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

Concerts in Berlin and Bielefeld in February

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Korhan Erel

February is usually a quiet month for me, but not this time. I have three concerts in Berlin and one in Bielefeld. On February 12th, I will be improvising with saxophonist Max Stehle and pianist Roman Stolyar at Artist Homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances | Tagged absurd, absurdity, Berlin, demboh, double-bass, drums, electronic music, Free Improvisation, freie improvisierte musik, guitar, Klub Demboh, Neukölln, piano, saxophone, Sun Ra | Leave a comment

Activities in January and February

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Korhan Erel

2020 seems to be a much calmer year with less travelling and not that many concerts, but that does not mean it will be less exciting. The best news was that our project ‘Scarecrow’ with my wife Tuçe Erel was … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Berlin, bielefeld, Choir, cologne, contemporary music, demboh, flügel, Free Improvisation, improvised music, jazz, köln, klavier, koro, new music, orchestra, piano, piyano, saxophone, Sun Ra, techno, trickster, Vienna, Wien, workshop | Leave a comment

Five-night Residency at Au Topsi Pohl

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel will have a five-night residency at Berlin’s wonderful experimental music/jazz venue Au Topsi Pohl on November 19-23. Korhan will play with some of the best and most innovative musicians and performers from Berlin, Ramallah and Munich in duos, … Continue reading →

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November in Brussels, Cologne and Berlin

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel will be playing a solo concert in the S M O G series in Brussels on November 8. They will present re-interpretations of their older pieces from Con-Structures and Spam Me Senseless albums as well as some new … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances | Tagged Belgium, Berlin, Brussel, Brussels, cello, cologne, concert, double-bass, drums, electroacoustic, electronic music, festival, Free Improvisation, Germany, improvisation, jazz, köln, modular synthesizer, residency, saxophone, serene, solo, spoken word, synth, text, viola, visuals | Leave a comment

Klub Demboh goes North in October

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Korhan Erel

The Berlin-based group Klub Demboh has since spring 2017, on a weekly basis, developed an open and multiform music in which the unexpected often has drastic consequences. Improvisation on the verge of total collapse. Klub Demboh is a revitaliser of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances | Tagged demboh, gagnef, norrköpping, north, oslo, performance, Sweden, tour | Leave a comment

How to get rid of a body. A magic manual

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel teams up with Léonard Engel and Maja Zimmermann to produce Engel’s second solo work ‘How to get rid of a body. A magic manual’. After a six-week rehearsal period, which started with a residency at PACT Zollverein in … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Performances, Projects, Sound Design | Tagged composition, contemporary dance, dance, magic, München, Munich, posthumanism, sound design, transhumanism | Leave a comment

A month of rather diverse musical activities

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Korhan Erel

In June, I will be performing in some amazing festivals and venues with very different projects. First off a concert with Trickster Orchestra at Tonhalle Düsseldorf at the Schönes Wochenende Festival, where I will compose and perform a sound piece … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Performances, Projects, Sound Design | Tagged Almanya, artificial intelligence, avantgarde, özgür doğaçlama, Berlin, concert, controller, cyber, davul, daxophone, Düsseldorf, Deutschland, electro-acoustic, electroacoustic, electroacoustic music, electronic music, electronics, elektroakustik, elektronik, festival, Free Improvisation, freedom, Germany, Hamburg, iranian poetry, konser, müzik, Moers Festival, music, orchestra, percussion, performance, posthumanism, robotics, saxophone, schlagzeug, ses, transhumanism, trickster | Leave a comment

Activities in May

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Korhan Erel

A busy month awaits Korhan Erel in May. They will be playing three concerts and two performances in Berlin, doing a residency in Essen and rehearsing for a new project in Krefeld. The first concert will be with the usual … Continue reading →

Posted in Performances, Projects, Sound Design | Tagged Berlin, Berlin Bülbül, book launch, cabaret, clarinet, dance, electro-acoustic, electronic music, essen, experimental music, Free Improvisation, Krefeld, light, modular synthesizer, moers, nightingale, performance, performance art, robotics, Sammlung Hoffmann, voice | Leave a comment

Electro-acoustic Live Techno

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel and accordion player Mikail Yakut have been preparing an electro-acoustic techno set for the #disPlaced – #rePlaced 2 Festival to take place in Berlin on April 12-13. The festival, which will take place in Radialsystem with an afterparty … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Performances, Projects | Tagged accordion, Berlin, concert, displaced, electro-acoustic, festival, music, performance, premiere, replaced, techno, Turkey | Leave a comment

Hacktivate Yourself in Hong Kong

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel will spend two weeks in Hong Kong for the exhibition “Hacktivate Yourself”, where they will show a sound installation titled “we’re all alike” and perform an audiovisual show with visual artist Vvzela Kook on March 30th. The exhibition … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, News, Performances | Tagged art, audiovisual, biopolitics, contemporary art, gender, hacking, hong kong, performance, performance art, queer, sound installation | Leave a comment