Song Info On Nature Of Threat

Primarily Found On:

Digital Download from massiveattack.co.uk

Also Found On:

N/A

First Released On:

8th November 2000

Duration:

04:20

Variations/Remixes:

Marc Quinn Remix - This is an extermely rare version of Nature Of Threat (which has no official remix name) that very few have ever heard. Apparently it was played as the background soundtrack to a documentary about the artist/sculptor Marc Quinn, that was only broadcast on the UK arts programme "The South Bank Show" once ever on 17th December 2000 and never repeated.

Credits:

There was no definite credit infomation ever released for Nature Of Threat. Assuming that Daddy G had no involvement in this song, a good speculative list of credits for this song would read as:

Written by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge

Produced by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge

Recorded and mixed by Lee Shephard

Sampled:

N/A

Covered:

N/A

Vocalist(s):

Robert Del Naja

Lyrics:

History:

Nature Of Threat was the only fully finished song from the Ridge Farm/Lupine Howl sessions, that was recorded earlier in 2000, that was ever made public. While it is debateable rather or not, any of this seemingly abandonned material ever crept into later Massive Attack work (such as they two soundtrack projects, Danny The Dog and Bullet Boy respectively), this song certainly gives us an indication of the direction they were going in, in their immediate post-Mezzanine period.

The version of Nature Of Threat that was released, was at one point a possible contender for Massive Attack's fouth album (either that or a possible film project that never happened), before 3D realised in early 2001, that the Ridge Farm/Lupine Howl sessions as a whole would not work as the foundation for the fourth album and had to be largely scrapped. Even if Nature Of Threat, had somehow made it's way onto the fourth album, it would have sounded different to this version, as 3D stated that this version was still only a sketch that needed further mixing and refinement.

Additional Info:

Nature Of Threat was released as a internet only single, downloadable direct from the official website, making it the first Massive Attack to be distributed in this manner. As of the present, it is still available here.

Nature Of Threat was released roughly a week before Massive Attack's first and still only ever live internet webchat broadcast on the VirtueTV website, probably as a means to further promote the webchat.

Live Appearances:

Nature Of Threat has never once been played live.

Quotes:

3D on Nature Of Threat - "We wrote this for a movie last year but we're now adapting it for the artist, Marc Quinn. It's not intended to be an LP track at the moment, it's more of a sketch" [NME Magazine - November 2000]