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Mike Dennis - Edge in Wordways

I'm not sure if this is a song. Or a poem. It is definitely a rant. 

We filmed a 360 video for this in January. It didn't work out? Ahhh f...iddlesticks...

Some of this, some of you may find contentious. To that, I say fiddlesticks. 

Some of this, some of you may say sounds like Liam Lynch. Pah! Fiddlesticks!

Some of you may not entirely equate the meaning of "fiddlesticks" to the deeply hidden original version of the chorus. To that, I say f*ck it.

Artwork for what will be the EP by the insanely gifted Annika Pixie Wilkinson.

Mike Dennis - F...iddlesticks

My newest track. A satirical look at gun culture in gangsta rap, in cities and in wars. And in supermarkets. 

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Mike Dennis - Men With Guns

Stop Time

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Mike Dennis - Kid In The Garden

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Mike Dennis - Song For Gramps

Mike Dennis - Kid In The Garden (Frankly Jonathon Mix)

Mike Dennis - A Day In The Life Of A Railing

Mike Dennis - Purply Blue

Mike Dennis - What Did You Do Feat. Kieron

Mike Dennis - Not Doing It

Mike Dennis - Letter From The Sand Feat. Chew

Mike Dennis - Clever Girl Prod. By Ian Jay

This song is all about leaving your troubles behind, if you can. It's basically just about a fleeting moment when I felt quite cool.

Mike Dennis - Travel Light

From the forthcoming album 'Smiles and Cries"
Released : 1st May 2016
On: D-Funk Records
http://mikedennis.bandcamp.com

That thing people say sometimes.

"Following 6 Music's immersion in Bristol culture and music last month, this local gem dropped into my inbox the other week. It slapped me around the ears and left me reaching for the replay button - brilliantly written lyrics, an astonishing flow - and sharp, pinpoint production. In some ways it's like a hybrid between early Example and Franz Ferdinand at their knowing, cheeky best. To cap it all, although you'd never guess it from this track, the guy's also a virtuoso violinist and looper, I can't wait to hear his album in May." Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music)

Mike Dennis - Stuff

Smiles & Cries

Mike Dennis - Two Feet ft. Amy D

Mike Dennis ft. Rob Nichols - Depressing Gown

The first release of the two-part EP coming from me in 2017.

Junction 19 EP

Mike Dennis - Junction 19

Stuff

The first single taken from the "Edge in Wordways" LP, which will be out on November 1st 2018. 

See http://www.mikedennis.online for tour dates

LYRICS:

CHORUS
Mum always said
That you could be what you want
So here I am
Astronaut. An astronaut.


I used to work this incredible job.
I hated it. So I acted an incredible nob.
My workmates found it much more enjoyable.
I left it happier, a little less employable
I felt like a rodent in my day-to-day
At home, I lived like a king, games and takeaway
The heave in the morning to get out of bed
Was more than I could take, I thought "I'd rather be dead"
I had the idea that I was worth more
Than stocking other pockets that were rotten to the core
Look at me, I'm a prodigal son
They won't have the best of me before I've barely begun
So here I am, a race against time to pay rent
Believing there's no job too excellent
I had this vision of a time and place
I think they need somebody like me up in space because...

CHORUS

Now I'm up here and things are looking sweet
I've got this high tech stuff, a footbath for my feet
My paygrade's hefty. They know I'm their man.
All I have to do is monitor their satellite plan
And who could do it but me? I'm lounging in space.
Floating in my directors chair, grin on my face
Then an encrypted message pops through the HFR:
"you're not as important as you think you are"
What...? I spit my coffee out. Dash to the comms.
"Mike to base, didn't you get the memo? You're wrong."
"I'm the don of this space shit. I'm indispensable."
Static... A diastolic pinch in my ventricle
I gaze at the stars feeling betrayed
My place up with Mars, Venus, Uranus
Is ebbing away. I start to pack with an afterthought
"It's a sad thing to be an ex-astronaut"

CHORUS

I'm at the airlock, with my suitcase
Farewell, the good life. This hurts like toothache
Before I board the shuttle, a call comes through
"This is Polaris House, listen, you've got us confused"
Huh? You told me I was just another number. I'm off, right?
Got my spacesuit on and my suitcase locked tight.
"Repeat last. Mike, you've made a mistake..
Listen now, all the glory's still yours to take.
But look around. The ship is gigantic.
And the thought of being astronauts is pretty romantic.
So we're sending everybody up. I'll be there too.
What you're missing is everyone's as important as you."
Then how do I stand out? "look to your skills..
You're handy with a microphone but not so good with a drill"
I stand back, told. Nothing's as great as space is.
Mum always said not to get lost in status.

