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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
Audrey Chen, Korhan Erel, Giray Gürkal at BOEHMERSExhibition, Berlin
Audrey Chen (cello), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) and Giray Gürkal (electric guitar, effects) will play an improvised set at BOEHMERSExhibition, Berlin on September 27, only a few hours before Korhan and Giray get on their train to Amsterdam to launch their … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Korhan Erel, Gülşah Erol, Gunnar Lettow @ Quiet Cue, Berlin, 10.11.12
https://vimeo.com/62563646 The last concert of my Germany tour with Gülşah Erol was a performance at Berlin’s progressive music space Quiet Cue on November 10, 2012. Even though Gülşah and I were exhausted after 9 concerts in 10 days in 10 … Continue reading
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
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
Islak Köpek with Sumru Ağıryürüyen, Seda Röder and Korhan Erel
Istanbul-based free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek curates bi-monthly evenings of freely improvised music at Gitar Cafe where they invite several musicians. This month, guest musicians are Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), acclaimed new music pianist Seda Röder and myself. As some of you … Continue reading