"
SO GET UP" (1993 Demo) - Very rare 1993 demo version of the iconic
electronic dance music vocal-poem "So Get Up". The lyrics were written and recorded by
Ithaka (aka:
Ithaka Darin Pappas) in
January 1993 for a Rádio Comercial Program in Lisbon.
In March
of 1993, this Demo version 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 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
