Flowers and the Color of Paint

Flowers and the Color of Paint não chega a ser uma obscuridade mas está, no mínimo, esquecido. O álbum de estreia de @_ithaka_, (Ithaka Darin Pappas)- o profeta do fim de "So Get Up" - é um fascinante transporte pelo imaginário do californiano radicado em Portugal nos anos 90, com a ajuda de suspeitos identificados como General D e os Cool Hipnoise, e passagens do nível de A Tribe Called Quest e De La Soul. Viagem a Flowers and the Color of Paint para ler em retropolitano.substack.com

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Ithaka "Stay Strong Little Brother" (lyrics)

"Stay Strong Little Brother" Lyrics: Ithaka Darin Pappas ©1997 Ravenshark Music/ASCAP (administered by North Music Group) Over here, on this side of the pool what am I to think, what am I to do? Been hearing bad news about my little brother no, not my blood brother --- But he's still my little brother ten calls this week from the concerned been learning many things that I didn't want to learn the story is an old one, no it ain't new but every time I hear it it leaves a cloud of doom and this time it's worse, cuz I love the life at stake so brother quit the pin before it's too late stay strong little brother cuz you are loved little brother as the new kid around, little bro you had it all brains. Motivation. And calls from keely small and you could slice a wall, with a blade of glass with a smooth new style, that was loose and fast at the rivermouth, back in winter '85 you and T.C., you was the only ones to ride and wall for wall, you matched his best "KLING", you STRING-BEAN ... you put him to the test Rider of the year, but never saw you in no mag or in a contest heat, with a color on your back don't throw the gift away, with the light of a match don't throw the gift away, with the stick of a pin stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother fresh out of V.H.S., (YOU) sarted working on the features junior editor with the alpine speakers you was bold, had the humor and the girls all over you you had the ride, the pad ......IQ, 182 but somewhere down the line, you got off your course by that old dark ugly evil force stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother all sorts of poisens, flowing through your veins some say you're crazy, they say you ain't the same but bro, I know you for at least fifteen years and though I share many of their fears I know deep in your soul, you're still the kling and I'll always be there for you, if you need a hand or wing stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother talls, red room, and the six of clubs it's the places, it's the people ... and little brother it's the drugs so come clean, start yourself off new drop the dope and the bottle ... and the dope and the bottle crew maybe the end of the earth is upon us but maybe it ain't and we won't turn to dust if that's the case, wanna live a long time little brother won't you join us, got to make up your mind stay strong little brother cuz, you are loved little brother ___________ "Stay Strong Little Brother"is track #8 from the Ithaka album Stellafly that was released in 1997. The duration of this song is 04:12

Portrait of songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas (1995) on the set of "Stonemobile"

Portrait of songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas in Lisbon, Portugal (1995) on the set of the video for his song "Stonemobile" directed by Eduardo Condorcet.

"N PORTUGAL" by Ithaka ft. Thalma de Freitas

N PORTUGAL - Ithaka (ft. Thalma da Freitas)

https://music.apple.com/us/album/salt... ithaka - N PORTUGAL (ft. Thalma da Freitas) [Tito Gomes Rmx] From the album: Saltwater Nomad The video was created. directed and edited by Portuguese graffic artist Nelson Lança (aka NelGod) using primarily still images of the artist and scenes around Portugal creatively animated using a variety of software. An earlier version of the song N PORTUGAL was released on Ithaka's 2004 album RECORDED IN RIO, receiving substantial radio play in Portugal itself. Both mixes feature the background vocal talents of grammy-nominated Brazilian singer, Thalma de Freitas who is aa former member of Rio de Janeiro's Orchestra Imperial band. Publishing administered by North Music Group (USA) #Portugal #NPortugal #Hiphoptuga

"MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND" - Melo D featuring Prophet, Johnny Def, Ithaka, Bomberjack (2021)

"MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND" - Melo D featuring Prophet, Johnny Def, Ithaka, Bomberjack (2021). Ithaka participates on Melo D's new funk inspired hip hop track entitled Money Makes The World Go Round which also features hip hop tuga allstars; Prophet, Johnny Def, and DJ Bomberjack.

Pop Rock A Portuguesa por Katia de Abreu Pereira (Capítulo 7, Páginas 64 e 65) ©2002

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2002 o selo Subotnik, sediado em Coimbra. "O caminho parece ser esse, editar material

de maneira independente e depois ir atrás das majors para a distribuição", conclui.

Capítulo 7:

A pop eletrônica

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"So Get Up" fez o verão de 94: de Ibiza a Los Angeles. A música era uma

remixagem dos renomados produtores americanos Danny Tenaglia e Júnior Vasquez,

para o tema "Get Up", que constava no primeiro álbum do USL lançado em Portugal em

93. O companheiro de Rui, DJ Vibe, além de se consolidar como um dos melhores e

mais requisitados DJs em sua terra, como residente do Kremlin (um dos clubes lisboetas

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mais conhecidos nos anos 90), também ganhou as pistas do mundo impulsionado pelo

sucesso do USL, tendo passado por discotecas de toda a Europa, dos Estados Unidos, e,

inclusive, pela Love Parede alemã.

Ithaka Darin Pappas, um surfista e artista multifacetado (escultor, fotógrafo e escritor)

californiano que viveu em Portugal nos anos 90, era dono da voz e das palavras de "Get

Up" (que originalmente era um poema de Pappas). O "hit" abriu portas para que ele

conseguisse um contrato com uma editora portuguesa e lançasse seu projeto Ithaka, em

que pode-se notar as raízes musicais de Pappas, fincadas no hip hop de Los Angeles, cuja

efervescência, desde o final da década de 80, foi captada pelas lentes de sua máquina

fotográfica. Flowers and the Color of Paint foi o primeiro disco do Ithaka, em parceria

com DJ Grizzly, e com colaborações de artistas portugueses, como

General D e Francisco Rebelo (baixista do Cool Hipnoise) e Marta Dias. A recepção da crítica ao

trabalho que misturava rap, soul, blues e música eletrônica fez com que Pappas assinasse

com uma major, a Norte Sul. Depois de quatro discos editados em terras lusas, Pappas

regressou a Los Angeles, onde continua com seus projetos.