Drowned In Sound
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Drowned In Sound is a UK based music webzine dedicated to new music. It started as The Last Resort but was relauched as Drowned In Sound in 2000. It is run by Sean Adams, designed by Simon Menhinick, programmed by Matthew Willson and edited by Colin Roberts. The site is mostly based on contributions from unpaid writers and has an integrated forum to allow for discussion and comments on interviews, news and reviews. It also includes a user rated database of artists and bands as well as details for most live music venues (big and small) in the UK. Aside from space for comments, there are separate forums for general discussion, music related discussion and advertisements for people requiring bands or musicians. The site has almost 30,000 registered members.
The message boards themselves have taken on a life of their own, almost away from the site itself and the cliquey nature of the inhabitants of the site has occasionally been known to scare away new users and readers. Between them, however, a cavalcade of in-jokes and phrases have been created and purported, generally referred to as 'DiSisms'.
In 2003 Drowned In Sound started a record label which has released recordings by:
In 2006 the site launched a podcast called Drowned in Sound Radio.
On March 19 2006, Observer Music Monthly ranked Drowned In Sound 9th on its list of top 25 internet websites.
External links
- [DISisms]
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