Surf song: "Seabra is Mad" by Ithaka

Ithaka Darin Pappas surfing Jardim do Mar,- Madeira Portugal / photo: Joao Valente

In 1995, Ithaka Darin Pappas (often known simply as Ithaka) joined Zé Seabra and João Valente for a surf trip in Madeira Island. At that time, the Portuguese island was starting to be the next candy store for surf and on this surf trip the waves were pumping almost everyday.

Pappas was so impressed by Seabra´s performance on big waves, that he decided to write a song dedicated to him. The song was released in 1997, as the first single from his second studio album “Stellafly”.

In the end of this surf trip Zé Seabra offered a surfboard to Orlando Mendes Pereira and his friends and informally founded the “Surf Clube Jardim do Mar”.

Source: https://edgarxavier.myportfolio.com/blast-from-the-past

"So Get Up" Versions and remixes of the Ithaka song, "So Get Up" (1992-2026)

   Lyricist, vocalist: Ithaka Darin Pappas in Athens 1991

Versions and remixes of the song "So Get Up" a literary work written and vocalized by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) used in songs over 4 decades

Lyrics published by Ravenshark Music/ASCAP/administered by North Music Group(USA)

There are approximately 1200 versions of So Get Up in existence, this incomplete list is an attempt to begin cataloging them.

1992 (1 version)

1. <b>Ithaka "So Get Up"</b> Acapella written in Amoeiras - Lisbon, Portugal on December 13th 1992 

Recorded later same day at Radio Comercial  [PORTUGAL] Label: None

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

ISRC#: USL4R2065259

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=conAi8Fg6Cc&list=RDconAi8Fg6Cc&start_radio=1

1993 (2 versions)

2. <b>Ithaka "So Get Up" 1993"</b> recorded with producer/engineer Darbis in Manchester, England late January 1993 [UK] Label: Embryo

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music: Darbis

ISRC: USL4R2088936

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW24QOQDPFY&list=RDdW24QOQDPFY&start_radio=1

3. Underground Sound of Lisbon - "So Get Up" ft. Ithaka (original mix) rerecorded in late 1993 with USL [PORTUGAL] Label: Kaos

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

1994  (10 versions)

4. Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up" ft. Ithaka – Acapella – (lyrics and vocals by: Ithaka) – Engineer: Sinewave – TRIBAL America/I.R.S.

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

<b>5. Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up – Junior's Factory Mix</b> (lyrics and vocals by: Ithaka) TRIBAL America/I.R.S.

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Junior Vasquez/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

6.Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up" – Factory Dub (lyrics and vocals by: Ithaka) TRIBAL America/I.R.S.

Lyrics/Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Junior Vasquez/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

7.Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up – ft. Ithaka Danny's "In The Light We Sleep" Mix 

[Portugal/USA/UK] Label: Tribal America/I.R.S./Kaos

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Danny Tenaglia/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

8.Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up  ft. Ithaka – Get-Upella Mix 

[Portugal/USA/UK] Label: Tribal America/I.R.S./Kaos

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Danny Tenaglia/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

9.Underground Sound of Lisbon – "So Get Up – It's 4 P.M. Danny, Get Up! Dub [Portugal/USA/UK] Label: Tribal America/I.R.S./Kaos

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Danny Tenaglia/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

10. Orion's Voice – "The Next Life"  [Netherlands] Re-Fuel Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Danny Tenaglia/Dj Vibe/Rui da Silva

11. Sarasite – "The End Of The Earth"- Jatzzup Mix [Italy] Melody Maker Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Sarasite

12. Sarasite – "The End Of The Earth" – Patrick P.D.jJ. Tribal Mix [Italy] Melody Maker Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Sarasite

13. Sarasite – "The End Of The Earth" M.C. Hair New Wave Vibrations mix [Italy] Melody Maker Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Sarasite

1995 (4 versions)

14. Committee – "Trance Line" [Spain] Lost Paradise Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Dimas Carbajo, J.J. De La Fuente

ISRC# ESA031305712, ESA031303320, ES5770690442

14. Public Domain "So Get Up" Original Mix [Netherlands] BZRK Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Francois Zoontjes, Jorn Hanneman

15. Public Domain "So Get Up" Dr. Phil's Mix  [Netherlands] BZRK Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Francois Zoontjes, Jorn Hanneman

16. Public Domain "So Get Up" Jeremy Mix  [Netherlands] BZRK Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Francois Zoontjes, Jorn Hanneman

1996  (2 versions)

