These are the companion works for the iconic, So Get Up.

https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ithaka2

Californian-born writer and vocalist Ithaka (aka Ithaka Darin Pappas) relocated from his native Los Angeles in 1992 to Europe where the artist entered of six year period of hyper-creativity. There he wrote, vocalized, created sculptures and photographed among other activities.

In 1993 he wrote a collection of poems for a daily audio segment he hosted on a program called Quatro Bairro on Rádio Commercial, Lisbon. After reciting some these poems live on Rádio Comerical in 1993, he later recorded them as a collection of demos with a producer friend in the UK.

The next year he recorded one of these poems, So Get Up, with the progressive-house project Underground Sound Of Lisbon who achieved massive international success with the track via distribution by Tribal/I.R.S. Records in New York.

Between a series of moves and career developments, the original 1993 vocal poem demos recorded in England were lost. Neither studio technician or artist could find the original, or copies.

So Get Up went on to become an international EDM anthem remixed by greats such as; Miss Kittin, Fatboy Slim. Mert Yücel, Dave Seaman etc.

Later in 2013, the song saw yet another chapter of fame when top DJ's both Hardwell and Armina Van Buuren endorsed a new version of the So Get Up rleased by German trance music stars Cosmic Gate using Ithaka's original lyrical/ vocal acapella)

Ithaka himself went on to record a series of critically acclaimed hip hop albums.

Here together on this disc are two new vocal recordings of Ithaka's iconic poems "So Get Up" and "We Are The Players" (recorded in Mexico - 2017) along with the complete collection of vocal-poem acapella demos made in 1993, some with their original proposed instrumental sketches. Please note: These are not intended to be finished songs, but instead are included to demonstrate Ithaka's early musical direction prior to both Underground Sound Of Lisbon's version of So Get Up (1994) and his own solo album, Flowers And The Color Of Paint (1995).

In the future, the artist hopes to collaborate with some of the EDM producers that have previously mixed his vocal-literary works, perhaps without even knowing who had recorded them.

Thursday, December 8, 2016

"So Get Up" (Don't) Forget the Past

Ithaka: The Ghost EDM Legend:

Since it's original recording in 1993, So Get Up, written and vocalized by the Greek-Californian songwriter named Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) has been remixed more than 1100 times,

most notably by Armin Van Buuren and Cosmic Gate

for State Of Trance & Armada.

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As of 2016, with at least 1029 documented remixes to its credit

"So Get Up" a vocal spoken-word poem written and recorded by

Californian artist and songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

is the Guinness World Record holder for

"Most Musical Remixes Created From Single Acapella"

It is estimated that more than 33.5 million copies

of the various versions of So Get Up

have been sold/downloaded since 1994.

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So Get Up: is published by Ravenshark Music /Scion Four Music (NY) / Memory Lane / ASCAP

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"SO GET UP"

THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US
PRETTY SOON IT’LL ALL TURN TO DUST

SO GET UP
FORGET THE PAST

GO OUTSIDE
HAVE A BLAST

GO A THOUSAND MILES IN A JET AIRPLANE
GO OUT OF YOUR MIND GO INSANE !

TO A PLACE YOU NEVER BEEN BEFORE
EAT ICE CREAM OR YOU’LL LICK THE FLOOR

CUZ, THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US
PRETTY SOON IT’LL ALL TURN TO DUST

GOODBYE MY FRIENDS
GOODBYE WORLD

I’LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE.......

© 1993 Ithaka Darin Pappas
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Ithaka: "So Get Up" - The Ghost House Music Legend

Ithaka: The Ghost EDM Legend:

Since it's original recording in 1993, So Get Up, written and vocalized by the Greek-Californian songwriter named Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) has been remixed more than 1100 times,

most notably by Armin Van Buuren and Cosmic Gate

for State Of Trance & Armada.

-----------------------------

As of 2016, with at least 1029 documented remixes to its credit

"So Get Up" a vocal spoken-word poem written and recorded by

Californian artist and songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

is the Guinness World Record holder for

"Most Musical Remixes Created From Single Acapella"

It is estimated that more than 33.5 million copies

of the various versions of So Get Up

have been sold/downloaded since 1994.

-----------------------

So Get Up: is published by Ravenshark Music /Scion Four Music (NY) / Memory Lane / ASCAP

So Get Up - International Mega hit

Ithaka: The (Almost) Unknown EDM Legend:

Since it's original recording in 1993, So Get Up, written and vocalized by the Greek-Californian songwriter named Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) has been remixed more than 1100 times,

most notably by Armin Van Buuren and Cosmic Gate

for State Of Trance & Armada.

-----------------------------

As of 2016, with at least 1029 documented remixes to its credit

"So Get Up" a vocal spoken-word poem written and recorded by

Californian artist and songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

is the Guinness World Record holder for

"Most Musical Remixes Created From Single Acapella"

It is estimated that more than 33.5 million copies

of the various versions of So Get Up

have been sold/downloaded since 1994.

-----------------------

So Get Up: is published by Ravenshark Music /Scion Four Music (NY) / Memory Lane / ASCAP

Ithaka: The (Almost) Unknown EDM Legend

Ithaka: The (Almost) Unknown EDM Legend:

Since it's original recording in 1993, So Get Up, written and vocalized by the Greek-Californian songwriter named Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) has been remixed more than 1100 times,

most notably by Armin Van Buuren and Cosmic Gate

for State Of Trance & Armada.

-----------------------------

As of 2016, with at least 1029 documented remixes to its credit

"So Get Up" a vocal spoken-word poem written and recorded by

Californian artist and songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

is the Guinness World Record holder for

"Most Musical Remixes Created From Single Acapella"

It is estimated that more than 33.5 million copies

of the various versions of So Get Up

have been sold/downloaded since 1994.

-----------------------

So Get Up: is published by Ravenshark Music /Scion Four Music (NY) / Memory Lane / ASCAP

Armin Van Buuren - "So Get Up"

Accidental Trance Superstar:

Since it's original recording in 1993, So Get Up, written and vocalized by the Greek-Californian songwriter named Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) has been remixed more than 1100 times,

most notably by Armin Van Buuren and Cosmic Gate

for State Of Trance & Armada.

-----------------------------

As of 2016, with at least 1029 documented remixes to its credit

"So Get Up" a vocal spoken-word poem written and recorded by

Californian artist and songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

is the Guinness World Record holder for

"Most Musical Remixes Created From Single Acapella"

It is estimated that more than 33.5 million copies

of the various versions of So Get Up

have been sold/downloaded since 1994.

-----------------------

So Get Up: is published by Ravenshark Music /Scion Four Music (NY) / Memory Lane / ASCAP