The release date was originally scheduled for July 2004. Before the release on 25 August by Alex Music Sample of album from Alex Music contained unreleased track. Basshunter wrote and produced all tracks. and the only single from album, "The Big Show" was
self-released by Basshunter on 27 October. In 2005 a remastered version of this album was released, with better sound quality and volume. David Jeffries from
AllMusic described
The Bassmachine and
The Old Shit as mostly instrumental albums with the pounding and the fury of pre-
electronic dance music style of stadium techno which was called
jumpstyle. In 2005 "Syndrome de Abstenencia" (Original Mix) was released on compilation album
Hard Trance Club Collection Vol. 1. In 2006 on the occasion of the release of the
LOL album,
The Bassmachine album was released on Basshunter webpage as
The Bass Machine. English version of the song was released on the next version of album as "We Are the Waccos". All tracks from
The Bassmachine and seven tracks from
The Old Shit was re-released as part of
The Early Bedroom Sessions album in 2012. ==Track listing==