17. K.S. "Felini's Circus" [Italy] Active Bass Music

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Alessandro Moschini, Andrea Prezioso, Eugenio Passalacqua

ISRC# ITC899600025

18. Tecmania Rebel "So Get Up" [Netherlands] Planet Dance Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Patrick van der Hart

1997  (1 version)

19. Next Generation - "The Earthquake" [Italy] Ipnotika Records

 Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Patrick van der Hart

ISRC# USJ3V1324969

2013  (1 versions)

Stefano Esposito "Goodbye My Friend" [Italy] Four Fingers Hand Records 

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Stefano Esposito

ISRC# ITZQ81300075, USQY51210878

2020 (16 versions)

Insanatix "Go Insane" [Germany] Gearbox Digital

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Insanatix

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49yTLO_S2AQ&list=RD49yTLO_S2AQ&start_radio=1

El Jack "Next Life" [Mexico] Muscaria Project

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by:?

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-AYAVVXMUA&list=RDY-AYAVVXMUA&start_radio=1

Dade (ITA) "Get Up" (original mix) [Italy] Shaman Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Davide Greco

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-AYAVVXMUA&list=RDY-AYAVVXMUA&start_radio=1

Dade (ITA) "Get Up" (Stefano Parenti & Giovieri Remix) [Italy] Shaman Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Davide Greco

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNcfCUkVkII&list=RDqNcfCUkVkII&start_radio=1

Dade (ITA) "Get Up" (Francesco Parente Remix) [Italy] Shaman Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Davide Greco

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3CB7Dpjkak&list=RDe3CB7Dpjkak&start_radio=1

Rick Silva "Get Up!" [Mexico] House Of Rhythm Mexico City

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Rick Silva

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbCpEYCamI&list=RDxUbCpEYCamI&start_radio=1

Pomella "So Get Up" [Italy] Ithica Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Poema

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwjdooE1GY&list=RDXHwjdooE1GY&start_radio=1

Second Nature "So Get Up" ft. Ithaka [Portugal] 

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Second Nature

ISRC# QZES52033754

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvHt4JPATI&list=RDVvvHt4JPATI&start_radio=1

Forgiven x Derex "The End Of The Earth" 

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Forgiven and Derex 

ISRC# TCAHE2332511, TCAHE233251

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNJELKA_04E&list=RDrNJELKA_04E&start_radio=1

Alvaro Miranda & Spencer "Get Up"

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Alvaro Miranda & Spencer

ISRC# QZES52033754

Link:?

Joe Waudby "Next Life" [Netherlands] Altered Reality Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Joe Waudby

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tONVpVu0V8

DJ Pandemora "So Get Up" [Andorra]

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: DJ Pandemora

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaGqTEi-2LY

Pomella "So Get Up" [Italy] Ithica Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Poema

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwjdooE1GY&list=RDXHwjdooE1GY&start_radio=1

Niko "Get Up" [Brazil] Niko Music Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Niko

ISRC#?

Link?

Alien Project "Get Up" [Israel] H2O Records

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Ari Linker

ISRC#USA2P0728587

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virTsQNqOFg&list=RDvirTsQNqOFg&start_radio=1

Paolo Barbato & Lineki "Get Up" [Italy] Stereophonic

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Davide Sabadin & Paolo Barbato

ISRC#?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dVdJbeLV04&list=RD7dVdJbeLV04&start_radio=1

2023 (1 version)

DJ AniMe w/ Broken Minds "Go Insane" [Netherlands]  Cloud 9 Music / Warner

Lyrics, Vocals: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Music by: Barbara Palermo, Omar Ruiz, Rodri Bustamante

ISRC# NLFL72300315

Los tres poemas más famosos jamás escritos en Portugal

                                  Luís Vaz de Camões

<b>1. Los Lusiadas (© 1572) de Luís Vaz de Camões</b>

"Los Lusíadas" es un poema épico de Luís de Camões, publicado en 1572, que celebra los viajes de Vasco da Gama y la era de los descubrimientos portugueses. La obra, considerada la obra maestra de la literatura portuguesa, narra la expedición a la India mezclando la historia con elementos mitológicos, como la intervención de los dioses griegos. 

. . .

                                                 Fernando Pessoa

<b>"Autopsychography"(© 1932) de Fernando Pessoa</b>

El poema de Fernando Pessoa titulado originalmente en portugués "Autopsicografia" (publicado en la revista Presença, nº 36, en noviembre de 1932), es ampliamente conocido y traducido al español. 

