Islak Köpek is an Istanbul-based free improvisation ensemble founded by me and Şevket Akıncı in 2005. It has been at the forefront of experimental music in Turkey ever since and has pioneered the beginning of free improvisation as an established genre in Turkey with several festival, television appearances, sometimes going to the extent of having made fun of in Turkish TV shows, as well as two albums released in Turkey and the Netherlands. Despite its established status in Turkey and its members playing many concerts in Europe, the US and the Middle-East, the ensemble itself had never played outside Turkey.

The ensemble will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a first-ever international appearance in Berlin as part of the News Sounds of Istanbul and Berlin event at Radialsystem V on Saturday, March 14, and an anniversary concert in Istanbul at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi on March 3. The concert in Berlin is a co-production of Borusan Music House and Radialsystem V. Islak Köpek played at Borusan Music House twice in 2011.

Islak Köpek will play as

Şevket Akıncı: guitar
Korhan Erel: computer, controllers
Gülşah Erol: cello (Istanbul)
Nora Krahl: cello (Berlin)
Giray Gürkal: gitar
Robert Reigle: tenor saksofon
Volkan Terzioğlu: tenor saksofon (Istanbul)