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

Nicolas 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. … Continue reading

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Lettow / Erel plays two concerts in Berlin

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 … Continue reading

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

I 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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Oct 23 – Solothurnmann, Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Vural, Erel at Gitarcafe

The Swiss saxophonist, music critic and Jürg Solothurnmann will play a series of concerts in Istanbul in the last week of October. One of these concerts is with Korhan Erel (computer, controllers), Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Şevket Akıncı (guitars) and Uygur … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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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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