Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel is a computer musician, improviser and sound designer based in Berlin. They treat the computer and electronics as instruments that can co-exist along with conventional instruments in free improvisation and other musical genres. They make frequent use of field recordings or found sounds in their instrument designs. Their music covers free improvisation, conceptual sound performances as well as structured and composed pieces, the latter mainly performed at art events and museums. They perform solo, duo and group performances with improvisers, jazz musicians, dancers and in orchestras. Korhan also does sound design and music for theater, video and dance, and sound installations, which they have shown in Turkey, Germany and Hong Kong. Their collaboration 'The Threshold' with Sydney- based video artist Fabian Astore won the Blake Prize in Australia in 2012. Korhan has done three residencies at STEIM in Amsterdam on sensors and instrument design. They were a guest composer at the Electronic Music Studios in Stockholm in 2011. They have ten CD releases in Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Greece as well as several digital releases. They have played in festivals, venues, museums and art spaces across Europe, Middle- East, Southeast Asia and North America.

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