Artist description ITHAKA's storytelling lyrics often reflect his personal global travels and were taken to a new level when the artist disappeared into East Africa to write new material for his third coming album, SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA. Two months later, he reemerged in Lisbon with a travel journal full of adventurous rap-tales exploring; tribal folklore, urban dangers, elitist foreigners, epidemics, lives of war journalists, near death experiences and voodoo. ITHAKA then flew back to Los Angeles to work with producer/engineer Conley 'Conman' Abrams. Abrams has worked for TuPac, Queen Latifa, Heavy D, Montell Jordan and Snoop Dogg, and produced the hit 'No Woman' on Polybeat/Virgin artist General Grant charting at #6 on Billboard's Rap Chart. Together they are musically recreating Ithaka's experiences in a cinematic Afro hip-hop vibe. SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA stretches hip-hop in fresh directions both musically and lyrically and ITHAKA's laid-back narrative rap-style lays smoothly in the cut.

Music Style Hip Hop/Spoken Word /Surf

Musical Influences Arrested Developement, Wyclef Jean,Tribe Called Quest

Similar Artists Everlast, De La Sol, Sublime,Lymp Biskit, Eraserhead, TuPac

Artist History Originally from California, rapper ITHAKA, recorded his first two albums in Lisbon, Portugal. STELLAFLY(1997) and FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT(1995) both received numerous awards and mentions within Portugal, including a total of nine BLITZ PREMIO(Portuguese Grammy) nominations and 1st Place in the 1998 European Radio Song Contest (SCYPE) for the track, ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS which later appeared in COLUMBIA PICTURES' action thriller, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS.

Group Members Ithaka, Lo, angel luis figuroa, Conman, Mike, Andrew,Zeldo,Jon, Sonya

Instruments Mpc3000,Emu proteus, ESI4000, Classic Keys, Orbit, Strat

Albums Flowers and the Color of Paint, Stellafly, Somewhere South Of Somalia

Press Reviews DISCOGRAPHY1999 SOME WHERE SOUTH OF SOMALIA(CD ALBUM - NORTESUL/EMI PORTUGAL)1998 ESCAPE(REMIX E.P. -- NORTESUL/EMI PORTUGAL)1998 STAY STRONG LITTLE BROTHER(CD SINGLE -- NORTESUL/ EMI PORTUGAL)1998 TEJO BEAT(COMPILATION PRODUCED BY MARIO CALDATO JR.FEATURING ITHAKA SONG, "THE DAY WAS HOT"NORTESUL/EMI PORTUGAL)1998 THE RISE AND FALL OF A FORTUNE(CD EP -- NORTESUL/ EMI PORTUGAL)1997 STELLAFLY(CD ALBUM -- NORTESUL/ EMI PORTUGAL)1997 SEABRA IS MAD(CD SINGLE -- NORTESUL/ EMI PORTUGAL)1995 FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT(CD ALBUM -- MOVIEPLAY PORTUGAL)AWARDS1998SCYPEEUROPEAN YOUTH RADIO LISTENERS' CHOICE AWARD FOR SONG, "ESCAPE".1997VOXPOP (PORTUGAL)BEST ALTERNATIVE POP ALBUM, "STELLAFLY".1997EXPRESSO NEWS (PORTUGAL)ALBUM OF THE YEAR, "STELLAFLY".1997Diario de Noticias News (PORTUGAL)BEST SINGLE, "SEABRA IS MAD'.1997PUBLICO (PORTUGAL)ALBUM OF THE YEAR, "STELLAFLY",SONG OF THE YEAR, "SEABRA IS MAD",VIDEO OF THE YEAR, "SEABRA IS MAD"FILMS1998SONG, "ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS",APPEARS IN COLUMBIA FILM'S "REPLACEMENT KILLERS" DIRECTED BY ANTIOINE FUQUA.1995SONG, "FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT",USED IN SOUNDTRACK FOR "G-LAND PRO". (A SURFING FILM BASED IN JAVA PRODUCED BY QUIKSILVER INTERNATIONAL.)

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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