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ITHAKA

Saltwater Nomad

About Me

VOCALIST. SCULPTOR. WRITER. PHOTOGRAPHER. An offspring of Southern California's multi-cultural diversity, hip hop vocalist and visual artist, ITHAKA (aka Darin Pappas) was spawned on a wide spectrum of suburban and urban influences, both personally and artistically. As a teenager, Los Angeles provided him constant contact with people from different countries and wide ranges of economic class who often had little or nothing in common. This motivated him to bridge the gaps. He found he related to people from all over from multitudes of social realities, often making friends with foreigners and scouring their brains for information about the outside. This eventually inspired his own life-long ambition of travel and adventure. Becoming the fundamental fuel for his five ground-breaking hip hop albums, numerous photography and sculpture exhibits and short stories. He has also lived in Lisbon, Tokyo, Athens- and is presently grounded in Rio de Janeiro where he recorded his latest album with producer, TITO GOMES called "SALTWATER NOMAD". Also made in Rio, "EM DIRECAO ITHAKA" (On The Way To Ithaka), a documentary about the life of the artist directed by SUSANNA LIRA. The film won BEST SCRIPT/IDEA AWARD at the Brazilian FATU film festival. ALBUMS: SALTWATER NOMAD (2007), FUSE WITH ME-Ithaka vs cartell 70 (2005), RECORDED IN RIO (2004), SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA (2001), STELLAFLY (1997), FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT (1995). His old school hip hop classic, ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS was featured in the soundtrack for Columbia Films, "THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS" (directed by Antoine Fuqua & starring Oscar winning actors, Chow Yung Fat & Mira Sorvino. And Clifton Davis Jr.)In the mid-'90s while living in Europe, he wrote lyrics and vocalized one of the biggest export dance hits in Portuguese history; Underground Sound of Lisbon's, "SO GET UP" (reaching 8 on the UK BILLBOARD dance charts). And in 2007 Ithaka did vocals and lyrics on another dance track, "YOU" (DJ Vibe featuring Ithaka) released on the album, DJ VIBE: GLOBAL GROOVES III.In addition to contributing to soundtracks of several surf films, his music has most recently appeared on the highly-rated xbox-360 basketball game, NBA 2K7. Ithaka's short stories appear in most editions of the American surf magazine, WATER (www.water-digital.com). DON'T FORGET to SUSCRIBE to the ITHAKA BLOG and CHECK OUT the VIDEO & PHOTO PAGES here on MYSPACE. ____________________________________________________________ _____ For more info on the new album see:http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?id=139 58 or http://saltwaternomad.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Ithaka's short-stories can be read at: http://ithakastories.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Most Ithaka lyrics can be found at: http://ithakalyrics.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ ____________ More fotos of Ithaka at: http://fotosofithaka.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________________ ____________MORE ithaka sites: www.ithaka.co.nr, www.ithaka.cc, www.ithaka-1.com, www.darinpappas.com ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Buy ITHAKA tracks on ITUNES: (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum ?playListId=75433 185). ITHAKA MUSIC ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM, CDBABY.COM, EBAY.COM AND INDIE SHOPS. ____________________________________________________________ ____________Ithaka is sponsored by Factor 54, Hoodlamb, Globe Shoes, PMD Surfboards (www.pmdsurfboards.com.br), Raidor Enterprises and Akahti .href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.indivi dual&videoid=1495343"Escape From The City of Angels

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Member Since: 6/15/2005
Band Website: surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?
Band Members: LYRICS AND VOCALS BY ITHAKA (aka; Darin Pappas, "Ith", Ithaka Pappagiannis, Ithaca, Itaka, Itaca, Fishdaddy, Pappy, Korvowrong, Korvorowng, Korvorao)........................MUSIC PRODUCED BY: Tito Gomes, Conman (aka Conley Abrams III), Beat Laden (aka Bruno Lobato), Ithaka, Berna Ceppas, Joe Fossard, Pedro Passos, Mario Caldato Jr., DJ Vibe, Rui da Silva, Jonathan Miller, Martsen Bailey, Henri Sanrame, David Kellogg, Matt Coldrick (Pan Electric).YOU

