To Er is Human

Special guest, Eda Er  – voice, electronics, amplified objects

Alessandra Eramo – voice, tapes, electronics

Korhan Erel – synthesizers

Eremy Woodruff – bari sax, flutes, electronic wind instrument

There is something in the er tonight! To Er is Human makes an approach to human error like tree lizards fighting for the right to spawn. Like hearing owl songs underwater during a red moon. Like feedback from a burnt out telecaster in the ceiling of a cement factory. It is cunningly surprising and yet cannily beautiful. Through samples, voices, velocity nodes and resonant insights, by turn fleeting and crass, subliminal and cranked, a sonic cudgel of revolutionary bliss emerges…  

Eda Er, a native of Istanbul is a composer, sound artist, and singer, currently based in Berkeley, California. She primarily explores the potential of physicality and narrativity in her music. She enjoys collaborating with dancers, actors, visual artists and performing/improvising with electronics and vocals. She has had the pleasure to work as a composer with notable groups, musicians, organizations, and ensembles, including Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Kugoni Trio, Hermes Ensemble, Hezarfen Ensemble, Atlas Ensemble, Vertixe Sonora, Eco Ensemble, Ensemble Suono Giallo, Nordic Trombone Quartet, Nicholas Isheerwood, Christine Cornwell, Tom Collier, IKSV International Theater Festival, Gaudeamus Festival, Festival Mixtur, Ikincikat, Mamut Art Project, Clout Theater, A corner in the world and Berika Collective. She is the co-founder and artistic director of the klank.ist, and besides composing and producing, she performs actively with Klank.ist Ensemble and with her music-dance duo, The Prufrock, her music duo Esse, and solo with electronics and vocals.  She is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at the University of California, Berkeley and CNMAT.  

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