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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

Concerts in Germany: Soundtrips, Lettow/Erel/Erol, Honsinger/Fariello/Erel/İleri

Soundtrips This November, Korhan Erel will be playing six concerts with cellist/bandmate Gülşah Erol in the Soundtrips concert series curated by Simon Camatta, Gunda Gottschalk, Erhard Hirt, Paul Hubweber, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, and Martin Blume. In each concert, there will be … Continue reading

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Serra Yılmaz & Islak Köpek @ Akbank Jazz Festival

Korhan Erel’s free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek continues their collaboration with actress Serra Yılmaz with a concert in the Akbank Jazz Festival, which is Turkey’s most progressive music festival organized by Pozitif. The collaboration between Yılmaz and Islak Köpek is … Continue reading

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NYC Jazz Record reviews the latest Mark A. Lotz & Islak Köpek album

The October issue of New York City Jazz Record has a very good review of the Mark Lotz & Islak Köpek album Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th by Tom Greenland. Berlin-born, Den Haag-based flutist Mark Alban Lotz is a globetrotting musician … Continue reading

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DJ TechTools article on QuNeo, featuring Korhan Erel

This month, DJ TechTools published an article on the Kickstarter campaign that resulted in the QuNeo, the new controller by Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI). Kylee Swenson, the author of the article, was kind enough to include me in it. QuNeo … Continue reading

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Jürg Solothurnmann, the Swiss saxophonist, music writer, ethnomusicologist and lecturer, will be visiting Istanbul and playing a series of concerts with Istanbul-based improvisers. I will be playing with him and other musicians in the last…

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Viewpoint: Sumru Ağıryürüyen, Korhan Erel, Giray Gürkal @ Gitar Cafe, Oct. 18

Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers), Giray Gürkal (electric guitar, effects) will present an evening of solo, duo and trio improvisations at Gitar Cafe, where they will attempt to look at music and each other from different viewpoints. The … Continue reading

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Concert with Jürg Solothurnmann and friends @ Gitar Cafe, Istanbul, September 20

Jürg Solothurnmann, the Swiss saxophonist, music writer, ethnomusicologist and lecturer, will be visiting Istanbul and playing a series of concerts with Istanbul-based improvisers. I will be playing with him and other musicians in the last one of his three performances. … Continue reading

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John Eyles Review of Three States of Freedom

Allaboutjazz.com writer John Eyles‘ review of Three States of Freedom published on August 10, 2012: “Eddie Prevost‘s improvisation workshop has been meeting weekly in London since 1999, with several hundred participants having attended. In that time, some of its long-standing … Continue reading

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Review of Tolga Tüzün / Korhan Erel concert by Alexandra Ivanoff

A chance discovery of a review by Istanbul-based music critic Alexandra Ivanoff of the concert with pianist / composer Tolga Tüzün at Borusan Music House, Istanbul on January 13, 2012: “Tüzün and Erel’s voyage On Jan. 13, two Turkish musicians, … Continue reading

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Summer Pause, New Duo, Upcoming Concerts in 2012

With the concert at Dunia, Istanbul of Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola) / Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) duo concert with guests Jessika Kenney (voice), Eyvind Kang (viola) and Özlem Kaya (violin), I will be playing no concerts until the end of summer … Continue reading

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