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

Duo with Anaïs Tuerlinckx at Sowieso and solo at Sentimental Punk

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in Performances | Tagged Berlin, cello, experimental film, female filmmakers, field recording, hurdy gurdy, improvised music, live soundtrack, synth, tape | Leave a comment

September Concerts

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in composition, Performances | 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 | Leave a comment

The Liz at Festival CHIII in São Paulo

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in News, Performances, Workshops | Tagged Berlin, Brasilien, Brazil, Brezilya, electroacoustic, experimental music, Free Improvisation, Goethe Institut, improvisation, queer, Sao Paulo, workshop | Leave a comment

The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Korhan Erel

THE ASOCIAL TELEPATHIC ENSEMBLE 20 June 2022, 18:30 Errant Sound Berlin Listening sessionThe Asocial Telepathic Ensemble Artist talks byInes LechleitnerKorhan Erel With special guestsFlorencia Curci & Agustín Genoudhttp://www.florenciacurci.comhttp://www.agustingenoud.cc The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble is: Alessandra Eramo: voice, electronics, Ambra Pittoni: field … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances, Releases | Tagged Album, asocial, cassette, ensemble, field recording, lockdown, pandemic, tape | Leave a comment

Concerts in June in Berlin and Istanbul

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Korhan Erel

I have two concerts in June, both with composer and electronics performer Eda Er. Eda and I have started collaborating in 2021 with support from Goethe Institut’s Virtual Partnership Residency program. Together we created the audiovisual work “Obwegeser Instruments” inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances, Projects | Tagged Alessandra Eramo, özgür doğaçlama, Berlin, Berlin School of Sound, computer, concert, Eda Er, electroacoustic, electronic improvisation, electronic music, Free Improvisation, improvisation, Istanbul, Jeremy Woodruff | Leave a comment

Nightingala – Reading, panel, film, concert stroll at HKW

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in Performances, Projects | Tagged aesthetics, bülbül, Berlin, Berlin Bülbül, biology, bird, clarinet, electronic music, improvisation, nature, nightingale, Nightingales in Berlin, panel, performance, poetry, science, singing, song, voice | Leave a comment

Concerts in April in Berlin and Munich

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in Performances | Tagged Berlin, brass instruments, clarinet, concert, electroacoustic, electronics, flute, Free Improvisation, improvisation, Munich, piano | Leave a comment

“Soundtracking” video by Lange//Berweck//Lorenz

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in News | Tagged Berlin, composition, composition commission, electronic music, Germany, Hannover, new music, premiere, soundtrack, soundtracking, synthesizer ensemble, synthesizer trio, world premiere | Leave a comment

Debut album “mit gefühl” by Ephemeral Fragments

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Korhan Erel

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 →

Posted in Performances, Projects | 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 | Leave a comment