Ithaka: lyricist, vocalist, and producer

"Fascinating lyricist, vocalist, and producer who doesn't seem to restrict himself to any specific genres. His 1993 acapella masterpiece, "So Get Up", (which was first remixed by Underground Sound Of Lisbon in 1994), has gone on to become one of the most mixed and memorable EDM vocals of the last two-and-a-half decades. It was most recently popularized by trance superstars, Cosmic Gate.

Ithaka's original "So Get Up" lyric and vocal have appeared in more than a thousand (yes, A Thousand !) tracks around the globe - in a wide range of sonic styles including; House, Progressive House, Electro House, Deep House, Tech House, UK Garage, Trance, Uplifting Trance, Techno, Hardcore, Dutch Hardcore, Gabber, Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Synthpop, Trip hop, Hip hop, Downtempo, Nu jazz , Ambient, Rock and Art Rock.

His eight solo albums have, for the most part, a chilled-out story-telling kind of hip hop/trip hop vibe. One of the records, Voiceless Blue Raven, is all instrumental. And another, So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas, is almost entirely vocal...returning once again to his roots as a spoken-word poet.

His song "Escape from the City of Angels" from the album, Fishdaddy Flashbacks was used in the soundtrack to Antoine Fuqua's feature film, The Replacement Killers, starring Chow Yun Fat and Mira Sorvino (released by Columbia Pictures)."

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