GIVE US THE BACKGROUND - WHEN AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO OPEN A RECORD SHOP?

**Drift is an independent record shop based in bucolic Totnes, Devon. They have been selling records, CDs, tapes and records again since the mid nineteen nineties, with the online side of the business first launching in 2008 to very minor fanfare. Drift was nominated an unprecedented ten times for the Music Week award for best independent retailer before the category was finally retired, but they have won awards from AIM and IMPALA alongside other nominations for Dinked, of which they are co-founder, and also the long-running Deluxe Newspaper that they produce. **