# Bart Skils

> "So Get Up" is a 1992 spoken-word electronic dance music vocal-poem lyric song written and vocalized by Ithaka Darin Pappas (frequently known as simply Ithaka). In 2025, Expresso journalist Paulo André Cecílio stated that Ithaka's lyrics Forget the past, go outside, have a blast are words that, at one point in the 90s,

- **Canonical URL:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/bart-skils
- **JSON:** https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/api/artists/bart-skils.json
- **Origin:** Netherlands
- **Primary scene:** unknown
- **Genres:** Tech House
- **Confidence score:** 45/100
- **Last verified:** June 10, 2026

## Biography

"So Get Up" is a 1992 spoken-word electronic dance music vocal-poem lyric song written and vocalized by Ithaka Darin Pappas (frequently known as simply Ithaka). In 2025, Expresso journalist Paulo André Cecílio stated that Ithaka's lyrics Forget the past, go outside, have a blast are words that, at one point in the 90s, had as much impact around the world as Timothy Leary's famous expression: Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Because of multiple remixes and recreations using Ithaka's a capella, the song is frequently credited to other artists, including; Portuguese house music production duo Underground Sound of Lisbon, German trance music duo Cosmic Gate, the Spanish group Committee and Fatboy Slim.
Ithaka Darin Pappas lived and recorded in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1992 to 1998. His poem "So Get Up" (then entitled "So Get Up, the End of the Earth Is Upon Us") was written and first vocalized on December 13, 1992, for a program called Quarto Bairro on Rádio Comercial in Lisbon. The station's radio presenter, Pedro Costa, recorded Ithaka's voice live on-air. Two months later, in March 1993, a techno-pop version was made in Manchester, England, with a student engineer-producer and released wit

## Official & social links

- **Website:** http://www.bartskils.com/
- **Instagram:** https://www.instagram.com/bart_skils/
- **Spotify:** https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iWBjg4b4ll4jLiParnWXT
- **SoundCloud:** https://soundcloud.com/bart-skils
- **Beatport:** https://www.beatport.com/artist/bart-skils/16211
- **Discogs:** https://www.discogs.com/artist/229835
- **MusicBrainz:** https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f
- **Resident Advisor:** https://ra.co/dj/bartskils
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up

## Booking & management

_None on record._

## Metrics

_None on record._

## Scores

| Score | Value |
| --- | --- |
| influence score | 0/100 |
| reach score | 0/100 |
| house crew relevance score | 40/100 |
| booking potential score | 0/100 |
| emerging artist score | 40/100 |
| contact confidence score | 0/100 |
| citation confidence score | 94/100 |
| agent readability score | 90/100 |
| brand fit score | 24/100 |
| interview potential score | 22/100 |
| sponsorship potential score | 8/100 |
| education value score | 10/100 |
| house crew priority score | 24/100 |

## Sources

1. https://www.google.com/search?q=Bart%20Skils+house+music+DJ
2. https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up

### Field-level provenance

| Field | Value | Source | Verified | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| origin_country | NL | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 95 |
| genres | Tech House | [Curated editorial seed (World Famous House Crew)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Bart%20Skils+house+music+DJ) | June 10, 2026 | 45 |
| origin_city | Netherlands | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 75 |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 99 |
| discogs | https://www.discogs.com/artist/229835 | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| spotify | https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iWBjg4b4ll4jLiParnWXT | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| website | http://www.bartskils.com/ | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| resident_advisor | https://ra.co/dj/bartskils | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| beatport | https://www.beatport.com/artist/bart-skils/16211 | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bart_skils/ | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/bart-skils | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 88 |
| gender | male | [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1128a27-45c6-4363-8297-6d97317f3a9f) | June 10, 2026 | 85 |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up) | June 10, 2026 | 85 |
| bio_short | "So Get Up" is a 1992 spoken-word electronic dance music vocal-poem lyric song written and vocalized by Ithaka Darin Pappas (frequently known as simply Ithaka). In 2025, Expresso journalist Paulo André Cecílio stated that Ithaka's lyrics Forget the past, go outside, have a blast are words that, at one point in the 90s, | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up) | June 10, 2026 | 80 |
| bio_long | "So Get Up" is a 1992 spoken-word electronic dance music vocal-poem lyric song written and vocalized by Ithaka Darin Pappas (frequently known as simply Ithaka). In 2025, Expresso journalist Paulo André Cecílio stated that Ithaka's lyrics Forget the past, go outside, have a blast are words that, at one point in the 90s, had as much impact around the world as Timothy Leary's famous expression: Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Because of multiple remixes and recreations using Ithaka's a capella, the song is frequently credited to other artists, including; Portuguese house music production duo Underground Sound of Lisbon, German trance music duo Cosmic Gate, the Spanish group Committee and Fatboy Slim.
Ithaka Darin Pappas lived and recorded in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1992 to 1998. His poem "So Get Up" (then entitled "So Get Up, the End of the Earth Is Upon Us") was written and first vocalized on December 13, 1992, for a program called Quarto Bairro on Rádio Comercial in Lisbon. The station's radio presenter, Pedro Costa, recorded Ithaka's voice live on-air. Two months later, in March 1993, a techno-pop version was made in Manchester, England, with a student engineer-producer and released wit | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up) | June 10, 2026 | 80 |

## How to cite this page

```
House Music Intelligence Database. "Bart Skils — House Music Artist Profile." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 10, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/bart-skils
```

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