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Polish independent record label focused on jazz and new improvised music, founded in Warsaw by Maciej Karłowski.

Last updated September 26, 2026

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Overview

Fundacja Słuchaj (abbreviated FSR; German: Stiftung Hör zu) is a Polish record label dedicated to jazz and new improvised music. It was founded in Warsaw in the early 2010s by Maciej Karłowski. The label's early releases included recordings by the Oleś Brothers, Rafał Mazur, and Wojciech Jachna. Over the following years, FSR issued albums by a wide international roster of improvisers and jazz artists, including Yasmine Azaiez, Ab Baars, Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp (The Flow of Everything), Agustí Fernández, Guillermo Gregorio, Łukasz Ojdana, Zlatko Kaučič, Martin Küchen/Angles 11 (Tell Them It’s the Sound of Freedom), Barry Guy, Joëlle Léandre, Artur Majewski, Szilárd Mezei, Jordina Millà, Evan Parker, Ivo Perelman (Molten Gold, 2023), Dominik Strycharski, Cecil Taylor (Birdland, Neuburg 2011 and Being Astral and All Registers – Power of Two), Mikołaj Trzaska, Trevor Watts, Nate Wooley, and Patryk Zakrocki. The label is documented on Bandcamp and Discogs. Its official domain sluchaj.org currently appears as a parked domain on Hostinger, indicating the web presence may have changed or is temporarily inactive.

History

Fundacja Słuchaj (abbreviated FSR; German: Stiftung Hör zu) is a Polish record label focused on jazz and new improvised music. It was founded in Warsaw in the early 2010s by Maciej Karłowski. Among the label's first releases were recordings by the Oleś Brothers, Rafał Mazur, and Wojciech Jachna. In the following years, FSR released albums by a broad international roster of improvisers and jazz musicians, including Yasmine Azaiez, Ab Baars, Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp (The Flow of Everything), Agustí Fernández, Guillermo Gregorio, Łukasz Ojdana, Zlatko Kaučič, Martin Küchen/Angles 11 (Tell Them It’s the Sound of Freedom), Barry Guy, Joëlle Léandre, Artur Majewski, Szilárd Mezei, Jordina Millà, Evan Parker, Ivo Perelman (Molten Gold, 2023), Dominik Strycharski, Cecil Taylor (Birdland, Neuburg 2011 and Being Astral and All Registers – Power of Two), Mikołaj Trzaska, Trevor Watts, Nate Wooley, and Patryk Zakrocki. The label is documented on Bandcamp and Discogs. Its official website domain sluchaj.org currently appears as a parked domain on Hostinger, suggesting the web presence may have changed or is temporarily inactive.

  • Label founded in Warsaw by Maciej Karłowski in the early 2010s.

  • Early releases include recordings by the Oleś Brothers, Rafał Mazur, and Wojciech Jachna.

  • Release of Ivo Perelman's Molten Gold (2023).

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Independent Polish label specializing in jazz and new improvised music, with an international roster of avant-garde and free improvisation artists.

  • Cecil Taylor – Birdland, Neuburg 2011

  • Cecil Taylor – Being Astral and All Registers – Power of Two

  • Ivo Perelman – Molten Gold (2023)

  • Michael Bisio & Matthew Shipp – The Flow of Everything

  • Martin Küchen/Angles 11 – Tell Them It’s the Sound of Freedom

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