Improvisation Ensemble at KlangZeit Festival, Münster

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Korhan Erel

KlangZeit logo

Korhan Erel will play in the Improviser Ensemble in the KlangZeit Festival in Münster on February 1, 2014. The ensemble of selected improvisers from Germany, Israel, Turkey and Lebanon will play a concert following a three-day workshop. The performances will take place at the Franz-Hitze-Haus in Münster at 19.30.

Hier findet man info auf Deutsch: KlangZeit Improviser Ensemble

Mazen Kerbaj: trumpet
Yoni Silver: bass clarinet
Ariel Shibolet: soprano saxophone
Amy Salsgiver: percussion
Korhan Erel: computer, controllers
Gunda Gottschalk: violin
Carl Ludwig Hübsch: tuba
Philip Zoubek: piano
Erhard Hirt: guitar

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Two concerts with Matthias Muche / Sven Hahne and guests

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Korhan Erel

Korhan will play with Matthias Muche (trombone) and Sven Hahne (electronics) in Cologne on Jan 26 and in Duisburg on Jan 28. These concerts are warm-up performances for a larger collaboration to take place in the Frischzelle Festival, organized and curated by Matthias and Sven, in September 2014. Drummer Etienne Nillesen will join the three musicians at Loft in Cologne, while cellist Nora Krahl (also a part of the Frischzelle project) will play at Djäzz in Duisburg.

Sunday, January 26 at Loft, Cologne: Matthias Muche (trombone), Sven Hahne (electronics), Etienne Nillesen (drums), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) – 20:30

Tuesday, January 28 at Djäzz, Duisburg: Matthias Muche (trombone), Sven Hahne (electronics), Nora Krahl (cello), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) – 20:00

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Duo with Nicolas Wiese at Quiet Cue, Berlin (Jan 25)

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Korhan Erel

131-quietcueNicolas Wiese and Korhan Erel will start their collaboration with a first-time meeting at QUIET CUE #131 on Saturday, January 25. The duo will create and diffuse digital and analog-feedback based textures, sounds and narratives in a quadraphonic sound field. Korhan will play computer, controllers, digital sound diffusion and Nicolas will be on the mixer, samples and analog sound diffusion. This will be Korhan’s second appearance at Quiet Cue after his concert there in November 2012 with Gunnar Lettow and Gülşah Erol.

QUIET CUE #131 will also feature other exciting duos and trios by wonderful musicians:

Duo
Brad Henkel (NYC) trumpet
Miako Klein (Berlin) recorder

Trio

Margarete Huber (Berlin) soprano, keyboard, cd
Andreas Gogol (Berlin) modified guitar (el/ac.)
Matthias Pohl (Bielefeld) analogue electronics

Music starts at 20.15. QUIET CUE is on Flughafenstr. 38, Neukölnn, Berlin.

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Lettow / Erel plays in Klub Katarakt Festival, Hamburg

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Korhan Erel
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After two concerts in Berlin with Pivot (Liz Allbee and Chris Heenan) and Audrey Chen, Lettow / Erel end their three-concert series in Germany with an appearance in the Klub Katarakt Festival in Hamburg on January 18. The concert will be a part of the Long Night in the last day of the festival. The Long Night starts at Please check the Klub Katarakt website for more information.

Gunnar Lettow plays prepared electric bass, objects and electronics. 

Korhan Erel plays computer and controllers

 

 

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Lettow / Erel plays two concerts in Berlin

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Korhan Erel
Gunnar Lettow (right) and Korhan Erel (center) at Ausland (Berlin) with Chris Heenan in November 2011

Gunnar Lettow (right) and Korhan Erel (center) at Ausland (Berlin) with Chris Heenan in November 2011

Korhan Erel will play two concerts with Gunnar Lettow, his duo partner in Lettow / Erel, in Berlin in January. The pair have been playing together since 2011 and have had numerous concerts in Germany and Istanbul. Their collaboration is a balanced, subtle but complex interweaving of analog, acoustic sounds and digitally processed field recordings, found sounds. Please go to Lettow / Erel for more information.

First of these concerts will be with Pivot, a duo by Liz Allbee (trumpet) and Chris Heenan (contrabass sax, alto sax), at Sowieso on January 10. The two duo performances will be followed by a freely improvised quartet performance. Concerts at Sowieso start at 20.30 sharp, so please do your best to be there on time.

The second concert will be with Audrey Chen (cello, voice) at Miss Hecker on January 12. Korhan has played with Audrey in Istanbul and Berlin in 2013 and this will be Audrey’s first performance with Lettow / Erel. The legendary Miss Hecker is a private space in Wedding and its address cannot be revealed publicly, so only those who know the space or those who know people who know the space will be able to see the show. Concert starts at 21.00.

For further concerts by Korhan Erel in Germany, including one more concert with Gunnar Lettow, please see Upcoming Concerts.

