About Korhan Erel
Korhan Erel is an electronic musician, improviser and sound designer
based in Berlin. Their music covers free improvisation, conceptual sound
performances as well as structured and composed pieces as well as music
for dance, theater and video art. They perform solo, duo and group
performances with improvisers, jazz musicians, dancers, and in orchestras.
They have shown several sound installations in art spaces in Turkey,
Germany and Hong Kong. They have ten CD and several digital releases.
They play concerts across Europe, Middle- East, Southeast Asia and North America
My trio The Liz with Liz Allbee and Liz Kosack has accomplished her mission of bringing performativity and DIY multidisciplinary work to Berlin’s experimental scene and will go out with a band at Ausland’s Biegungen im Ausland concert series on … Continue reading →
In late 2022, I started compiling recordings of some solo concerts in an album titled “Live” on Bandcamp. As of this writing, it contains five recordings from concerts in Iran, Austria and Germany and spans a period from 2012 to … Continue reading →
I’m going to play a solo set at TRxxxTR (Oberbaumstraße 11, 10997 Berlin) on January 28 at Gレム丂丂 刀10 curated by Daniela Lunelli aka MUNSHA. I’m going to use this opportunity to play an improvisation on a recent instrument idea … Continue reading →
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Tagged abstract music, digital synth, electronic music, experimental music, Hydrasynth, improvised electronic music, improvised music, Make Noise, modular, modular synthesizer, synth, synthesizer
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The electronic music ensemble Böseblick will play their first concert of 2023 on January 19 at the Klub Katarakt Festival in Hamburg. The ensemble will play mostly improvised, but will also present some short structured pieces in their performance. Böseblick … Continue reading →
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Tagged bilgisayar, computer, concert, electroacoustic, electronic music, electronic music ensemble, electronics, ensemble, Free Improvisation, Hamburg, Klub Katarakt, laptop, synth, voice
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I will play in three events in the remainder of 2022. The first concert is with the electronic music ensemble Böseblick on November 20 at Berlin School of Sound. We will spend the earlier part of that day rehearsing some … Continue reading →
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Tagged özgür doğaçlama, Böseblick, Berlin, butoh, computer, concert, dance, drums, electronic music, electronic music ensemble, electronics, Free Improvisation, hierarchy, improvisation, modular synth, open rehearsal
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I’ll be playing two concerts this month. Less is more, they say. They’re not always right, but still…. 🙂 The first concert is on October 8 with Ephemeral Fragments (Florian Walter, tubax; Emily Wittbrodt, cello; Korhan Erel; electronics) at Bunker … Continue reading →
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Ten years ago, I spent several hours sitting in a room with Alvin Lucier as students at New England Conservatory performed some of his pieces. Ten years after, my first-ever piece written for an ensemble, Soundtracking, will be on the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Akademie der Künste, alvin lucier, avantgarde music, Berlin, composition commission, contemporary music, electronic music, musik festival, soundart, studio für elektroakustische musik, studio for electroacoustic music, synthesizer, zeitgenössiche musik
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DUO I’m going to play a long-awaited duo with Anaïs Tuerlinckx at Sowieso on Friday, September 9. Anaïs and I had met while we were both playing in the improvising orchestra at JazzFest Berlin in 2017, and became fast friends … Continue reading →
On September 1, I’ll be playing the BUMMM! (Being Unique Makes Meaningful Music!) session for FLINTA musicians with Clemènce Manachère (flute), Laura Robles (bass) and Mariá Portugal (drums) at Rotbart, Berlin. This is a real jam session format, where the four musicians will … Continue reading →
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Tagged Akademie der Künste, Berlin, composition commission, concert, electroacoustic, electronic music, experimental film, female filmmaker, Free Improvisation, Hydrasynth, jam session, live soundtrack, Martin Lorenz, rotbart, Sebastian Berweck, sentimental punk, Silke Lange, synthesizer
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The Liz is going to play and lead a workshop at Festival CHIII in São Paulo between July 9-14. In partnership with the Goethe-Institut São Paulo and the Goethe-Institut Munich, the third edition of CHIII welcomes the Berlin trio The … Continue reading →
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Tagged Berlin, Brasilien, Brazil, Brezilya, electroacoustic, experimental music, Free Improvisation, Goethe Institut, improvisation, queer, Sao Paulo, workshop
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