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

Oct 23 – Solothurnmann, Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Vural, Erel at Gitarcafe

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Korhan Erel

The Swiss saxophonist, music critic and Jürg Solothurnmann will play a series of concerts in Istanbul in the last week of October. One of these concerts is with Korhan Erel (computer, controllers), Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Şevket Akıncı (guitars) and Uygur … Continue reading →

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Saadet Türköz, Florent Merlet, Korhan Erel at Gitar Cafe, Istanbul

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Korhan Erel

I will play a free-improvisation set with Zurich-based Kazakh/Turkish singer Saadet Türköz and Istanbul-based drummer Florent Merlet at Gitar Cafe on October 10, 2013. The concert will start at 9pm. Tickets can be bought at the venue and cost 15TL. … Continue reading →

Tagged avantgarde, özgür doğaçlama, bilgisayar, bilgisayar müziği, computer, computer music, davul, drums, Free Improvisation, Istanbul, percussion, perküsyon, voice improvisation, vokal, vokal doğaçlama, vurmalı | Leave a comment

Book of Songs and Places, Concert – 08.10.2013

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Korhan Erel

Giray Gürkal and I will play an improvised set at the Galata Greek Elementary School (Kemeraltı Cad. 49) as a part of Maxime Hourani’s Biennial project “Book of Songs and Places“. I was one of the three “songwriters” in the … Continue reading →

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IstanPOOL in the Netherlands, September – October 2013

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Korhan Erel

IstanPOOL is a brand new collective of musicians from Turkey and the Netherlands in a setting of two wind instruments, two guitars and two laptops: Michael Moore & Mark Alban Lotz (winds), Korhan Erel & Robert van Heumen (laptops, live processing), Şevket Akıncı … Continue reading →

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Audrey Chen, Korhan Erel, Giray Gürkal at BOEHMERSExhibition, Berlin

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Korhan Erel

Audrey Chen (cello), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) and Giray Gürkal (electric guitar, effects) will play an improvised set at BOEHMERSExhibition, Berlin on September 27, only a few hours before Korhan and Giray get on their train to Amsterdam to launch their … Continue reading →

Tagged özgür doğaçlama, Berlin, bilgisayar, cello, computer, doğaçlama, electric guitar, elektrik gitar, Free Improvisation, galeri, galerie, gallery, gitar, gitarre, guitar, improvisation, komputer | Leave a comment

A Book of Songs and Places, September 2-7, 2013, Istanbul

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Korhan Erel

project by Maxime Hourani as Part of 13th Istanbul Biennial curated by Fulya Erdemci During the workshops different musicians will lead songwriting sessions for artists, architects, sociologists, students and others who are interested. The collaborative workshops will look at several … Continue reading →

Tagged 5533, alan kaydı, architecture, beste, composition, field recording, Istanbul, Istanbul Biennial, Maxime Hourani, Nancy Atakan, research, song, songbook, urban, varoş, Volkan Aslan, şarkı, şarkı kitabı, şehir, İstanbul Bienali | 1 Comment

Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Eraslan, Erel @ Gitar Cafe, August 22, 2013

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Korhan Erel

Four heavyweights of the Turkish free improvisation scene come together for a summer night’s free improvisation concert on August 22, 2013 at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul. Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Şevket Akıncı (guitars), Anıl Eraslan (cello) and Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) … Continue reading →

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Multiversal #28, July 26, Berlin

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Korhan Erel

On July 26, I will play a free improvisation concert at Galerie Zeitzone in Berlin with the following musicians: Korhan Erel – electronicsEliad Wagner – synthesizerStefan Voglsinger – homemade instruments, super8 projectorStella Veloce – celloDario Fariello – alto sax, violaGiuseppe … Continue reading →

Tagged Berlin, cello, DIY electronics, electronics, Free Improvisation, Istanbul, music, sax, video, viola | Leave a comment

#occupytogether

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Korhan Erel

#occupygezi #occupyERT #occupysarajevo #occupybulgaria #occupybrasil #occupylondon

Nora Krahl, Miako Klein, Tolga Tüzün, Korhan Erel @ Dunia, Istanbul, May 5, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Korhan Erel

German violinist/recorder player Miako Klein and cellist Nora Krahl are stopping by in Istanbul on their way back from a tour in Iraq to play with two Istanbul improvisers Korhan Erel (computer and controllers) and Tolga Tüzün (electronics and piano) … Continue reading →

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