Ithaka Darin Pappas is a Greek-American multidisciplinary artist born in Californian. His early years in Los Angeles included photographic work for the film and music industry of subjects including; Giancarlo Esposito, NWA, early sculpture exhibits of his thirty year project The Reincarnation of a Surfboard, early writing such as the short story Stellafly and minor minor acting jobs (including Levi's commercial with world renowned director David Fincher). Between 1990-1991, Ithaka Darin Pappas spent large amounts of time in both Athens and Tokyo, but a lengthier relocation to Lisbon, Portugal in July of 1992 (until September 1998) proved to be a catalyst for his creativity.
In Portugal, Ithaka Darin Pappas immediately began involving himself in photography and sculpture exhibits and continued with his poetry and short story writing. An on-air interview on Lisbon station Rádio Comercial regarding his audio-visual exhibit "As Aventuras do KorvoRão" led to a regular guest spot on the program Quatro Bairro (4º Bairro) at the invite of show producer Eduardo Guerra, who described Ithaka calm, lethargic delivery as a Valium Voice. Except for being the narrator of a Texaco TV commercial in 1989, Ithaka had almost no previous experience on the microphone.
Recordings (three albums, an ep and several guest appearances)
Albums:
So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas
Flowers And The Color Of Paint
1. Street Loyalty? (ft. Ninicha)
2. The Umbilibus (ft. Lince & Marta Dias)
3. Fishdaddy (ft. Mimi Tavares)
4. Escape From The City Of Angels (ft. Marta Dias)
5. Erase The Slate Of Hate (ft. General D)
6. Been Four Years
7. Somewhere South Of Gibraltar (ft. Joao Paulo Feliciano)
8. The Pigeon Lady
9. Stonemobile
10. Rich Girl (Ketchup Love)
11. Sleepdriver
12. Goodcookies (ft. Marta Dias)
13. Flowers And The Color Of Paint (ft. Ninicha)
The Bum With Blue Blood
Stellafly
Substance-Free Exile
The Plot
Eden By The Sea
Ain't No Breeze
Butterfly Of Wisdom
Seabra Is Mad
Stay Strong Little Brother ft. Hi Fi Jo)
Capricorn And Cancer (ft. X-sta from Djamal)
King Tardy
Sunny The Bunny (with band Red Beans)
Sushi-Pack Subway (with band called Red Beans)
Alabama Cave Party (ft. Ace from Mind da Gap)
The Rise And Fall Of A Fortune
Spiritual Graveyard
Ursula Of Ithaka ft. Marta Dias
Stellafly
1998 Escape EP
Escape
Seabra is Mad (Rockhead Mix)
Ithaka +Arkahm Hi-Fi "The Day was hot"
1992 So Get Up (single) [Embryo Entertainment]
1993 So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas (spoken word album) [Sweatlodge Records][60][61]
1995 Fishdaddy (single) [Movieplay Records]
1995 Flowers and the Color of Paint (album) [Sweatlodge Records/Movieplay Records]
1997 Seabra Is Mad (single) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
1997 Stay Strong Little Brother – (single) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
1997 Stellafly: European Edition (album) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
1998 The Rise And Fall Of A Fortune (EP) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
(8 songs as guest artist)
1996 Marta Dias "Look To The Blue" (lyrics and additional lyrics)
1996 Marta Dias "Learn To Fly" – "Look To The Blue", "Learn To Fly" (Ithaka: lyrics and additional lyrics)
1996 Red Beans – "Sunny The Bunny", "Sushi-Pack Subway" "excerpt from Return To The City of Angels" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)(Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)
1996 Cool Hipnoise – "Hidden By The Sea"" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)
1997 General D – "Ekos Do Passado" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)
1998 Tejo Beat – "The Day Was Hot" (Ithaka: vocals/lyrics). Production Mario Caldato, Jr.
1998 More Republica Masonica – "Grounded Song" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)
1998 Mind Da Gap – "Intro" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics)
Solo art exhibitions in Portugal 1992-1998 (six solo showings)
1992 "As Aventuras Do KorvoRão" Photographs, Sculpture, Audio story
Venue: A Casa Amarela, Paredes, Lisbon
1993: "As Aventuras Do KorvoRão" Photographs, Sculpture, Audio story
Venue: O Foz Clube, Porto
1994 As Folhas Perdidas de Coriell (sculpture) at cafe Targus, Bairro Alto
1995 "Umbilicus" at Instituto Português do Juventude (photographs)
1995 As Folhas Perdidas de Coriell and "As Aventuras Do KorvoRão" (sculpture) at Universidade Moderna (Lisbon)
1998 :Quality Time: Part One: at Ze dos Bois Gallery
Writing:
Zé dos Cães, or José of the Dogs (short story)
*Charles Didn't Surf (short story)
*Cactus Crater
Live concerts and performances:
1994: "Feira Virtual" (spoken word poetry on electronic music).
Venue: Santa Maria de Feira Castle
1997:
*Blitz Awards (live on Television)
1998:
*August 1st 1998 Sony Stage at Expo '98, Lisbon (World's Fair)
* August 28th 1998 Noites Ritual Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Porto, Portugal on August 28, 1998
Noites Ritual
Record cover photography (15 record covers):
Ramp
General D "Kanimambo"
General D "Estado do sitio)
General D "Black Magic Woman single
General D "Portukkkal e um error"
General D e os kaiaparinho pe no chao larapinho no ceu (album)
Blitz cover General D
Sergio Godinho "Domingo no Mun6o" album cover photography
Tina and the Top Ten
Flood (despertar) (album
Flood "Por Que?" (single) Unaio Lisboa
Boss AC (portraits of rap star Boss AC)
Miguel Castro "Estrada do vento" album cover
Rtimo As Palavras Confusao) album cover)
Ad work for Redly Shoes (Morocco)
Super Nova (innersleeve photography)
Djamal Abram espaco cover)
frquent freelance to surf portugal, Ler
Alcoolemia (no ha tretas)
Kussondula ta se bvem (album cover)
Marta Dias YUE (album cover
