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field notes is a magazine for contemporary music in Berlin. As a print and online resource, it reports on current developments and events in the fields of new music, Echtzeitmusik and improvisation, music theater and opera, electronic and electro-acoustic music as well as sound art.

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Found Sounds | Together Alone

A recent influx of solo albums makes Kristoffer Cornils wonder: Is social progress possible in a culture of atomisation? He finds answers in releases by Andrea Taeggi, Han-earl Park, Beam Splitter, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and more.

Interview | Yoko Konishi

Composer Yoko Konishi on the interplay of body, sound, and space

Obituary: Andreas Engström

It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to the musicologist, editor, and curator Andreas Engström.

Interview | Erin Lee Hong, Ioana Vreme Moser, and Hye Young Sin

Where do the boundaries between nature and technology, between intelligence and language models lie? Does it even make sense to differentiate between these supposed opposites?

Feature | Was weiß der Fluss?

An essay by composer Kate Milligan on the topic of »Cross-species creativity in music and sound.«

field notes Magazin #47: Mai–August 2026

Ausgabe #47 widmet sich einem seit mehreren Jahren auch im Zusammenhang mit der zeitgenössischen Musik immer wieder aufkommenden Thema: der Dichotomie zwischen Natur und Kultur im westlichen Denken sowie der Frage nach der Rolle nicht-menschlicher Akteur*innen.