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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 Kevin McKay (April 25th 2026): 

“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 knew it. 

Glasgow was always big on heavy records. 

So when Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez 

started taking that New 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 i

s 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 https://youtube.com/shorts/nPFj9Jg2m2k?is=mrYxXyHIh1V1aS-Z #90shousemusic #tribalhousemusic #acidhousecollective 

NOTE: 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).

A New Compilation Series Recaptures the ’90s Heyday of House Music in Portugal

Greek-American lyricist/vocalist Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas). Ithaka lived in Lisbon from 1992-1996. He originally wrote the vocal-poem So Get Up, The End Of The Earth Is Upon Us for one of his daily appearances on the program Quarto Bairro for Rádio Comercial, Portugal.

A New Compilation Series Recaptures the ’90s Heyday of House Music in Portugal

These were also crucial years for recorded dance music. Kaos Records, the country’s first electronic label founded by Portuguese producers Rui da Silva and DJ Vibe with promoter António Cunha, released essential records from The Ozone and Urban Dreams; the single “So Get Up” by the Underground Sound of Lisbon -with vocals and lyrics by Californian songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)- became an anthem, and New York legend Junior Vasquez was the first U.S. DJ to play the single during his night at Sound Factory. (It was later licensed to the label Tribal America, backed with remixes by Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia.) That moment marked the beginning of a long-lasting alliance between New York house and Portuguese dance music, one that continues to influence contemporary producers like Violet and Photonz.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/rave-tuga-compilation-series?from=hp_techno

"So Get Up" - Cosmic Gate' featuring Ithaka "So Get Up" Receives 8 out 10 Review In Mix Mag

 Cosmic Gate's "So Get Up" 

featuring (in entirety) 

the iconic 1993 vocal-poem 

by Californian songwriter, Ithaka

 receives 8 out of 10 in Mix Mag review

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 Cosmic Gate's "So Get Up" 

featuring (in entirety) 

the iconic 1993 vocal-poem 

by Californian songwriter, Ithaka

 receives 8 out of 10 in Mix Mag review

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Inspired perhaps by the launch of their new label, Cosmic Gate take a big bold step down the electric-house strasse here. Re-tasking the acapella-apocalypto written by and vocalized by Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) in 1993 [for Underground Sound Of Lisbon], they crank up the extreme frequencies and EQs while using trance aspects as incidentals, rather than the core. Sure to divisive in terms of Trance Family opinion, but any which way you cut it, you can't deny its effectiveness on the dance floor.
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           Ithaka - EDMânia (South America) Dec 2016