Category Archives: Performances
IstanPOOL in the Netherlands, September – October 2013
IstanPOOL is a brand new collective of musicians from Turkey and the Netherlands in a setting of two wind instruments, two guitars and two laptops: Michael Moore & Mark Alban Lotz (winds), Korhan Erel & Robert van Heumen (laptops, live processing), Şevket Akıncı … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, avantgarde, özgür doğaçlama, bilgisayar, clarinet, computer, computer music, double-bass, doublebass, electroacoustic, electronic music, elektrik gitar, Evil Rabbit Records, flute, Free Improvisation, guitar, Holland, improvisation, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, laptop, laptop music, müzik, netherlands, rotterdam, saxophone, trombone, Turkey, utrecht
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Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Eraslan, Erel @ Gitar Cafe, August 22, 2013
Four heavyweights of the Turkish free improvisation scene come together for a summer night’s free improvisation concert on August 22, 2013 at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul. Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Şevket Akıncı (guitars), Anıl Eraslan (cello) and Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) … Continue reading
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Tagged Anıl Eraslan, özgür doğaçlama, bilgisayar, cello, computer, computer music, concert, controller, electric guitar, electroacoustic, elektrik gitar, Free Improvisation, gitar, Gitar Cafe, improvisation, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, Korhan Erel, music, sumru ağıryürüyen, viyolonsel, Şevket Akıncı
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Nora Krahl, Miako Klein, Tolga Tüzün, Korhan Erel @ Dunia, Istanbul, May 5, 2013
German violinist/recorder player Miako Klein and cellist Nora Krahl are stopping by in Istanbul on their way back from a tour in Iraq to play with two Istanbul improvisers Korhan Erel (computer and controllers) and Tolga Tüzün (electronics and piano) … Continue reading
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May 2, 2013: Mark Alban Lotz & Islak Köpek at Gitar Cafe
Mark Alban Lotz is an Utrecht-based flute player and improviser who is also quite well known in Turkey as a jazz player and improviser. He had come to Istanbul in 2010 to make two recordings with Istanbul-based improvisers. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged Album, özgür doğaçlama, bilgisayar, cello, computer, computer music, concert, controller, electric guitar, electroacoustic, electronic music, Evil Rabbit Records, Free Improvisation, Gitar Cafe, improvisation, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, Mark Alban Lotz, müzik, music, The Netherlands
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A Midspring Night’s Improvisation
Mark Alban Lotz, Utrecht-based flute player and improviser, who is also the other half of the Lotz/Erel duo, will be in Istanbul from April 26th through May 5th, and play a series of concerts with me and other musicians. The … Continue reading
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Solo Concert “Disorient and Accident” at MAK Nite Lab, Vienna, April 16, 2013
Korhan Erel will play a solo concert at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna on April 16, 2013. The concert is a part of the MAK Nite performance series curated by Marlies Wirth and is … Continue reading
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Chen, Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Gürkal, Erel at Cafe Mitanni, April 5, 2013
Korhan Erel will play with American-Chinese cello, voice and electronics artist Audrey Chen and his improviser friends at Cafe Mitanni, a small, cosy jazz venue on one of the bustling streets of Beyoğlu, Istanbul’s perpetually packed headquarters of entertainment, food, … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, Audrey Chen, avant-garde, özgür doğaçlama, bilgisayar, cello, computer, controller, effects, electric guitar, electroacoustic, elektronik, Evil Rabbit Records, Free Improvisation, guitar, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, kumanda, ses, sumru ağıryürüyen, viyolonsel, vocal, voice, vokal, Şevket Akıncı
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Tolga Tüzün & Korhan Erel @ Dunia, March 26
I will be playing a duo with Tolga Tüzün in the fourth leg of Tolga’s monthly concert series called “Encounters”. The encounter will take place at Dunia in Kadıköy, Istanbul and will start at 9pm. Tolga Tüzün, piano Korhan Erel, … Continue reading
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March 23: Başak Yavuz Quintet at 60m2
I have recently joined jazz vocalist/composer Başak Yavuz’s jazz group, turning it into a quintet. Başak’s music, to me, has a feeling of tranquility as well as openness towards experimentation. I was listening to the band one night at Gitar … Continue reading
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Tagged 60m2, adem gülsen, Alper Yılmaz, basak yavuz, besteci, bilgisayar, caz, composer, composition, computer, davul, drums, electric bass, elektrik bas, erdem göymen, improvisation, Istanbul, jazz, piano, piyano, vocal, vokal, vokalist
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Natalia Mann, İzzet Kızıl, Alper Yılmaz, Korhan Erel at Alt
I will be playing a concert of improvised music with Natalia Mann (harp), İzzet Kızıl (percussion) and Alper Yılmaz (electric bass) at Alt, one of Istanbul’s new jazz clubs. The first half of the concert will feature Pasif.ist, Natalia and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alper Yılmaz, Alt, computer, concert, controller, electric bass, Free Improvisation, harp, Istanbul, Natalia Mann, percussion, İzzet Kızıl
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