Author Archives: Korhan Erel
Nightingala – Reading, panel, film, concert stroll at HKW
After two years of pandemic-related cancellations, the Nightingala is finally happening on May 5th at HKW! The “Nightingales in Berlin” project, initiated by musician, philosopher, writer David Rothenberg in 2014 with me tagging along, yielded several albums (including our duo … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, bülbül, Berlin, Berlin Bülbül, biology, bird, clarinet, electronic music, improvisation, nature, nightingale, Nightingales in Berlin, panel, performance, poetry, science, singing, song, voice
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Concerts in April in Berlin and Munich
I will play three improvised concerts in April, all of them being post-pandemic reunions. The first one is on April 20th with Marina Dzukljev (piano) and Michael Thieke (clarinet) at Marina’s 5-day residency at Au Topsi Pohl. Marina and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, brass instruments, clarinet, concert, electroacoustic, electronics, flute, Free Improvisation, improvisation, Munich, piano
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“Soundtracking” video by Lange//Berweck//Lorenz
My piece “Soundtracking” is a composition that serves as an imaginary soundtrack for a horror/sci-fi film that could have been made in the 1980s. The piece was commissioned by the synthesizer trio Lange//Berweck//Lorenz in 2021 for their concert series “Very … Continue reading
Debut album “mit gefühl” by Ephemeral Fragments
The trio Ephemeral Fragments was born in 2019 before the pandemic, after Florian Walter (tubax), Emily Wittbrodt (cello) and Korhan Erel (electronics) played their first concert together in Essen in April 2019. Soon after this concert, they took the name … Continue reading
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Böseblick Concert Videos
Böseblick is a new Berlin-based ensemble for electronic music that started playing together in 2021. In March, they played their first official concert on March 10, 2022 under the Böseblick name at Berlin’s KM28 with the kind support from Initiative … Continue reading
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Tagged avant-garde, avantgarde, Berlin, computer, concert, electronic music, electronic music ensemble, electronics, ensemble, experimental music, Free Improvisation, Hydrasynth, improvisation, laptop, live electronic music, quartet, synthesizer, voice
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Solo Concert Video
I was invited by Temporary Autonomous Tele Vision (T.A.T.V) in March to play a solo in their three-day live-streamed festival. This is the video recording of this concert. I played a Hydrasynth / Sensel Morph Buchla combo, the Samplr on … Continue reading
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Tagged özgür doğaçlama, concert, electronic music, experimental music, Free Improvisation, improvisation
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The Liz performs “No Comet” at Kontraklang
The Liz will perform their new production No Comet on April 2, 2022 at Kontraklang concert series at Villa Elisabeth in Berlin. The Liz have premiered “No Comet” in October 2021 at Sowieso Berlin with the support of Musikfonds, transforming … Continue reading
“For Peace. Against War. Who is not?”
For Peace. Against War. Who is not?*A Compilation for the people of Ukraine This compilation of almost 200 tracks was made possible by invitation and open call by Component Records and Kai Niggemann. Please consider buying a copy to support … Continue reading
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Tagged electronic music, elektronik müzik, humanitarian aid, insani yardım, no war, peace, savaşa hayır, say no to war, ukraine, ukrayna
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Concerts in March
THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN MOVED TO MARCH 10! SAME VENUE!! I had asked Kirsten Reese, Alessandra Eramo and Ariel Orah to play with me on August 28, 2021, when Sowieso kindly asked me to organize a night there. We (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ausland, Berlin, computer, concert, controller, electronic music, Free Improvisation, Hydrasynth, KM28, solo
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Dark Eye
After playing no concerts in December and January, I will return to performing well-rested. The first performance is a take on a Turkish-Greek shadowplay tradition called Karagöz (Dark Eye). Along with Kriton Beyer (harmonium, daxophone, effects, objects) and Nicolas Wiese … Continue reading
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Tagged analog visual, audiovisual, concert, controller, daxophone, electroacoustic music, electronics, gölge oyunu, gölge tiyatrosu, hacivat, improvisation, karagöz, laptop, live projection, live visual, performance, schattenspiel, schattentheater, shadow theater, shadowplay
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