So Get Up
So Get Up, is the title for a 1993 track & single, by the Portuguese house music production duo Underground Sound of Lisbon. Music is credited to DJ Vibe & Doctor J, with lyrics by Korvorwong (aka Darin Pappas). It is a underground progressive house music, with words spoken by MC Korvorwong, about "End of The World".
SO GET UP, become somewhat of a Portuguese dance music "national anthem", since it was the tune that took many clubbers (better club users) to get interested in house music. Famous for it's shouting "So Get Up, forget the past, the end of the world is upon us! Pretty soon it will all turn to dust!"
Original 12" mix is 9 minutes and 22 secs long, and was originally released as the B side of the Chapter One E.P. The A Side being "Dance With Me" (a track sampling Age Of Love. In Portugal this was released by KAOS Records, and worldwide by Tribal UK and Twisted Records (U.S.).
In 1994, the UK edition of the single (now as A side), had a few remixes by Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez as well as an original mix and acapella version.
Ten Years later saw the release in Portugal, then again by KaosRecords, of the 10th Anniversary Edition of the single. The CD release with 8 diferent tracks:
Tracklist
- So Get Up (Original Mix)
- So Get Up (Junior's Factory Mix) Remix - Junior Vasquez
- So Get Up (Danny's "In The Light We Sleep" Mix) Remix - Danny Tenaglia
- So Get Up (King-Size Mix) Remix - King-Size
- So Get Up (Eric Kupper's Tribalectro Mix) Remix - Eric Kupper
- So Get Up (Low End Specialists Mix) Remix - Low End Specialists
- So Get Up (Mert Yucel DeepXperience Mix) Remix - Mert Yucel
- So Get Up (Dan Robbins Three Dimension Mix) Remix - Dan Robbins
Rob Di Stefano, owner of Twisted Records (U.S.) said on the Cd inlay.
In 1994, the world changed. Portugal, long known for its legacy of discovers, had produced two more. Calling themselves Underground Sound Of Lisbon, producers/musicians Doctor J & DJ Vibe set sail across the house music sea to claim new ground for their homeland. Their ship was the now-classic single So Get Up..." 1998[1]
References
- ^ So Get Up, CD Single, Kaos Records Portugal