Glasgow DJ, Kevin McKay, talks Danny Tenaglia's celebrated remix of "So Get Up" by Underground Sound of Lisbon ft. Ithaka

Glasgow DJ Kevin McKay talks Danny Tenaglia's celebrated remix of "So Get Up" by Underground Sound of Lisbon ft. Ithaka

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“I never forget the first time I heard this record. Back in 1994 when Danny Tenaglia was playing in Glasgow for the first time. He was playing Harry & Oscar’s Sunday Night at the Voodoo Room. Every DJ in the town was there and this is the one they were all talking about the week after. This was New York house but not as we new it. Glasgow was always big on heavy records. So when Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez started taking that Bew York sound and wrapping it up with acid noises and razor sharp synths. Glasgow was all over it. And the minute the voice* comes out of this record, “the end of the earth is upon us” everyone on the dance floor was like, what the fuck is this? And the beats and the groove and the analog that followed the whole place went absolutely crazy. I remember trying to track it down the next week. It wasn’t out yet. And when the promo finally arrived in my door. I was like, “Oh yes, I cannot wait to play this”. But the the trouble with that vocal is because it’s so iconic, it became overplayed. So I only got to play it a few times. I dug it out again recently to see whether it would still work. And boy does it still work. This is the Underground Sound of Lisbon (ft. Ithaka) with “So Get Up”, Danny Tenaglia’s “In The Light We Sleep Mix” on Tribal 1994. Check it out”

So get up, forget the past

Go outside and have a blast

Lyrics & vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

© 1992 Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/North Music Group

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The rarely credited vocals of the iconic song "So Get Up'" were written and vocalized by Greek-Californian Ithaka Darin Pappas (known more frequently by his mononym Ithaka).

1990's Portuguese Rave Compilation

A New Compilation Series Recaptures the ’90s Heyday of Rave in Portugal By April Clare Welsh · June 27, 2019   In 1994, Portugal’s dance music scene was thriving. Urban clubs and bars were offering a vibrant mix of European trance, acid house, Detroit techno, and house music from New York and Chicago. Secret raves were starting to emerge throughout the nation. During the summer of that year, a significant event took place at a medieval castle in Santa Maria da Feira, featuring New York’s Danny Tenaglia and Dutch DJ Jaydee as the main performers. This event represented a crucial turning point in the evolution of Portuguese rave culture. Simultaneously, Portugal’s alternative, underground party scene was also flourishing. The notorious U.K. free party collective, Spiral Tribe, arrived in 1996 and established themselves at Fonte da Telha, close to Costa da Caparica. Together with four other soundsystem collectives—Total Resistance, APA, Kamikaze, and Furious—they organized a series of events in hidden venues across the country. “There were raves in castles, convents—stuff like that,” recalls João Ervedosa, also known as DJ Shcuro/José Acid, whose Lisbon label Paraíso draws inspiration from the sounds of that time. “Beyond the club scene, there was this significant trance movement. People were traveling to Portugal from all over the globe.” These years were also pivotal for recorded dance music. Kaos Records, the nation’s first electronic label established by Portuguese producers Rui da Silva and DJ Vibe alongside promoter António Cunha, released key records from The Ozone and Urban Dreams; the track “So Get Up” (a remix of the iconic 1992 downtempo track by Ithaka aka artist Ithaka Darin Pappas) made by the Underground Sound of Lisbon became a defining anthem, and New York icon Junior Vasquez was the first U.S. DJ to spin the single during his set at Sound Factory. (It was subsequently licensed to the label Tribal America, accompanied by remixes from Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia.) This moment signified the onset of a lasting partnership between New York house and Portuguese dance music.

Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/rave-tuga-compilation-series

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"So Get Up" written and vocalized by Ithaka  - 1993

© Ithaka Darin Pappas

Ravenshark Music/Scion Four Music/ASCAP

Album: So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas