Ithaka "Voiceless Blue Raven" Album Cover

Cover for Ithaka's all instrumental album called, Voiceless Blue Raven. 

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Graphic design by" Charles Park

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VOICELESS BLUE RAVEN : Volume One

 C   Californian-born songwriter, Ithaka, has spent the majority of his musical career as a vocalist/lyricist, but recent years have found the multi-faceted nomadic expressionist spending more and time with the composing, construction and recording of the music itself. Voiceless Blue Raven (his 7^th full-length release) represents the integral transition from being a backseat musical collaborator on his early vocal releases in the mid-1990's, gradually evolving into a progressive, cutting-edge ambient hip hop producer and sonic craftsman.

Ithaka, (who is also contemporary artist, photographer and writer), currently divides his time between Southern California and Recanto Akahti, his jungle-shack art and music studio in AkahtiLândia, Brazil [state of São Paulo].

1. Coffin Alley Confinement

written & produced by ithaka at coffin alley studio - california

2. Punch Drunk Syrup Suckers

written & produced by ithaka at recanto akahti - akahtiLândia, brazil

3. Peace Palace Porridge

4. Swamp King

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5. Roula’s Revenge

6. Monday In Mongaguá

7. Red Gravel

8. Dine N Dash (instrumental version)

9. Seabra Is Mad (instrumental version)

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10. Betty’s Feathers

11. Brother Barstow (instrumental version)

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12. Jungle Shack Dementia

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13. Who’s The Enemy ? (instrumental version)

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14. Blackstar Canyon

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15. Afternoon In Lagoa

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16. Technically A Failure (instrumental version)

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17. Same Room Blues (instrumental version)

18. ‘N Portugal (instrumental version)

19. I Ride (RnR instrumental version)

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20. Stingray Shuffle (intrumental version)

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21. What I Ask Of Myself

         

Contemporary Artist And Hip Hop Vocalist, Ithaka On Cover Hollywood Weekly - July 2010 Issue

Contemporary Artist And Hip Hop Vocalist, Ithaka On Cover Hollywood Weekly - July 2010 Issue

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His abstract photographic art and body of sculpture work known as The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard have been exhibited globally, his most recent solo showings were hosted by The Camp in Costa Mesa, California in June 2010,^[6] Gallery Alma Do Mar in São Paulo, Brazil in October 2010 and WOA-Way Of Arts in Lisbon, Portugal in December 2012 .^[7]

At present the artist creates most of his musical, photographic and sculptural works at Recanto Akahti, his small ranch in rural South America located on the edge of the Atlantic Forest inAkahtiLândia, Brazil.^[8]

Ithaka borrowed his stage name, he has said, specifically from the title of the poem "Ithaca" by the Greek poet, Constantine P. Cavafy, which in short summarizes that a journey is more important than the destination, that enjoyment of the journey of life, and the increasing maturity of the soul as that journey continues, are all the traveler can ask for. The poem, Ithaka has stated publicly, has served as a kind of life guide for the artist since he was in his early twenties. It should be noted that Cafavy's poem itself was inspired by the Homeric return journey of Odysseus to his home island, as depicted in the Odyssey, even further connecting the artist Ithaka to his Greek ancestry.