tape
Rooms I
Four rooms, four mics, one night.
C-90
Analog, recorded live
the noise floor,curated.
An analog studio and tape label that records real rooms to reel-to-reel, presses vinyl, and broadcasts the warmth most people lost when music went digital.
rec · tape 15 ips
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How a record gets made
Three steps. No computers in the signal path.
/ 01
Record the room
Set a mic or two in a room that sounds like something, and hit record. The room is the instrument.
/ 02
Mix to tape
Everything runs through a console and onto reel-to-reel, at a level that bends the tape a little.
/ 03
Cut & press
The master goes to a lathe and onto 180g vinyl — or a real-time cassette dub, one at a time.
02
The static difference
Warmth is a feature, not a filter.
Real tape, real hiss
Everything is printed to reel-to-reel — the compression and hiss are the product, not a bug.
Vinyl, cut loud
In-house lathe, 180g pressings, and sleeves printed local.
Rooms, not booths
We record in real rooms with real mics. No isolation booths, no dead air.
Analog mastering
To a tape ceiling, never a brick-wall limiter. It breathes.
The Static Box
A sleep machine tuned to real tape hiss, for people who can't stand the digital kind.
A real community
Listeners who buy the physical thing, and write in about the hiss.
03
The room, up close
Shot where the records actually happen.
04
The control room
Where the meters move.
A reel turning and a bank of VU meters — the room where every STATIC record starts and ends. The needle you see on the intro is the same one on the console: it never quite sits still, and neither do we.
tracking · 15 ips · +3 dB into the red
track 01live
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BUS 1
BUS 2
MAIN
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The slow turn
One reel, one frame at a time.
the console · recorded in the room
06
The catalogue
Where to start listening.
vinyl
Warm Rooms
180g, cut loud, pressed once.
LP
cassette
Static
Tape hiss, treated as a feature.
C-60
7-inch
The Hiss
A single, pressed red.
45 rpm
From the tape desk of Ray Delancey
Most music today is louder than it is warm. We started STATIC to fix that.
I bought the Studer for less than a month's rent, back when the studios were throwing them out. It needed new heads and a week of alignment. The first thing it played back had a hiss you could lean on, and I haven't wanted a clean recording since.
Here's the thing nobody says out loud: the noise is the room. Take it all out and you're listening to a place that never existed. A little hiss is a promise that something real happened, somewhere, on a day when the tape was running.
So that's the invitation: pick a room, drop a needle, and let the static in. That's the whole label.
Ray DelanceyFounder, STATIC
07
By the numbers
Live, from our backend.
1,400
tapes dubbed
86
titles pressed
212
artists recorded
48k
listeners
08
Loved by listeners
People who still own the physical thing.
★★★★★
"I've tried every sleep app. The Static Box is the only one that sounds like a room, not a machine."
Dana K.Listener, 3 years
★★★★★
"The 'Rooms' series is unreal. I heard a chair creak on side B and I was in that room with them."
Marcus T.Collector
★★★★★
"I put the pre-amp between my synth and the interface. It's like someone turned the air warm."
Priya S.Producer
09
The roadmap
Where we're going.
Q3 2026
The archive + Airwaves stream, live. Static Box, first run.
Q4 2026
A second pressing plant partner, and the pre-amp in more hands.
Q1 2027
A mobile rig — record rooms anywhere, tape included.
Q2 2027
The STATIC pressing plant, in-house and open to the public.
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Questions, answered.
Why does tape hiss sound better than digital silence?+
Because it has a shape. Tape hiss rises slightly in the highs, like a room breathing. Generated noise is flat and dead — your brain notices the difference even if you don't.
Do you record digitally at all?+
Yes — as a safety copy. The master is tape, and we print a 96/24 digital safety so nothing is ever lost if a reel fails.
Is the Static Box just white noise?+
It's real tape hiss, captured from a reel and looped. So yes, it's noise — but it's noise with a room behind it.
Do I need to own a turntable to enjoy the label?+
No. The Airwaves stream is free and plays the whole catalog, day and night. Vinyl and tape are for people who want the physical thing.
How do I book the studio?+
Write to the tape desk with a few dates and what you want to make. Sessions come with an engineer and the deck of your choice.
Do you repress sold-out titles?+
Sometimes. A few of the Rooms series get re-pressed when demand holds. Most runs are one and done — that's part of the point.
The tape is already rolling.
the noise floor, curated.