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Merge Records was founded in the summer of 1989 by Laura Barrons and Mike McCawham. In the summer of the same year, they created a super-mixed music team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The first two merged versions were cassettes (remember?), followed by Wwax and Bricks, followed by the first 7-inch supercell (then called "block" at the time). The 7-inch label is the label's first choice for three years. She borrowed money from friends to finance projects (monotonous erections, epistemological angels and other giants) until 1992, when Superchunk carried out the first project. When Tigering Seeds, Merge's full disc, was released on CD, LP and cassettes, several bedrooms were acting as Merge's headquarters. Since that year, Merge Records has gone from a charming but dilapidated office to another office until 2001. During the year, they eventually moved from Chapel Hill to their former building in historic downtown Durham, North Carolina.