T78 "The Earthquake" feat. Ithaka

Italian superstar dj/producer T78, 

has just dropped a bomb on the 

e.p. Retro Future Vol. 2 for his imprint Autektone.

The highlight of the release 

(which also features the tracks "Kalamarr" and "Imp") 

is T78's fresh new techno remix of "The Earthquake"

a song he had originally collaborated on with fellow 

countrymen next generation for Ipnotika Records.

All of the at least seven existing versions of The Earthquake, 

feature the iconic 1992 vocal-poem So Get Up by Greek-

Californian artist and songwriter, 

Ithaka (or Ithaka Darin Pappas).

The poem was first written and recited for a radio program

Ithaka was hosting in Lisbon, Portugal. The first musical 

version of So Get Up (in February 1993) was recorded in 

Manchester for the labels Embryo Entertainment/Sweatlodge 

Records.

"Next Life" Township Rebellion Revisits Ithaka's Iconic "So Get Up" (Stil Vor Talent)

Talented German production team Township Rebellion has long been heavily influenced by the poetry of California poet/vocalist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)
enough in fact to revisit his iconic his iconic 1993 vocal poem, So Get Up, originally recorded in Manchester England. This new version was released by Stil Vor Talent (Germany)

2017 Township Rebellion "Next Life" Mix

Original 1993 version:

Armin Van Buuren featuring Ithaka (A State Of Trance)

                                 "So Get Up" Armin Van Buuren featuring Ithaka 

In 2013, twenty years after it was first written and recorded, trance legend Armin Van Buuren re-introduced Ithaka's iconic EDM vocal poem So Get Up (The End Of The Earth) to a new generation by playing a version by Cosmic Gate on his popular global A State Of Trance radio program and featuring it on his mix album A State Of Trance 2013 (Armada Records).

Ithaka Darin Pappas: writer vocalist of the apocalyptic, So Get Up

In March of 1993, a demo version of So Get Up was recorded in Manchester, United Kingdom with producer Simon Bradshaw. And later, in February of 1994, Ithaka was invited to rerecord the poem for the B-Side of the first vinyl release of Underground Sound Of Lisbon on Kaos Records, Portugal. It was an almost instant national hit and soon released (along with an acapella version) internationally by Tribal (USA), a subsidiary of Stuart Copeland's IRS Records in New York.

Interestingly, although the poem was written and vocalized by Ithaka a year before ever meeting Underground Sound Of Lisbon, no public vocal credit was included on those first releases.

The USL version and the new remixes by Junior Vazquez and Danny Tenaglia were quite popular themselves (selling at least 50,000 units) but because an acapella was included in these major distributions, literally hundreds of new mixes appeared in just a few years. Many producers simply changed the title (sometimes not) and put the entire vocal on their own instrumentals and called it their own.

The vocal acapella has also been released under the titles; "Get Up", "Get Up Go Insane", "So Get Up Atom Bride", "The End Of the Earth", "Next Life", "See You In The Next Life", "Intro", "Headcharge" and "Hardventure"

The vocal itself has never had a sonic style specifically associated with it, it has kept changing it's clothes and modernizing itself with the times.

The spoken-word acapella was originally read on-air on top of an instrumental version of a Naughty-By-Nature hip hop song, and this UK demo version is a mid-tempo electro-style track,. The vocal never had a sonic style specifically associated with it,
it has kept changing it's clothes and modernizing itself with the times.

The USL, Tenaglia and Junior Vazquez versions were progressive and tribal house

And since then have versions have appeared in almost every avenue of global electronic music such as; Trance, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Big Beat, Trip Hop, Tech House, Electronic Art Rock etc.

Groups, producers and DJs that have released So Get Up inculude; Derek Marin, Peter Bailey, Pagano, Ben Gold, Eric Kupper, Cosmic Gate, Armin Van Buuren, Ricardo Diaz, Nixu Zsun, Oxia (France), Mert Yucel (Turkey), Igor Carmo (Portugal), Miss Kittin (Germay), Public Domain (Holland), Fat Boy Slim (Norman Cook) UK, Stretch & Verne (UK), Lexington Avenue, Damage People, Mirabeau, Ma-Beckerfield, FuturePlays (from Mexico), Dj Screw (Thailand), Djz Rom (Cambodia), Technoboy (Italy), Frankyeffe (Italy), Maik Ibane, Murt Yucel (Turkey), Mowree (Italy), Razat (Portugal), Tuneboy (Italy), K-Traxx (Italy), Dylan Hilsley (UK), DJ Vibe, Cee Cee Lee (Italy), Alex Di Stefano, etc etc etc.

As of December 2016, with a staggering 1129 documented and released mixes, So Get Up is considered "The Most Remixed Vocal Acapella In Musical History" by the Guinness World Records.

"So Get Up" © 1993 Ithaka Darin Pappas
Published by Ravenshark Music/Scion Four Music (NY)/ASCAP