Author Archives: Korhan Erel
Waterland – a collaboration with Burcu Yağcıoğlu
Waterland is an audiovisual work Burcu Yağcıoğlu and I created together. It will be shown for the first time at Kunsthaus Essen in the exhibition titled “Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst…” (I see what you don’t see) . … Continue reading
The Threshold wins the prestigious Blake Prize in Australia
I had been working on a collaboration with Sydney-based digital media artist, filmmaker and friend Fabian Astore for the past 3 months. The result is the Threshold, a video conceptualized, shot and processed by Fabian with sound design by me. … Continue reading
Posted in Sound Design
Tagged australia, blake prize, childhood, Fabian Astore, innocence, mosque, religion, sound design, spirituality, sydney, threshold
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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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Tagged aachen, Berlin, Bochum, cello, cologne, computer, controller, dario fariello, electroacoustic, electronic music, Erhard Hirt, Fabian Jung, free, Free Improvisation, freedom, Gülşah Erol, Germany, Gunnar Lettow, Hamburg, Hannover, Istanbul, Joana Sa, köln, Martin Blume, Martin Theurer, Matthias Muche, münster, music, nicolas wiese, non-idiomatic, Paul Lytton, quiet cue, Simon Camatta, tristan honsinger, witten, wuppertal, zeitzone
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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
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
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
Tagged article, controller, DJ, Keith McMillen, Kickstarter, KMI, Kylee Swenson, MIDI, OSC, QuNeo, TechTools
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Originally posted on Korhan Erel:
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…
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
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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Tagged özlem kaya, computer, controller, David Brosset, Free Improvisation, Gitar Cafe, Istanbul, Jürg Solothurnmann, Jose Blasco
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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
Posted in Releases
Tagged Album, allaboutjazz, creative sources, electroacoustic, Free Improvisation, freedom, Islak Köpek, Israel, john eyles, kevin davis, review, third stream, tom soloveitzik, Turkey, united states
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