Sara and Seb, thank you for the past years! And all the best for your future. Looking forward to see what is coming next!
For immediate release :
Dear friends,
It is which great excitement that we are able to announce that One Way Static Records is becoming part of the Tidal Waves Music Group. By doing so we will be able to expand OWS into a much needed 'next level' operation. This means an improvement on many fields that required attention.
There will be the usual changes but trust us, these are for the best.
Please read on how this merger will affect you as a valued supporter of our label.
RELEASES IN 2017 & BEYOND
2016 was a great year where we had the chance to bring out some fantastic records but it was also a year where we were plagued with massive production delays.
Thanks to this new merger and the advantages that comes with it we'll be able to double our release schedule and change pre-orders from multiple months into mere weeks. Some much needed and requested re-pressings of our back catalog will also become a reality in 2017.
We have some great things in store for you, first ones will drop real soon and make sure you watch out for Record Store Day where we also have some releases planned that will make more than a few heads turn.
MAILORDER / DIRECT TO CUSTOMER SALES
As of March 2017, One Way Static records will halt all it's mailorder activities. This means that we won't be selling any more products online anymore (not ours and not those from other labels).
We are a small operation and we want to put our energy and precious time in releasing records instead of selling & shipping them (and all the logistic work that comes with it).
Instead of selling records through our website we will work with a system of 'recommended online stores' we work closely with and can recommend purchasing from. Most of these you'll all be familiar with. So worry not, you'll still have easy access to our releases.
DISTRIBUTION TO STORES
Our releases can already be found in small and with big retailers both online and physical across the globe, now that we have more time and recourses we'll be able to expand this even more so that you are sure to find our releases in your local record store.
Our good friends from Light In The Attic will stay on board on the matter of distribution and will now also help us with this goal in Europe through their partners abroad.
STATIC CLUB
This is the most difficult part for us, because of the above we'll be discontinuing our subscription service 'Static Club'. We'll miss you guys and we can't thank you enough for all of the years you supported our label. You guys are heroes and we're sure you'll keep picking up our releases through the new system. From the bottom of our hearts : Thank you!
That's all folks, stay tuned for our new releases!
Wishing you all the best!
Seb & the whole team here at One Way Static.