No evening is complete without the right music. We’re very glad that Josa Peit agreed to play at TEDxKreuzberg.

Here’s how she describes herself:

In 1999 I found myself being the only white girl in a 40 strong gospel choir during a year away from home in a New England suburb. It was the day of the first meeting, the teacher was late and it felt quaint. Suddenly a steady clapping rose from the back rows. It grew louder and louder, followed by a stomping rhythm of the colossal guy next to me. As he jacked up his voice and hollered “Hit it” Brandy came in with a “nah na na na nah”. Before I had realized what was going on the whole room was simultaneously jamming “HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER, MURDERA”. My brief moment of panic turned into complete bliss. It wasn’t until the big guy on my right bumped into my shoulder and went “go giiirl, get it” that I grasped I had been softly singing a long. I was ready for class. At present I make music from laptop folk to big band jazz, alone and among others– living, working and playing in Berlin._ From my roots, I call my project Josa Peit after my grandmother’s name.

Josa Peit (MySpace) arrangiert ihre von einer einfühlsamen und soulgetränkten Stimmengewalt getragenen Songs live mit Loopstation, Piano und Gitarre. Einflüsse aus Folk & Soul verbindet sie mit elektronischen, gesampelten und choralen Elementen. So entsteht abwechslungsreicher und spannungsgeladener Laptopfolk, der ihr Publikum mitreißt.