Happy New Year 2021

And so a most unpleasant year draws to a close. Let us all hope that next year will be better (then again, it could hardly be worse). Thank-you all, especially my long-suffering partner in this, Q***, for putting up with me constantly breaking the site. Thank-you all the uploaders, the cover art fixers, the reporters, the collage makers, the denizens of the forums, the gang on IRC. All of you are what makes Orpheus special.

From all the staff of Orpheus, we wish you all the best. To celebrate the new year, all items in the Bonus Shop are currently 50% off. Stock up on custom titles, freeleech tokens, invites and personal collages!

– S***, with

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NotWhat.cd has closed

With heavy heart, I transmit the following message. This is official. — S***

NotWhat Staff wrote:

It is with much sadness that we announce the closure of NWCD. Significant personal challenges faced by our staff team have left us unable to devote the time, energy and passion required for the tracker to function and thrive. This resulted in an undue burden on those of us that remained. This, and in light of understandable declining activity levels ultimately led to the decision to slowly wind things down and give notice that we were closing our doors. Regretfully, due to a very sudden loss, this plan could not be executed and some swift choices had to be made. Apologies for any worry this has caused over the last few days. All data has been securely dealt with and there is no cause for concern for our users.

We would like to extend our deepest thanks to each and every one of you that contributed to the development and growth of NWCD over the last four years, past and present staff and members alike. It has been a pleasure and honor to serve as one half of a team dedicated to teaching and learning how to be better at curating and sharing music. We demanded standards that were intrinsic in many of you, and instilled in others over time. All of you rose to this challenge with little complaint and with an eagerness to improve that often took our breath away. It is our hope that you all continue to practice these habits and set a good example while contributing to the wider music tracker community.

We will forever appreciate your efforts, patience and loyalty. Most of all we will treasure the friendships we made along the way.


NWCD staff


I am in contact with R*** and we will see how to organize the means for helping refugees from NotWhat that do not have an account here to join Orpheus. (The first problem being that such people are unable to read this message).

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