DOTA

In the organizer's words:

In the noughties, Berlin singer-songwriter Dota Kehr, drummer Janis Görlich and guitarist Jan Rohrbach begin their musical collaboration, first under the pseudonym "Die Kleingeldprinzessin", later under the name DOTA.

The band plays tours at home and abroad and releases 16 albums. They collaborate with Brazilian musicians such as Chico Cesár and Danilo Guilherme and receive awards such as the German Record Critics' Award and the Fred Jay Prize. They are joined by keyboardist Patrick Reising and bassist Alex Binder. With "Wir rufen dich, Galaktika", DOTA enter the top ten of the German album charts for the first time in 2021. 2023 sees the release of the album "In der fernsten der Fernen" with settings of Mascha Kaléko's lyrics, on which they gather an illustrious group of duet partners, from Black Sea Dahu to Dirk von Lowtzow (Tocotronic) and Clueso. Politically engaged, Dota is not content with having the "right" opinion and delivering slogans for those who are already like-minded.

Instead, she confronts her own helplessness. No answers, but songs in which you can surrender to utopia, at least for the duration of a chorus. In doing so, she always exposes her own point of view, makes fun of it analytically and doesn't take herself too seriously.

In summer 2025, DOTA will release their new album "Springbrunnen" and go on a major tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.