Label
MPS Records
MPS Records was a 1960s-70s label releasing experimental jazz, world music, and avant-garde work on vinyl.
About
MPS Records was a record label that operated during the late 1960s and 1970s, releasing music across jazz, world music, and experimental genres. Based on the catalog evidence, the label demonstrated an eclectic approach to artist development and genre exploration, issuing work that ranged from Afrodisiaca's world music influences to avant-garde jazz recordings such as Globe Unity. The label's output during this period reflected broader trends in European experimental and progressive music scenes, with releases primarily issued on vinyl LP format. MPS Records maintained an exploratory philosophy, supporting musicians working at the intersections of traditional and contemporary sounds. While detailed documentation of the label's founding and complete artist roster remains limited in accessible archives, the surviving releases indicate MPS Records played a role in documenting and promoting innovative music across multiple genres during a creatively fertile period. The label's significance lies in its documented commitment to releasing boundary-pushing work that challenged conventional genre categorization during the 1970s.
Catalog
33 total
Chiasma
Chiasma
Message From G.
Joanne Grauer Introducing Lorraine Feather
Trombirds
Solo Now
The Wide Point
Globe Unity
Total Space
Power By Pauer, Live At The Domicile
In Tune
This Way Out
We'll Remember Komeda
Decipher
Birds Of Underground
Knirsch
Fata Morgana (Live At The Domicile)
Live At The Jazz Galerie
Harporhythm
Tough Tenors Again 'N' Again
Science Fiction For Big Organ
Free Jazz Goes Underground
Questions 67+68 / Love Train
Gittin' To Know Y'All
Afrodisiaca
Eternal Rhythm
The Quest
The Air From Other Planets
Vienna Revisited
Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners In Europe)
Requiem For Che Guevara / Psalmus Spei
Afrodisiaca
Auto Jazz (Tragic Destiny Of Lorenzo Bandini)