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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

Two concerts in the New Sounds of Berlin and Istanbul at Radialsystem

Korhan Erel will play two concerts with his two Istanbul-based projects on March 14 at Radialsystem in the New Sounds of Istanbul and Berlin event organized by Borusan Music House (Istanbul) and Radialsystem (Berlin), and curated by Ipek Ipekçioğlu. The … Continue reading

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Islak Köpek’s 10th Anniversary Concerts in Istanbul and Berlin

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 … Continue reading

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Lotz / Erel duo – Hein / Erel / Marien trio

Korhan met Mark Alban Lotz in Istanbul in 2010, a few days before they went into the stuido to record Islak Köpek’s album “Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th”. That album, released in 2011 on Evil Rabbit Recordings, has been receiving quite good … Continue reading

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New Quartet with Judith Wegmann, Axel Dörner and Julien Megroz

February will see the debut concert of a new quartet initiated by Swiss pianist Judith Wegmann. Judith and Korhan met and played together in the Neighbours Festival in Bern in June 2014. Their mutual fondness of each others playing turned … Continue reading

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Concerts and exhibition in January 2015

Following the long break without concerts in December, Korhan Erel will be playing many concerts in January and February in Germany and Istanbul. The concerts will begin with an interesting quartet with many first-time meetings at Miss Hecker on Friday, … Continue reading

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Winter break

My concerts are over for the year 2014. The first performance of 2015 will be at Miss Hecker in Berlin with Michael Thieke (clarinets), Emilio Gordoa (prepared vibraphone) and Uygur Vural (cello). Until then, I will be focusing on preparing … Continue reading

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Concerts in December

Korhan Erel’s concerts in Berlin in December 2014 featuring Ute Wassermann, Biliana Voutchkova, Liz Allbee, Liz Kosack, Meinrad Kneer, Wolfgang Seidel and Klaus Kürvers. Continue reading

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New Release: Live at Gitar Cafe by Canned Fit, Yannis Saxonis and Korhan Erel

A concert recording by Canned Fit (Christine Schörkhuber), Yannis Saxonis and myself at GitarCafe in Istanbul on September 9, 2013 has been released on the netlabel Gronde Murmure today. It’s a free download (you can pay if you want, of … Continue reading

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Concerts in November

Korhan Erel will play six concerts in Berlin and Leipzig between November 7 and November 30. The first concert will be in Leipzig on November 7 in the NIL Experimental Stage concert series in Leipzig with Marek Brandt, Michael Breitenbach … Continue reading

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Two electronics, two double basses: Kürvers, Kneer, Scott and Erel at Ma Thilda, Oct 9

Korhan Erel will play with three very exciting musicians on October 9 at Ma Thilda in Berlin: Klaus Kürvers and Meinrad Kneer on double bass and Richard Scott on modular synthesizer. Korhan has had several sessions with Klaus Kürvers, but … Continue reading

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