Label
FMP
German experimental and free jazz label from 1970s-80s Berlin documenting avant-garde improvisation.
About
FMP was a German independent record label based in Berlin that specialized in avant-garde, experimental, and free jazz music during the 1970s and 1980s. Founded with a commitment to documenting and promoting cutting-edge improvisation and unconventional musical practices, the label operated as a crucial outlet for artists working outside mainstream commercial structures. FMP's catalog reflects the label's dedication to liberatory aesthetics and complex compositional approaches, featuring releases across vinyl formats that captured performances from Berlin's experimental music scene. The label's output during this period demonstrates its role in facilitating dialogue between European avant-garde traditions and international free improvisation movements. FMP's releases have become significant historical documents of post-war experimental music practices, valued by collectors and scholars of twentieth-century musical innovation. The label's commitment to artistic vision over commercial viability established it as an important institution within underground and experimental music communities.
Catalog
117 total
Peter Kowald Quintet
Wichlinghauser Blues
Machine Gun
Peter Kowald Quintet
European Echoes
Auf Der Elbe Schwimmt Ein Rosa Krokodil
The Family
Schlingerland / Dynamische Schwingungen
The End
Live In Wuppertal
Jelly Roll
Duos: Europa · America · Japan
In East-Berlin
Global Village Suite Improvised
Viertens
Cordial Gratin
Transition
Zwei Quintette - Two Compositions By Rüdiger Carl
Sven-Åke Johansson Mit Dem NMUI Im SO 36 '79
Wo Der Kopf Sitzt
Die Letzte
Mujician II
Chirps
Schallplatten Und Plastikblumen
Off The Wall
14 Love Poems
Pica Pica
Alarm
Kalfaktor A. Falke Und Andere Lieder
Two Making A Triangle
'Round About Mittweida
ML BB 1 – Berliner Begegnung
If You Want The Kernels You Have To Break The Shells
A Concert In Berlin
Pan - Vielleicht Tau
Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann In Berlin
Paintings
Mujician
Johnny Rondo Duo David Holland/Lol Coxhill Plus Mike Cooper
Sweet And S'ours
Church Organ
Jelly Roll
Opened, But Hardly Touched
Sib Langis
Zwecknagel
Die V-Mann Suite
Incision
Ach Was!?
Eickendorfballade
Selb-Dritt
Edelgard..., Maar Helaas!
Snapshot - Jazz Now - Jazz Aus Der DDR
Echos Von Karolinenhof
Versäumnisse
Hörmusik
SelbViert
Touch The Earth
Was Ist Denn Nun?
Die Jungen: Random Generators
Unter Anderem: 'N Tango Für Gitti
Vom Sprengen Des Gartens
Solo - West/East
Horns
Hamburg '74
Momente
Hamburg '74
Pink Pong
Follies
Hexensabbat
Number Six (Two Compositions For Improvisers)
Schizophrenic Blues
John Tchicai & Strange Brothers
Wetterau
OHPSST
Pianomusic
Tuned Boots
Crackle
Kung Bore
Berlin Concert
Austin Stream - Live In Berlin
Verloren Maandag
Wilde Señoritas
Schwarzwaldfahrt
Solo
Erdmännchen (6 Pieces For 2 Guitars)
Live Performances
Blow !!!
Solo
Thrumblin'
Messer
Stabs / Solo In Berlin
Voerkel/Frey/Lovens
Remarks
Einepartietischtennis
Evidence Vol.1
Into The Valley Vol. 2
Bavarian Calypso / Good Bye
Sologuitar
Outspan No 2
Auf Der Elbe Schwimmt Ein Rosa Krokodil