Insound was a discounted,
online music store. Insound carried
CD,
vinyl, hard to find items, music accessories and merchandise. The company was located in
New York, New York
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.
History
Insound was founded in 1998 by Christian Anthony, Matt Wishnow and Ari Sass.
Wishnow and Sass had worked together at
Elektra.
The site took six months to build and first launched on March 1, 1999.
The company gradually gained notoriety through its reviews, online
zines and promotion of then-small bands such as
Death Cab for Cutie.
Insound also gained visibility through hosting events at
CMJ
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and
South by Southwest
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(SXSW).
Insound became profitable in 2003.
In 2008, more than half of the company's sales come from selling vinyl records, which have made a resurgence in the past decade.
In January 2008, the retailer was acquired by
Alternative Distribution Alliance
Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) is a music distribution company owned by Warner Music Group, which represents the rights to various independent record labels. ADA provides "independent artist and label partners with access to the resource ...
, an independent distributor owned by the
Warner Music Group.
On March 19, 2015 ADA disbanded Insound but in October of the same year, the online music retailer was revived by the
Warner Music Group and was selling a broad-range of music related products at a discounted price.
By April 2020, Insound redirected to the Warner Music Group Official Store.
References
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External links
Insound.com (redirects)
Online music stores of the United States