Using solely 1200+ songs with no other samples Shitmat created a huge portfolio of plunderphonic works, varying dramatically from the the absurd to the sublime, from hilarious to profound, recycling the songs that defined the generations with infinite imagination.
New works were uploaded daily online for the world to hear and download. One day you may hear bucks fizz turned into ambient mood music, the next 100 number ones are
chopped up into fragments and made into a frenzied sound collage and
by friday it's rage against the machine vs the proclaimers vs
vengaboys.
On November 14th 2012 it was exactly 60 years since the first ever
number one, and on that day the project ended.
At the end of it all there were 290+ tracks made, but now only 70 live on soundcloud as of 29.12.24. The rough timeline is as follows:
06.01.12: First song released, called A Shiter Shade of Pale.
07.07.12: First wayback machine archive, showing 118 songs, the latest being Kuolleet kärpäset, uploaded a day ago.
07.11.12: Second wayback machine archive, showing 218 songs, the latest being The sultry hours are past uploaded an hour ago.
Sidenote: this is the last archive before the end of the project.
20.11.12: The project ends.
??.??.15: Comment made by user Svenobi says "I wisk I could hear the other tracks as well. What happened to those?", implying around 2015-16 was when most of the tracks were removed/privated.
So far, i have:
• 001-004
• Brimful Of Haha (060)
• All the tracks still on soundcloud (here)
You can view the archive here.
If you have any tracks that I don't, please send them to
hitmewithyourgabbakick@proton.me
lemontone on soulseek
the man himself, SHITMAT
anyone who helps, tell me if you want to be credited!