Some great records just slip through the cracks. It can happen for any number of reasons, but the most common comes down to marketing, or the lack thereof. Often, labels blanch at something that can't be easily categorized …

I've been using the ihp-120 for a month now, and enough is enough.For such a great piece of hardware, the firmware is just abysmal. I'd stick with it if I thought that some of its issues would be fixed, but …

Following the crash-and-burn of "Surripere" and "Theme of Sudden Roundabout," "VL AI 5" sounds downright traditional and linear. A steady beat borrowed liberally from "Zeiss Contarex" guides the track through its first three minutes, and the moody synth …

Well, it's been awhile, but here are two new WindowMaker themes. Winter-Xfce is based off the default color scheme for Xfce, and Windspan2 is a rework with better background art.

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Track six comes off as an odd cousin of "Cfern". Perhaps the literal title is meant to indicate a sense of laziness and apathy, as it serves as a sort of coda to the wreckage of "Surripere."

It picks …

As much as I love the ihp-120, it's not without fault. On the hardware front, I've certainly got no complaints, but the firmware certainly needs work. The following is a list of fixable features that I'd petition iRiver to add …

This player runs easily enough with no software. Provided you're running a somewhat recent kernel with USB support compiled in, the device should be recognized as soon as you plug it in.The first step is to find out where your …

The fifth track serves as a centerpiece for the album. It starts out with a bouyant, gliding beat overlaid with hazy drones. It takes its time setting up an atmosphere similar to "Uviol" for the first three …

After my many tribulations with the Nomad Jukebox 3, I've thrown in the towel. The new firmware allows the player to boot, however the volume has the annoying tendency to jump to 17 every time the player changes tracks. In …