Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel is now included among the composers on the ”Listening to Istanbul” website.

http://www.newmusicistanbul.com/composers/korhan-erel

The “Listening to Istanbul” website lets you explore the vivid scene of contemporary music in Istanbul. On this website you will find biographies, CDs and other information on composers who are active in the city on the Bosphorus.
With the integrated events calendar you can easily see if a composer has an upcoming performance in your area, and experience the captivating and exciting music of these composers live in the concert hall.

This is the second and last article I wrote for 2010LAB.tv. It is about one of the leading visual artists in Turkey, Candaş Şişman. Click here to read the article.

2010LAB.tv

2010LAB.tv monitors and accompanies change in the industrial and knowledge sectors in the Ruhr region and European partner cities. 2010LAB.tv is web TV and blog forum and is conceived as a European portal for the cultural and creative industries. Authors from London, Rotterdam and Istanbul report for LAB on changing cultures. LAB is, above all, devoted to media art as the driving force to activate companies.

2010LAB.tv is a project of the ecce (european centre for creative economy), an institute of RUHR.2010.

Korhan Erel will be a guest writer on the German blog on cultural and creative industries 2010LAB.tv in June with two articles. The first of these is on the Turkish avant-garde guitar septet Mutant, which is one of the most exciting music acts in Turkey at the moment. Read all about it here.

2010LAB.tv

2010LAB.tv monitors and accompanies change in the industrial and knowledge sectors in the Ruhr region and European partner cities. 2010LAB.tv is web TV and blog forum and is conceived as a European portal for the cultural and creative industries. Authors from London, Rotterdam and Istanbul report for LAB on changing cultures. LAB is, above all, devoted to media art as the driving force to activate companies.

2010LAB.tv is a project of the ecce (european centre for creative economy), an institute of RUHR.2010.

Public Computing - Korhan Erel

Two of my recent solo performances are released under the name of ‘Public Computing’ by the UK internet label Electronic Musik. Public Computing contains two live recordings at two Istanbul venues: Kadikoy Gram (February 27, 2011) and 60m2 (April 28, 2011). I played my self-designed performance, sound design and composition tool Omnibus, which is a collection of computer instruments played with a diverse set of controllers.

Electronic Musik is a DIY label which specializes in experimental electronica and improvised music. Formed in 2000 it’s run by the Sound manipulator / Improvising musician Ian Simpson (aka Noise Research) and is non profit making which enables the label to release exactly what it wants (ie: what it likes). 

Artists include Eddie Prevost, ASTRO, Fonik, Philippe Petit, Wolf Eyes, Matt Davies, Richard Wilmer, Matthew Shaw, Demons, Astral Social Club, Gary Fisher, A Band, Towering Breaker, Chris Whitehead, Sndsukinspook, Chris Lynn, Lanterns, Vultures, Generic, Kalistongue, Pangea, Graham Dunning, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt , Thee Moths, ARK, Mutate, Ambient Fabric, Isaac de la Concha, Heddy Boubaker, Gnod, Banist3r, Noise club, Viva la Muerte, Serfs, Spektrox, Barbarians, Phroq, Janx: The Gathering, Ian Watson, Electronic Orgainca Ensemble, Christian Munthe, Martin Ohman, Herve Perez, Cage Cabarrett, Afgan, John Kannenberg, Sannyasin, Bacillus, Noise Research, Vok, Daniel Weaver, Luis Antero, Arklight, Narshe, Lol Coxhill, Paul Burnell + more.

You can listen to and download Public Computing for free at the link below:

Public Computing – Korhan Erel

Islak Köpek, Turkey’s first free improvisation ensemble I co-founded in 2005, will play at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul on May 18. 

Islak Köpek are (in alphabetical order):

Şevket Akıncı – guitars, effects
Korhan Erel – computer, controllers, melodica
Gülşah Erol – cello
Giray Gürkal – electric guitar, effects
Robert Reigle – tenor saxophone
Volkan Terzioğlu – tenor saxophone

A recent interview with Korhan Erel on 2010LAB Istanbul blog as two consecutive blog entries:

Part 1
Part 2

Recent Korhan Erel concerts were:

A laptop duo with Tuna Pase at Gram Kadıköy, Istanbul on April 14, 2011.
A solo performance at 60m2, Istanbul on April 28, 2011

Recordings of both shows available under Music

This is an excerpt from my concert with Greek noise artist Nikos Kyriazopoulos at the Knot Gallery in Athens on March 18, 2011. The concert was a part of an evening of electronic music performances that also featured Lunar Miasma (GR) and Black to Comm (D).

The total duration of the concert was 30 minutes. A full length download will be available soon.

Korhan Erel played a solo set with his computer instrument Omnibus at Gram, one of the new alternative music venues in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

Omnibus is a collection of instruments designed in Ableton Live and Audiomulch by Korhan Erel. Korhan uses Omnibus to play ambient, electro-acoustic and free improvised music either as a solo artist or in collective performances, such as with Islak Köpek, Turkey’s pioneer free improvisation group he co-founded in 2005. He has been working on this instrument collection/performance system for more than a year. The instruments are played with various controllers including Nintendo Wii controllers, iPad, iPod, Novation Launchpad and Korg Nanokontrols. Omnibus uses Korhan’s field recordings, found sounds and sound designs as raw materials and manipulates them using granular, spectral and other means. It can also process external sound sources, such as acoustic instruments.

The recording of the concert is available here as a VBR MP3 file.