Edge in Wordways

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Mike Dennis - Astronaut

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Finished version of a remix of the roaring lament that is White Blank Page by Mumford and Sons.

Mumford and Sons - White Blank Page (Mike Dennis remix)

inspired by driving alone, feeling bitter, feeling good and NWA - Automobile

It's the most that I can do to be the best that I can be.
Well, she's all I've ever wanted but she doesn't want me.

You played me
and now I'm flipping off my lid – despite everything I did, I never touched you.
Oh baby.
You know, we nearly had a kid but all you wanted was rid of me so fuck you.
Titillate me.
I remember how you'd tease, whisper please, go weak in the knees, rough too.
So shady
but it was just the summer breeze. You fell in love with being free. What were you up to?
We went dancing.
I bought some shoes with flat soles, went to that creepy fucker's house to learn some new steps.
Second-to-none romancing.
I never knew love that cold – whatever I'd do it always seemed useless.
Embarrassing
that I let you take me so low, like I'm Leia in the Millennium Falcon.
Bada boom bada bing.
'spose you got me, nice one, good joke. I need a bath and some talcum.

If you know the one I loved, then you're as gifted.
She's the grace to leave you powerless and lifted.
It's the most that I can do to be the best that I can be.
Well, she's all I've ever wanted but she doesn't want me.

It's all a laugh.
We try and try but know we're lucky just to end up not dying in a car crash.
Give me your autograph
as the last to ever do this – make a relationship feel just like a car crash.
Since you're the last,
I apologise to every girl I've ever treated badly like they're listening.
It's all come back...
Still can't say your name.
When you look back in the forties in your palace that your parents built you from scratch.
It's a crying shame.
Know you turned away my tenderness and patience because then you didn't want that.
I'll play the games
because I'm driven by biology, the same as him and her – I'm only human.
But show restraint -
You might hear it in my music and the proof is in the pudding, I'm a new man.

If you know the one I loved, then you're as gifted.
She's the grace to leave you powerless and lifted.
It's the most that I can do to be the best that I can be.
Well, she's all I've ever wanted but she doesn't want me.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm.
Hah hah hah hah.

If you know the one I loved, then you're as gifted.
She's the grace to leave you powerless and lifted.
It's the most that I can do to be the best that I can be.
Well, she's all I've ever wanted but she doesn't want me.


Mike Dennis - She Doesn't Want Me

The new album from DFace, written, recorded and...finished! in January 2011.

05 Separate

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MEGA VIOLINIST/DOPE RAPPER

Mike Dennis is a classically-trained violinist whose boyhood love of Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Gangstarr led him to create a unique kind of string-heavy hip hop music he refers to as Violinica.

"Violin in hand and a multitude of effects and loop pedals at his feet, he builds up to a string and percussion crescendo before opening his mouth and… wow! This guy doesn’t just spit rhymes, they just cascade out at a speed that is as ferocious as his lyrics." - Wake The Deaf (Ben Gallivan)

Performing using Jess (violin), a loop pedal and a cajon, Mike builds up layers of dense harmony and embellishes with thoughtful, energetic rhymes drawing inspiration from daily British life and the perils and profits of love with a geeky fanaticism for rhythm-bending and syncopation.

You won't have seen an artist like this before.

"Stuff" was Tom Robinson's 6Music Recommends track in March 2016.

In 2017, Mike performed at TedxCardiff and toured two EPs around the UK.

Most recently, Mike released a full-length LP, "Edge in Wordways", on his own label, D-Funk Records in November 2018. It is available to download and stream at http://mikedennis.bandcamp.com


"That shit you was doing...took me to different dimensions, man" (Vordal Mega of Cannibal Ox)

"How many brains do you have?!"
(Sensible J/Remi)

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