Autopsicografía

El poeta es un fingidor.

Finge tan completamente

Que hasta finge que es dolor

El dolor que de veras siente. 

Y quienes leen lo que escribe,

Sienten, en el dolor leído,

No los dos que el poeta vive

Sino aquél que no han tenido. 

Y así va por su camino,

Distrayendo a la razón,

Ese tren sin real destino

Que se llama corazón. 

Este poema es una de las obras más célebres de Pessoa, donde explora la esencia del acto poético como un artificio o "fingimiento" que, paradójicamente, construye una verdad ficticia y universal para el lector. 

. . . 

                                 Ithaka Darin Pappas

<b>"So Get Up" (© 1992) por Ithaka Darin Pappas</b>

El fin de la tierra está sobre nosotros

The end of the earth is upon us

Muy pronto todo se convertirá en polvo

Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust

Levántate

So get up

Olvida el pasado

Forget the past

Sal afuera

Go outside

Diviértete

Have a blast

Viaja mil millas en un avión a reacción

Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane

Enloquece, vuelve loco

Go out of your mind go insane

A un lugar donde nunca has estado antes

To a place you never been before

Come helado o lamerás el piso

Eat ice cream our you'll lick the floor

Porque el fin de la tierra está sobre nosotros

'Cause, the end of the earth is upon us

Muy pronto todo se convertirá en polvo

Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust

Adiós amigos míos

Goodbye my friends

Adiós mundo

Goodbye world

Nos veremos en la próxima vida

I'll see you in the next life

Underground Sound of Lisbon (Slamdance Festival Cut)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10K0dJ6m7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10K0dJ6m7w

number one songs

As of 2025 there have been more than a thousand verified remixes (with more than 60 million total downloads) of the iconic 1992 vocal-poem song "So Get Up" by Greek-Californian songwriter and visual artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas).  Underground Sound of Lisbon's 1994 remix was perhaps one of the more popular versions and with its U.K. and U.S. licensing deals on Tribal Records in the early nineties, elevated exposure of the poem to a more international audiences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10K0dJ6m7w

"Next Life" Lucky Choice ft. Ithaka (first Ukrainan remix of Ithaka's iconic "So Get Up")

In 2022, Ukrainian deep house producer Lucky Choice (aka Taras Revansh власник музичного лейблу) collaborated with Greek-Californian lyricist-vocalist Ithaka (aka Ithaka Darin Pappas) on the dynamic track "Next Life". The song, based on Ithaka's original 1992 iconic track "So Get Up" became and instant dance floor classic in Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Mumbai.

ISRC: DEH742227019

Lyrics and vocals: 

Ithaka Darin Pappas ©1992 

(ASCAP/North Music Group/Ravenshark Music)

The end of the earth is upon us

Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust

So get up

Forget the past

Go outside and 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

'Cause, the end of the earth is upon us

Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust

Goodbye my friends

Goodbye world

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Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

https://music.apple.com/ru/song/next-life/1654110699

У 2022 році український продюсер діп-хаусу Lucky Choice (він же Тарас Реванш, власник музичного лейблу) співпрацював із греко-каліфорнійським автором пісень та вокалістом Ithaka (він же Ithaka Darin Pappas) над динамічним треком "Next Life". Пісня, заснована на оригінальному культовому треку Ithaka 1992 року "So Get Up", миттєво стала класикою танцполів в Україні, Східній Європі та Мумбаї. Текст і вокал:

Ітака Дарін Паппас ©1992

(ASCAP/North Music Group/Ravenshark Music)

Кінець землі вже близько

Скоро все перетвориться на порох

Тож вставайте

Забудьте минуле

Виходьте на вулицю та насолоджуйтесь

Пролітайте тисячу миль на реактивному літаку

Збожеволійте, збожеволійте

У місце, де ви ніколи раніше не були

Їжте морозиво, або облизуєте підлогу

Бо кінець землі вже близько

Скоро все перетвориться на порох

Прощавайте, друзі

Прощавайте, світе

"Raidor Bass" a sculpture by Ithaka Darin Pappas

The Reincarnation of a Surfboard is a body of sculpture work created by Ithaka Darin Pappas. The project, which began in 1989 consist of approximately 300 wall-mounted sculptures that have been made using recycled surfboards as raw building material. The series to date has been exhibited on four continents.

Eazy E skateboarding in Venice (cover article of General Admission's 2016 Holiday Buyers Guide)