Primarily Found On:

100th Window

Also Found On:

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Collected, Resident Evil: Apocalypse - OST

First Released On:

29th Januray 2003

Duration:

05:37

Variations/Remixes:

Future Proof (Redux) - Never released and never actually named but generally known as the Redux version within the Massive Attack fan community. Played only throughout the 2004 tour as the finale for each show. The Redux version takes the computerized beeps synonymous with the regular version and replaces them with a more guitar driven sound throughout rising to a crescendo in the final few minutes similar to the live version of Group Four.

Promo Version - This is the version of Future Proof contained on promo copies of 100th Window only. It differs only at the very start of the song by adding two additonal beeps thus adding an extra 3 seconds on to the regular version. These extra two beeps at the beginning are also always incorporated into the live version of the song.

Credits:

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.

For the Collected version of the song, additional credits are:

Remastered by Mike Marsh at the Exchange and Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering.

Sampled:

N/A

Covered:

N/A

Vocalist(s):

Robert Del Naja

Lyrics:

History:

After the low point of the LP4 recording sessions had come and gone, soon after Christmas 2001, 3D and Neil Davidige with a renewed vigor and purpose reconvened in the studio after purposely deciding to let go of the ambitious but ultimately failed 2000/2001 recording sessions with Lupine Howl. Future Proof was the first song produced in January 2002 and it succeeded in getting the ball rolling for the rest of the songs that would eventually make up 100th Window.

The majority of the track was recorded over the span of just two days.

One of the abandoned songs from the Lupine Howl sessions called Aftersun (not to be confused with the song on the Danny The Dog soundtrack) was used as a starting point (lending its beat) to Future Proof.

Additional Info:

Was considered at one point in 2003 to be a possible single release along with a video however this did not come to be. Before the release of Collected, 3D spoke of “A COOL ‘FUTURE PROOF’ PIECE” (i.e video) to be included on that release but alas this did not happen.

On Collected, the song’s duration is 05:42, as the tapping percussive sound at the songs end has been extended.

Live Appearances:

Future Proof was first played live at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on the 11th March 2003. For the next several years it would become a signature tune of the live show as it would feature in virtually every setlist. For the 2003 tour, Future Proof was the lead off track of the live show and its arrangement on this tour was more or less identical to the album version. For the 2004 tour its arrangement changed drastically and so did its placement on the setlist coming in as the showstopper finale in the special Redux version. In the last tour in 2006 for Collected, Future Proof’s arrangement returned to the more familiar album version and its placement in the show’s setlist came roughly after the midpoint of each show. Future Proof was dropped however for the 2008 tour, to make way for the various new songs that would enter the setlist that year.

Quotes:

3D on the initial recording of Future Proof - “Early last year, when we recorded Future Proof, was quite a good time. The Christmas period had been pretty depressing, and then Daddy G suddenly stopped showing up. After the New Year I then started writing songs with Neil Davidge. I had a couple of ideas for a track. Angelo contributed a bit of guitar. I added some more morse code, bleeps and a beat from another track, called Aftersun. The next day I found another couple of clicks that fitted perfectly with the rest. I already had the lyrics about dysfunctional relationships. And that jigsaw puzzle became Future Proof. In two days time!” [Humo Magazine - March 2003]