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.  

Bookings

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• Course

4. March 2024 - 5. May 2024, 18:00

Interdisciplinary Audio Production: Sound in Context

This course teaches you the main specializations in the industry in one intensive education: You will get a great hands-on preparation to do audio production work for picture (film/video), radio and podcast, theater, performance, live concert stage sound, as well as understand the professional recording studio workflow. A pro seminar on audio mastering completes the course. At the end you can present your work at the legendary Acud Macht Neu Club.

• Performance
• Workshop

22. April 2024 - 15. June 2024

Sonic Borderlines Listening Series

(sponsored by Initiative Neue Musik) How Do the Smallest Units of Sound Relate…? In the case of music from differing cultures, approaches and disciplines playing together, how can musicians use underlying metaphors to bring fundamental differences of technique and sound into meaningful aesthetic relationships with one another? Furthermore, what technical studies and (if applicable) new notational approaches for melody, rhythm, timbre, and interaction derived from these metaphors can best facilitate this goal?

• Course
• Workshop

6. May 2024 - 30. June 2024, 15:00

Modular Synthesis for Live Performance and Sound Design

This course teaches you the main basics and also covers advanced settings for live performance considerations in a setup specifically based on modular synthesizers! You will develop your own musical aesthetics, performance or production setup and dive deep into your own life performance workflow. At the end you can present your work at the legendary Acud Macht Neu Club!

• Course
• Workshop

24. June 2024 - 2. August 2024, 18:00

Generative Music Production in Max and Max-for-Live

Explore the limitless possibilities of generative music production using the dynamic duo of Max and Max-for-Live! This course is designed for artists, musicians, producers, and sound enthusiasts looking to push the boundaries of creativity and harness the potential of generative musical techniques in their art.