Ithaka (musician)
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| Birth name | Ithaka Darin Pappas |
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July 8, 1966 Anaheim, California, United States |
| Origin | Southern California, United States |
| Genres | hip hop, west coast hip hop, trip hop, spoken word, Electronic dance music, Alternative hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, lyricist, poet, contemporary artist, writer, photographer, producer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Sweatlodge Records, Valentim de Carvalho, Twisted Records (UK), Twisted Records (U.S.), Movieplay Records (Portugal) |
| Associated acts | Primitive Reason,Gabriel o Pensador,Underground Sound of Lisbon, DJ Vibe, Rui da Silva, Cosmic Gate,Armin Van Buuren,Mario Caldato, Jr.,Norman Cook |
Creator of the EDM vocal-poem "So Get Up" and the hip hop song "Escape From The City Of Angels",Ithaka Darin Pappas, better known simply as Ithaka, is an American contemporary artist, (sculptor, painter), photographer, songwriter, vocalist, hip hop artist, writer, poet, record producer and surfer of partial Greek descent. Ithaka was born and raised in Southern California, but later established himself in Japan, Greece, Portugal, Brazil and Mexico. The artist currently resides in California.
In Lisbon he recorded his first two hip hop albums, Flowers And The Color Of Paint and Stellafly. His song, Escape From The City Of Angels appeared on the soundtrack for Columbia Pictures' feature release, The Replacement Killers. He is also the lyricist/vocalist of the vocal-poem So Get Up that has been used on a multitude of different electronic dance music instrumentals. The first musical version of his poem was publicly released by Underground Sound of Lisbon
During his active years in Portugal, the artist's musical projects were nominated for a total of nine Blitz Awards (the Portuguese equivalent of The Grammy Awards) including; Best Album (for "Flowers And The Color Of Paint" in 1995 and Stellafly in 1997) and Best Male Vocalist (in 1995 & 1997). In addition, the prestigious national newspaper, Publico awarded his 1997 release Stellafly as "Album Of The Year" and considered his most popular song from that record Seabra Is Mad as both the "Song Of The Year" and "Video Of The Year". In an end of the decade retrospective article about Portuguese music, Publico also cited his debut release "Flowers And The Color Of Paint" as one of the country's Ten Most Influential Albums Of The 1990s.
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