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

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.

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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)

'Thought of the day' is the second single from yours truly' Otis Mensah, taken from a series of coming releases, accompanied by the incredible production sound of the intern from Berlin. Not everyone is going to see your vision. Not everyone is going to share your perspective. Not everyone is going realise your potential and that's ok. "I meet people on my travels, on this journey I'm on, some inspiring, some mysterious, some serious ones, some are stable, some are eerie, some delirious ones, some condescending, confident, content, conniving for fun, some precautious, self conscious and some precarious ones. I wonder which one am I, while I look up at the sky, or am I all of these people combined, if I could perceive through your eyes, well do I even enter your mind?" https://otismensah.bandcamp.com/album/thought-of-the-day

Lyrics written & performed by: Otis Mensah
Instrumental music by: the intern 
Background vocals by: Bethany Holland
Instrumental mixed & mastered by Elias Koraus
Vocals mixed & mastered by Just Seppy

Thought of the day (prod. the intern)

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

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.