DrownedinSound. com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway (who manage Mick Hucknall and Brett Anderson). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An online magazine is a Magazine that is delivered in an electronic form Michael Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is a British singer and songwriter Brett Lewis Anderson (born September 29, 1967) is an English Singer-songwriter, best-known as the former lead vocalist of Britpop The site is an editorial independent music website which is renowned for spotting new music.
DiS started as The Last Resort but was relaunched by founder Sean Adams as Drowned in Sound in 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It is managed by Sean Adams, designed by Simon Menhinick and programmed by Matthew Willson with Mike Diver serving as the site's Editor. Core contributors include Alex Denney (Listings Editor / Senior Staff Writer), Kev Kharas (News Editor / Senior Staff Writer) and Gareth Dobson (Senior Staff Writer).
The freelance writing team is currently spread across the globe, with contributors based in four continents - North America, Asia, Europe and Australasia. 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. An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site 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 over 60,000 registered members, and gets around 380,000 unique visitors per month.
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Ownership
A percentage of DrownedinSound. com (the web site) and DrownedinSound's record label are owned by Silentway Ltd. , the independent management company who look after Simply Red, Stina Nordenstam and Brett Anderson. Simply Red is an English pop band Their style draws influences from pop, rock, jazz, Lovers rock, and Blue-eyed soul Stina Nordenstam ( Kristina Marianne Nordenstam) born March 4, 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden is a experimental Pop Brett Lewis Anderson (born September 29, 1967) is an English Singer-songwriter, best-known as the former lead vocalist of Britpop Silentway continue to invest in both businesses. The remaining shares in the record label are owned by founder Sean Adams and the website shares are split between Adams and Matthew Willson, in Adams' favour.
In October 2007, it was announced that DiS had formed a partnership with Rupert Murdoch's Sky media company (http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2490371). This joint venture with BSkyB was named Quietus Group and the company offices are currently located at 1 Chilworth Mews, Paddington London. A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
Message boards
The site's message boards exist in an almost autonomous fashion, with regular posters only occasionally delving into the site's editorial content. Similarly, only a small percentage of the full DiS readership posts comments on a regular basis.
Awards
On March 19, 2006, The Observer Music Monthly ranked DrownedinSound. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The com 9th on its list of top 25 internet websites. In November 2006 it passed the 150,000 unique readers a week mark and was nominated in the Best Music Website category at the 2007 PLUG Awards and the Best Website category at the 2007 Shockwaves NME Awards.
The site and a handful of its writers received nominations at the 2006 Record of the Day awards, held in London on November 21, 2006. The site won in the category of Best Podcast and finished runner-up in the category of Best Website for the second year running. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download
In September 2007, DiS was nominated in two categories at the annual BT Digital Music Awards - best music magazine and best podcast (audio). In November 2007 DiS was named Best Online Music Publication at the annual Record of the Day awards (http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2617536).
Record label
In 2003 Drowned in Sound started a record label which has released recordings by:
- Adam Gnade
- Bat for Lashes
- Blood Red Shoes
- Brett Anderson
- Emily Haines
- Emmy the Great
- Jeniferever
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Komakino
- The Koreans
- Les Incompétents
- Martha Wainwright
- Metric
- Redjetson
- The Stills
- thisGIRL
- Youthmovies
Podcast
In 2006 the site launched a podcast called Drowned in Sound Radio. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Adam Gnade is a San Diego -born American musician who now resides in Portland Oregon. Bat for Lashes is the Pseudonym of English musician Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979) a Brighton -based Songwriter Blood Red Shoes are a two-piece punk/grunge band from Brighton, England. Brett Lewis Anderson (born September 29, 1967) is an English Singer-songwriter, best-known as the former lead vocalist of Britpop Emily Haines (born 1974 in New Delhi India) is a member of the bands Metric, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton and Broken Social Scene. Emma-Lee Moss, known by her stage name of Emmy the Great, is a London based singer-songwriter Jeniferever is a band from Uppsala, Sweden formed in 1996 Their Music could be described as ambient Indie rock or Post-rock Kaiser Chiefs are an English Indie rock band who formed in 1997 Les Incompétents were an Indie-rock band from West London. They met with negligible mainstream success but supported amongst others Mystery Jets, Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk - rock Singer - Songwriter. Metric is a Canadian New Wave / Indie rock band Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto Redjetson is a UK based Post-rock band who have been influenced by a diverse selection of bands including Interpol, Slint, Radiohead, thisGIRL was a punk band from Rotherham and Sheffield, England. Youthmovies (previously known as YMSS or Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies) are an English rock quintet comprising Andrew Mears (guitar and vocals Al English (guitar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The show provides a mixture of very new music with music that hasn't yet reached the mainstream. The show is currently on hiatus.
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