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Influences: Early hip hop story-tellers, beat generation writers, obsessive independent film-makers, mentally deranged visual artists, THE OCEAN, big-wave riders, soul carvers, small-wave gymnastic trickstas, enviromentalists, peace activists, REAL jornalists (who are trying to better the world by covering atrocities we'd never even know about ) AND all adventurers..in any way shape or form. ____________________________________________________________ _________ MUSIC, etc. that I like sonically and/or lyrically: George Clinton, Outkast, Roots, ICE T, Da Weasel, Boss Ac, Sam The Kid, Biggie, NWA, Jill Scott, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Gabriel O Pensador, Spearhead, Portishead, Cavafy, Odysseus, Homer, Tribe Called Quest, Sugarhill Gang, Dazz, Jay Z, Mary J, Q-TIP, Gorillaz, KRS-1, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Cartell 70, RUN DMC, SUBLIME, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, Baile Funk music from Brazil, Alicia Keys, Mos Def, Jurassic 5, Dialated Peoples, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Warren G, Kavafy, Tricky, Coolio, Cavafy, Chaka Kahn, Homer, NY,1980's techno pop, house, Bossa Nova, Baile Funk, Greece, old school Samba, archaic dub, Lil Kim, Mase, Ice Cube, Odysseus, D' Angelo, Common, Erika Badu, Jazzanova, Les Nubians, Method Man, Red Man, Prince, Led Zepplin, Red Hots, LL Cool J, Kanye, Gang Starr, Da La Soul, Public Enemy, Blackalicious, Everlast, Johnny Cash, Floetry, Pharcyde, Chico Science, Sly and The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Slum Village, Cool Hip Noise, Groove Armada, Velvet Underground, Digital Underground, Lura, Jimmy Cliff. Gil Scott Heron, Wyclef, Fugees, Billy Holliday..etc.
Sounds Like: ITHAKA...... with a lil' bit of TuPac, Everlast, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Blackalicious, Spearhead, Nate Dogg, Beck, Johnny Cash and Jim Morrison thrown into the mix.
Record Label: Sweatlodge Records, Khalifa Records, Nortesul/EMI
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MUERTO ESCONDIDO

Ithaka song "Muerto Escondido" in the surf filmSAMBA TRANCE and ROCK n ROLL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJrnDdThis a scene from the Brazilian surfing movie "SAMBA, TRANCE and ROCK'n ROLL" which fe...
Posted by ITHAKA on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:15:00 PST

ITHAKA-artist profile in Mens Fitness Magazine (Europe-May 2008)

Ithaka (Darin Pappas) artist-musician profile/interview in European edition of MEN's FITNESS Magazine regarding recent Gallery WOA sculpture exhibit and new album Saltwater Nomad (produced by Tito Go...
Posted by ITHAKA on Sat, 31 May 2008 07:20:00 PST

ITHAKA’s "THE PLOT" on YOUTUBE

SEE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9GyAfxYQYkScene from Timmy Turner's award winning surfing film called SECOND THOUGHTS which features "THE PLOT", a song by Ithaka (aka Darin Pappas) recorded in Por...
Posted by ITHAKA on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:42:00 PST

Ithaka "Same Room Blues" remixed by Bulllet

The wacky videofor the new Bullletremix of "SAME ROOM BLUES"(from Ith's album Recorded In Rio)starring Tank the wonder roachand his dancing roach friendscan now be seen on youtube.Check it Out ! http...
Posted by ITHAKA on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:44:00 PST

new album on ITUNES

Ithaka’s new album Saltwater Nomad (produced by Tito Gomes) recorded in Brazil is now available on Itunes.com.
Posted by ITHAKA on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:31:00 PST

The new album SALTWATER NOMAD now available at: cdbaby.com

The new ITHAKA album SALTWATER NOMAD (produced by Tito Gomes)is now available on cdbaby.com at : http://cdbaby.com/cd/ithakamusic2
Posted by ITHAKA on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:17:00 PST

SALTWATER NOMAD on Surfline.com (1 surfsite in the world)

Ithaka's new album Saltwater Nomad (produced by Tito Gomes)reviewed on www.surfline.comthe number one surfing-related websitein the world.see link :http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?id...
Posted by ITHAKA on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:02:00 PST

new video- N PORTUGAL

Nelson Lanca (aka Nel God) a graffic designer based in Caldas Da Rainha, Portugal has just finished a video for Tito Gomes´remix of Ithaka´s jam " `N PORTUGAL" (featuring Thalma da Freitas) from the n...
Posted by ITHAKA on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:25:00 PST

ithaka exhibition-portugal

a new exhibition ofithaka sculpture workwill open at galleryWAY OF ARTS inestoril portugalthursday november 22festivities begin at 7pm-all myspace folk welcome-for more info, directions, etcat:wayofar...
Posted by ITHAKA on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:07:00 PST

ITHAKA: SALTWATER NOMAD (first release)

The new Ithaka album Saltwater Nomad produced by Tito Gomes in Rio de Janeiro will have it's first release Friday, November 9th in association with Dance Club Magazine in Portugal. The cd will be avai...
Posted by ITHAKA on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:01:00 PST