Ephemeral Fragments is an electro-acoustic improvisation trio based in Essen, Cologne and Berlin. Following their meeting at an ad hoc concert in 2019, Florian Walter, Emily Wittbrodt and Korhan Erel decided to build up on the common language they created during their first concert and embarked on a period of rehearsals, concerts and recording sessions throughout 2020. The three musicians, who are successfully and internationally active in multidisciplinary projects, contribute to the total sound by interpreting the potentials of their individual “home” genres, but without confining themselves in their respective borders. Their music is characterized by an enormous density of textures and depth in sound without wandering too far away from a solid sense of control and reduction. Ephemeral fragments released their first album in 2022 on Umland records- the album has been picked for the album of the month (February 2022) by The Attic Magazine and has been reviewed in the “Neue Musikzeitung”
“Eine weitere Vinyl-Novität aus dem Hause Umland stammt von Ephemeral Fragments aka Emily Wittbrodt (Violoncello), Florian Walter (Tubax) und Korhan Erel (Electronics). So flüchtig und fragmentarisch ist das Ganze aber gar nicht, eher ein klangintensives Erlebnis von neun Trio-Stücken „Mit Gefühl“, so der Titel der Platte. Da braut sich mit atmosphärischer Dichte so Einiges zusammen in hybriden Farbmischungen, feinen Geräuschnuancen und melodischen Restbeständen zwischen Unruhe und Kontemplation, versehen mit einem gehörigen Quantum Melancholie. Am besten spät hören… “