The BBC Introducing Mixtape 🔊 (BBC 6 Music) - 6

Otis Mensah releases his new single 'Like A Dog', a mellow, abstract-rap anthem that wrestles with depression and nostalgia. Nurturing the international collaboration between the UK lyricist and Berlin beat-maker the intern 'Like A Dog' builds on their signature Jazz-Rap sound with a playful bounce and catchy melodic hook. This single continues the #OtisMensahExists series that has seen support from BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, Earmilk, GUAP Magazine and more.

Credits:
Animation by Jim Spendlove
Lyrics & performance by Otis Mensah
Instrumental music by the intern
Recorded by Otis Mensah
Mixed & Mastered by the intern

Like A Dog

on a virgin land, you seem to drift away
on the trail of someone from another plane
from a virgin land, you can't seem to escape
following a scent that comes from nowhere

loud is the chant that no one hears
proud is the man that no one sees

i-i-i-i-i sing to you-u-u-u-u
a-a-a-a-at fifty two-o-o-o hertz

on a virgin land, you seem to waste away
following a voice getting lost in a haze
on a virgin land, you crawl, day after day
following a sound that comes from nowhere

loud is the chant that no one hears
proud is the man that no one sees

i-i-i-i-i sing to you-u-u-u-u
a-a-a-a-at fifty two-o-o-o hertz

52 hertz

Slowly, slowly does it.
I need time to separate my head 
My heart 
Controls it
and I feel
I am prone to overfeeling
But please understand how long I spent so tired of living

But these are only emotions
And none of them matter

I'm well aware that I can be intense at the corner of my eye I see you are rolling yours.
I'm well aware that I can be intense at the back of my mind I can see you are changing yours.

Slowly, slowly does it.
I need time to separate my head 
My heart 
Controls it
(Burns it to the ground)
And I think
I am prone to overthinking
But please understand how long I spent so tired of living

Cause it is all an Illusion
And none of it matters

I'm well aware that I can be intense at the corner of my eye I see you are rolling yours.
I'm well aware that I can be intense at the back of my mind I can see you are changing yours.

Illusions (Radio Edit)

Fine

No Gloom

That Mouth Of Rainfall (feat. Rituals of Mine)

buy/stream: https://bfan.link/bruiser-bb

ritten @otismensah
prod. @theintern

Cover photography: https://instagram.com/steph_oconnor

bruiser bb with the bounce of a mid-2000s classic takes sonic influence from the likes of early Neptunes and poetic influence from the raw unhinged lyric expressiveness of The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde.

The song explores processing emotions of shame as Otis approaches the vocals and songwriting with desperation and vulnerability and blues-esque melody and chant.

buy/stream

bruiser bb

buy/stream: https://bfan.link/sound-of-sleep

Written @otismensah
prod. @jackiemoonbather
mixed & mastered @theintern

Cover photography: https://instagram.com/steph_oconnor

Sound Of Sleep (prod. Jackie Moonbather)

the intern.
kiss the sky.

"excuse me jazz i kiss the sky"

enjoy.

©2016 4 old kids

the intern - kiss the sky

late night inspiration.

i didn't mix it, sorry.

beat: https://soundcloud.com/asmuvone

playin cards (prod. smuv)

Reclining

Breath of Life

1nce again instrumental

just messin' around. this is a remix of A Tribe Called Quest's "1nce Again"

enjoy

© 2020 the intern. for promotional use only.

1nce again remix

Downer Disco

Moment

I Want

Otis Mensah (recipient of Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund & Arts Council England's Developing your Creative Practice) is a musician and multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersection of poetry and experimental music(s). Taking influence from the rhythmic and expressive freedom of Jazz, Otis’ work uses aesthetic language as an instrument to solo through themes of race, identity, gender and the body. 

Since being appointed Sheffield’s first Poet Laureate in 2018, Otis has sold-out their debut poetry collection Safe Metamorphosis published with Prototype in 2020, debuted at Glastonbury, We Out Here and Shambala Festival, as well as performing with the likes of Moor Mother, Nightmares On Wax, Benjamin Zephaniah, Lava La Rue, Mahalia and Little Simz.

Like A Dog

Otis Mensah

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