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field notes is the 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. All previous issues can also be read in digital form under »Editions«.

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Interview | Kyiv Contemporary Music Days in Berlin #32

The Kyiv Contemporary Music Days (KCMD) platform is an important hub of the contemporary music scene in Kyiv. Since the large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine, KCMD has focused its activities on two main areas: The preservation of the Ukrainian musical landscape and the dissemination of kno...

Releases of the Month | Releases des Monats

Records by Ale Hop & Laura Robles, Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood, SABIWA and more.

Releases of the Month | March 2023

On an odd Nam June Paik bootleg, 15 music releases and three books.

Interview | Elaine Mitchener on On Being Human as Praxis #31

"On Being Human as Praxis" was conceived by Elaine Mitchener. The vocal artist invited five different composers—Jason Yarde, Matana Roberts, Laure M. Hiendl, Tansy Davies, and George E. Lewis—to respond to the work of the Jamaican feminist and cultural theorist Sylvia Winter. It ...

Zwei Musik-Kassetten liegen auf einem Bett.

Releases of the Month | February 2023

New records and books form the field of contemporary music.

Label portrait | Labelportrait: Prostir / I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free

The 30th issue of field Notes magazine features the Ukrainian label Prostir.