Author Archives: Korhan Erel

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

Ephemeral Fragments playing at Umland Expo at Domicil, Dortmund

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Korhan Erel

Ephemeral Fragments’ improvised concert in the Umland Expo concerts series at Dortmund’s music venue Domicil on May 20, 2021 can be watched at the following YouTube link for the next two weeks. More info on Ephemeral Fragments

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Obwegeser Instruments

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Korhan Erel

With the kind support from Goethe-Institut’s Virtual Partnership Residency program, composer/musician Eda Er and Korhan Erel created the audio-visual piece “Obwegeser Instruments” based on musician/poet Şevket Akıncı’s poem “Ballard Trilogy”. The ten-minute piece is a collage of several shorter sound … Continue reading →

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Two modular synth improvisations on film

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Korhan Erel

I was asked to perform in two online concert series in 2021. The first one was Executive Summary curated and organized by Jeff Carey. My episode was aired on February 22, 2021 on Twitch. The second performance was for Digitizmir, … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Performances | Tagged 4ms, doğaçlama, electronic music, experimental music, improvisation, Intellijel, Make Noise, modular synth, modular synthesizer, online concert, online konser, structured improvisation | Leave a comment

Musics For No Particular Occasion – New Digital Release

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Korhan Erel

Between May and August 2020, I had a relatively productive period, finally shaking the pandemic-related frozenness and depression off. As I was, just like many others, mostly at home, I composed, experimented, improvised and recorded. Most of these pieces I … Continue reading →

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Solo improvisation @ Executive Summary online series

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Korhan Erel

A video of me improvising on a modular synthesizer will be streamed at the Executive Summary online concert series on Monday, February 22nd. The series is organized and curated by Jeff Carey. Time information can be found on the visual … Continue reading →

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Scarecrow and We’re all alike on Reboot.fm and Radia.fm

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Korhan Erel

Reboot.fm and Radia.fm have recently featured two sound pieces of mine. “We’re all alike” was commissioned for the exhibition “Hactivate Yourself!” curated by Tuçe Erel at 1a space in Hong Kong in March 2019. It is a ‘remix’ of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, News, Projects | Tagged absurd, absurdity, art, Berlin, Germany, hacking, hong kong, scarecrow, sound art, sound composition, sound installation, sound object | Leave a comment

Scarecrow, a sound object and installation

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Korhan Erel

COVID-19 UPDATE: Due to current restrictions, all non-profit art spaces will be closed to public visits throughout November. The videos of the installation as well as the performances by Ute Wassermann and Alessandra Eramo can be viewed on YouTube at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, News | Tagged border politics, domination of nature, scarecrow, sound installation, territory, xenophobia | Leave a comment

October in Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Augsburg

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Korhan Erel

The concerts have returned… sort of… and Korhan has been playing concerts since mid-July in and out of Berlin. After playing with The Liz at the nano#drei Festival (Essen), a solo concert at Center for Prosecuted Arts (Solingen) and a … Continue reading →

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Concerts in July in Berlin

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Korhan Erel

I will play the following concerts in Berlin in July. VERY EXCITED!!! On July 10th, I will get back together with The Liz for a stream concert at the Heroines of Sound Festival at Radialsystem. The Liz is a power … Continue reading →

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New Sonic Experiments

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Korhan Erel

After a lengthy period of feeling lost and afraid, I calmed down, redesigned my studio (at least three times) and started experimenting with sounds, ways of processing them, and bringing these sounds and processes together into pieces or improvisation instrument. … Continue reading →