Author Archives: Korhan Erel
Islak Köpek @ Gitar Cafe, Dec 6, 2012
Istanbul-based free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek will start their monthly concert series at Gitar Cafe on December 6, 2012. The concert will start at 9pm. In this series, Islak Köpek will alternate between playing as an ensemble and collaborating with … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, avantgarde, concert, electroacoustic, Free Improvisation, freedom, Gitar Cafe, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, music, non-idiomatic, sound, texture, Turkey
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Erel, Furuya, Lanfredini, Merlet at Gitar Cafe, November 29
On November 29, I will be playing with three very exciting improvisers at Gitar Cafe. This is a meeting that was built from chance meetings. I met Nobuyasu Furuya, wind player based in Japan, on Facebook and was amazed by … Continue reading
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
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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
