NEW MUSIC | OTIS MENSAH ON FINDING THE POLITICAL IN THE PERSONAL WITH NEW SINGLE NO RECORD STORE DAY

By Rishma • On What is New ,

Acclaimed Hip-Hop artist and poet Otis Mensah announces the release of his new single No Record Day, writ­ten at the begin­ning of the glob­al pan­dem­ic. The song delves into a feel­ing of cab­in fever, using the can­cel­la­tion of Record Store Day as a meta­phor to explore a deep­er sense of social dis­quiet­ude. Over moody psy­che­del­ic instru­ment­a­tion pro­duced by The Intern, Otis paints the jour­ney with frantic poetry, wrest­ling over ego and self-worth; find­ing the polit­ic­al in the personal.

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Hail­ing from Shef­field, Otis Mensah com­bines vivid storytelling with atmo­spher­ic and exper­i­ment­al Hip-Hop sounds. Titled Sheffield’s first poet laur­eate in 2018, Otis has worked and toured with heavy­weights such as Ben­jamin Zephaniah, KOTA the Friend, Open Mike Eagle, Mahalia and Blu & Exile. Otis has also received sup­port from The Guard­i­an, Earmilk, I Am Hip Hop Magazine, BBC: Intro­du­cing; CALM; World­wide FM and The Noise Gate.

No Record Store Day is the third epis­ode of #Otis­Mensa­hEx­ists, a series of new music and anim­a­tion art released every three weeks, out on Tues­day 7 July across all stream­ing platforms.

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.