Otis Mensah
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.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on Lekker Collective. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sun 4 OctRichten25first time · Knistern Team
- Sat 11 JulUnkompressfirst time
- Sat 2 May90miltheir 2nd night
- Fri 1 May90milfirst time
2025 — 1 night
- Sun 14 Sep 2025Studio Stellarfirst time · Lekker Presents
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- 90milMay 20262 nights
Once each: Richten25, Unkompress and Studio Stellar.
Who they play with
Four nights on the books, and no name on more than one of them.
- Sun 14 Sep 2025bat zoo · Tan Brown · Rosa Landers · Mike Nasa · Devantier Rain · Luminiah · Sunny Dilinger · daetime
- Fri 1 May 2026Molly Nilsson · Slow Moon · Aalia Iraki · Amanita · Camilla Rae · DJ Strawberry · Andrea Ida · Mark Gill · ophélie · Soyklo · Nasra · Gavsborg · lloydfears · Miri Malek · Monstera Black · Abibi · Dakn · Hilary C/B · Maque · Marylou · PAULAH · Paulawar · Perera Elsewhere · softchaos · hoyah · The Tarts · Max Bauer · Warlip · Labreylien · Petar Miletic · The Anté Dote · The Incredible · Edible Akynos · The Union Black · Alexandra Gruebler · Jo Rinaldo Heffernan · L V J · Henry Weekes · WOOORMS · n8 · Kira Krempova · Lars Noll · S A M I · Sonic Interventions · x Alys(alys)alys · Dingo Date Night · Never Stop (Never Stops) · Undies · Love me love me · germanium decay · B-Manesh · Berry Jane · Coco Calypso · Circula · Jack Miguel · Skip · Manolo. · Slow Brown Fox · Ondula · Lisa Harres · Alex Rapp · Cassie Kinoshi · Bex Burch · Oscar Atanga · Ziggy Zeitgeist · Pachakuti · Dumama · Dummy Juice · Omar Askar · ahmedshk · Cornucopia · Klett Wandel · Oryx · Ju Ray’m · Sabina Moe & · Sarina Panahideh · Keya Richter · Andie Sounds · Konstantin Merks
- Sat 2 May 2026Gavsborg · lloydfears · Miri Malek · Monstera Black · Abibi · Dakn · Hilary C/B · Skip · Manolo · Maque · Marylou · PAULAH · Paulawar · Perera Elsewhere · softchaos · Sonic Interventions · x Alys(alys)alys · Dingo Date Night · Never Stop (Never Stops) · Undies · Love me love me · germanium decay · B-Manesh · Berry Jane · Coco Calypso · Circula · Jack Miguel · Slow Brown Fox · Ondula
- Sun 4 Oct 2026Nour Sokhon · Jumoke Adeyanju
91 people have stood on one of these bills; none has stood on two.
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