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29th Januray 2003
11:21
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Written by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge
Produced by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge
See 100th Window info section for further credit details by clicking here.
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Instrumental
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More than likely the untitled bassline was an idea of 3D's that might possibly have been originally inspired by his appreciation for the post-punk group Public Image Limited, who had ended their seminal 1979 Metal Box with the song "Radio 4", which was little more than a bassline with a few added effects. 3D's has expressed his love on a few occasions for the Metal Box album and may have possibly decided to end his own album 100th Window in a similiar way, albeit only as a hidden song that appears nowhere in the printed material of the album and can only be heard by listening on after Antistar comes to its abrupt ending i.e cannot be track-skipped to.As it is a hidden song also, it has no name, even though most Massive Atack fans generally refer to it as the bassline as that was what 3D initially refered to it on his post to the old The Raft message board when he was revealing the details on 100th Window back at the end of 2002.
The untitled bassline starts precisely 30 seconds after Antistar has ended. The exact timing information pretaining to the untitled bassline is that the song Antistar itself finishs at the 08:17 but the actual track 9 of 100th Window is 19:38 in length. Allowing for the 30 second gap, the untitled bassline starts at 08:47 and continues until track 9's length. Subtracting 19:38 from 08:47 leaves us with 11:21, which is how this length was reached up in the Duration section towards the top of this page.
The untitled bassline is a simple basic keyboard driven bassline that seemlessly loops itself every 10 seconds or so.
The untitled bassline, for obvious enough reasons has never once been played live. It was played back over each venue's PA system however, before the beginning of each show on the 2003 tour along with other samples from the album.
3D on the untitled bassline - "AFTER ANTISTAR THERE IS A 13 MINUTE LONG BASSLINE TO DO DINNER TO/SLEEP AT THE WHEEL TO/OR FUCK YOUR BRAINS OUT TO---IT NEATLY TAKES THE CD UP TO IT'S 74 MINUTE LIMIT" [The Raft Message Board – November 2002]
Neil Davidge on the untitled bassline - "Working on that was the point at which I hit the biggest depression I've had in my adult life. I never thought I'd say it, but I'm now happy with that bassline and the record [100th Window]" [Jockey Slut Magazine – February 2003]
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