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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

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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TADAEX in Tehran

I will play a concert and talk on computer instrument design at the Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition on July 8-9, 2012. The venue is Mohsen Gallery. “TADAEX has been established as an annual program with a mixture of fascination, … Continue reading

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New Album: Superimposed Circumstances

Composer and pianist Tolga Tüzün and computer musician Korhan Erel, both operating in between the lines and both tackling sounds, textures, patterns that live, that breathe, started out a joint journey in 2009. This journey culminated in a recording at … Continue reading

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Eyal Hareuveni review of Three States of Freedom

Jerusalem-based journalist / music critic Eyal Hareuveni has recently published a review of the album Three States of Freedom on allaboutjazz.com. Hareuveni writes for allaboutjazz, squidoo and other websites and was among the audience at the trio’s performance at Barbour … Continue reading

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Yola Çıktığım Gün Sakin Serin Bir Sabahtı… / It Was a Calm and Chilly Morning The Day I Left…

I have recently completed all original music and sound design work for Yesim Özsoy Gülan’s latest play “It Was a Calm and Chilly Morning The Day I Left…”. The play premiered in the IKSV Istanbul International Theater Festival on May … Continue reading

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Islak Köpek at Gitar Cafe in May

Turkey’s pioneering free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek plays at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul after a brief hiatus. The concert is on May 5, Saturday and will start at 9 pm. Özgür Doğaçlama topluluğu Islak Köpek, verdiği kısa aradan Gitar Cafe … Continue reading

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New album Three States of Freedom released

The Israeli tour with saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik and cellist Kevin Davis in June 2010 is one of the most important defining artistic and emotional moments in my life and career as an improviser. After five concerts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem … Continue reading

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Islak Köpek with Wilbert de Joode and Tanya Kalmanovitch

Turkish free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek will be playing a concert at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul with double-bass player Wilbert de Joode (Amsterdam) and violist/violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch (New York). This concert is a part of the collaboration with the Dutch collective Stichting … Continue reading

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Concerts in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland (23.11 – 13.12)

Germany – Gunnar Lettow & Korhan Erel Hamburg 23.11.2011, 22:00 Frequenzgänge, Hamburg Hörbar, Brigittenstr. 5 Gunnar Lettow – prepared electric bass, electronics, objects Korhan Erel – computer and controllers Second performance of the evening: visual bassic : Kathrin Bethge – projektion, … Continue reading

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