Lettow / Erel | Audrey Chen | Liz Allbee | Chris Heenan

Audrey Chen

Audrey Chen

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Concerts in Germany and Vienna, January-February 2014

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Korhan Erel

I will be playing a series of concerts in Germany and Vienna, starting on Jan 10. The first three concerts will be Lettow / Erel duo concerts with Gunnar Lettow and guest musicians in Berlin and Hamburg. The concert in Hamburg will be at the Klub Katarakt Festival. This will be followed by a Quiet Cue concert with Nicolas Wiese. In this concert, Nicolas will play his no-input setup and we will both play in a four-speaker environment, where we will diffuse our sounds in realtime using analog and digital technologies. This will be my third and final concert in Berlin before I move on to the Ruhr area. I will play two concerts with the Zeitkunst team of Matthias Muche and Sven Hahne in Cologne and Duisburg, with Etienne Nillesen joining us in Cologne and Nora Krahl in Duisburg. These two concerts will be warm-ups for our bigger project with ZeitKunst in September 2014 (details soon). My final concert in Germany will be at the KlangZeit Festival in Münster, where I will play with a fantastic lineup of musicians on February 1, following two days of rehearsals. After Münster, I’ll move on to Vienna and play a concert with Claudia Cervenca, Irene Kepl and Stefan Fraunberger at mo.ë.

– January 10 / Lettow/Erel duo and Pivot (Liz Allbee and Chris Heenan), duo and quartet performances, Sowieso, Berlin
– January 12 / Lettow/Erel duo with Audrey Chen, Miss Hecker, Berlin
– January 18 / Lettow/Erel duo in the Klub Katarakt Festival, Hamburg
– January 25 / Nicolas Wiese (no-input mixer, analog sound diffusion), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers, digital sound diffusion) at Quiet Cue, Berlin
– January 26 / Matthias Muche (trombone), Sven Hahne (electronics), Etienne Nillesen (drums), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Loft, Cologne
– January 28 / Matthias Muche (trombone), Sven Hahne (electronics), Nora Krahl (cello), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Djäzz, Duisburg.
– Feb 1 / Concert in the Klangzeit Festival in Münster with Amy Salsgiver, Mazen Karbaj, Yoni Silver, Ariel Shibolet, Gunda Gottschalk, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Philip Zoubek, and Erhard Hirt
– Feb 7 / Claudia Cervenca (voice), Korhan Erel (computer, electronics), Stefan Fraunberger (dulcimer, electronics), Irene Kepl (violin) at mo.ë, Vienna

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Ağıryürüyen, Erel, Kaya, Öktem, Yıldız at Dunia, Dec 16

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Korhan Erel

St. Petersburg WallI will play an improvised set with Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Erçin Kaya (keyboards), Kerem Öktem (drums) and Çağlayan Yıldız (elec. guitar, effects) at Dunia, one of Istanbul’s coolest venues for alternative music. Entrance is free. Music starts at 9pm.

Dunia is at Caferağa Mahallesi Kadife Sokak No:19/2, 34710 Kadıköy

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N. Krahl, K. Erel, T. Tüzün, G. Gürkal at Gitarcafe, Dec 2

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Korhan Erel

Nora Krahl and I had known each other only by name, through our common friend Tolga Tüzün, composer, pianist and improviser, until we had a chance meeting at Frank Gratkowski’s house in February 2013. During that meeting, it turned out that Frank also knew Tolga Tüzün through his compositions. Nora is coming to Istanbul at the end of November and we will use this opportunity to play together at Gitarcafe on December 2. As our previous concert with her at Dunia, Tolga Tüzün will also be with us, as well as Korhan’s frequent collaborator Giray Gürkal on electric guitar and effects.

The concert will start at 9.00pm and will cost 15TL.

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S. Ağıryürüyen, E. Lanfredini, U. Vural, K. Erel at Karanlık İşler, Dec 1

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Korhan Erel
Sumru, Uygur, Korhan, Elisabetta

Sumru, Uygur, Korhan, Elisabetta in front of Karanlıkta Yemek, a venue that organizes events in pitch darkness

Have you ever performed in pitch darkness? I have not. Sumru Ağıryürüyen, singer and improviser extraordinarie, had the idea of us improvising and singing in total darkness to an audience at Karanlık İşler (Dark Dealings in English). We asked and they said yes. So, on December 1, 2013, Sumru, me, singer/actress/improviser Elisabetta Lanfredini and cellist/improviser Uygur Vural will play a concert of freely improvised music as well as songs from Turkey and Italy, ranging from an abstract instant of free improv to a lullaby from Italy followed by an Armenian song.

Come and “hear” us!

Sumru Ağıryürüyen: voice
Korhan Erel: computer, melodica
Elisabetta Lanfredini: voice
Uygur Vural: cello

Karanlık İşler is in the historic quarter of Galata in Istanbul. The concert will start at 8.00pm. Tickets are available at the door and cost 40TL, including a glass of wine.

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Lettow / Erel duo in Hannover and Hamburg, November 7-8

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Korhan Erel

Lettow / Erel Duo is Gunnar Lettow (prepared electric bass, objects, electronics) and Korhan Erel (computer, controllers). Lettow and Erel build a fragile, fascinating, abstract sound world with Gunnar’s electro-acoustic sounds and Korhan’s electronically treated field recordings and found sounds. They have been playing in Germany every November since their first-time meeting in Istanbul in 2011.

In their third-installment of November concerts in Germany since 2011, they will be playing at Oberdeck in Hannover on November 7 and at Freitagsmusik in Hamburg on November 8 as a part of Frequenzgänge concert series. In Hamburg, guitarist Christoph Funabashi will join the duo in their second set.

Lettow / Erel will also play two concerts in Berlin in January 2014 with Liz Allbee and Chris Heenan at Sowieso on Jan 10, and with Audrey Chen at Miss Hecker on Jan 12. Please see Upcoming Concerts for more performances by Korhan Erel.

A video of them playing with Istanbul-based cellist Gülşah Erol in Berlin’s Quiet Cue in November 2012.

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