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Genre: Electronic Album: Confield Country: UK Released: 2001 Style: Abstract, IDM, Experimental MP3 version RAR size: 1635 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1586 mb WMA version RAR size: 1308 mb Rating: 4.3 Votes: 182 Other Formats: AU DXD AC3 MPC MP4 TTA MMF
Tracklist
1 VI Scose Poise 6:56 2 Cfern 6:41 3 Pen Expers 7:08 4 Sim Gishel 7:14 5 Parhelic Triangle 6:03 6 Bine 4:41 7 Eidetic Casein 6:12 8 Uviol 8:35 9 Lentic Catachresis 8:30
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Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warp Records Limited Copyright (c) – Warp Records Limited Published By – Warp Music Published By – Electric And Musical Industries Made By – Universal M & L, UK
Credits
Mastered By – Frank Arkwright Producer [AE Production] – Brown*, Booth* Notes
Published by Warp Music Electric and Musical Industries p and c 2001 Warp Records Limited Made In England
Packaging: White tray jewel case with four page booklet.
As with some other Autechre releases on Warp, this album was assigned a catalogue number that was significantly ahead of the normal sequence (i.e. WARPCD127 and WARPCD129 weren't released until February and March 2005 respectively).
Some copies came with miniature postcards with a sheet a stickers on the front that say 'autechre' in the Confield font.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Sticker): 5 021603 128125 Barcode (Printed): 5021603128125 Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 3): WARPCD128 03 5 Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 3, Etched In Inner Plastic Hub): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M&L Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 3): IFPI L135 Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 042C Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04E3 Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 04D9
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Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Confield (9xFile, MP3, WARPCDD128 Autechre Warp Records WARPCDD128 Unknown Album, 320) warpcd128 Autechre Confield (CD, Album) Warp Records warpcd128 US 2001 Confield (2xLP, Album, warplp128 Autechre Warp Records warplp128 UK 2001 Promo, W/Lbl) Confield (CD, Album, Beat Records, BRC-471 Autechre BRC-471 Japan 2015 RE) Warp Records Confield (9xFile, WAV, WARPCDD 128 Autechre Warp Records WARPCDD 128 UK 2001 Album)
Comments about Confield - Autechre Iesha
Can anyone confirm they have a 'White tray jewel case' as described in the notes above? My copy has a clear, transparent jewel case tray, not white, allowing the artwork underneath to be visible. I suspect they're all like that and the notes are just poorly written.
Irostamore
Un excelente álbum y uno de los mas interesantes que he escuchado en mi vida. Lamentablemente este álbum algunos de sus fanáticos fueron alejados o mas bien, no fueron contentos con este álbum, solo porque no hay melodías ambientales y cálidas. Pero las cosas no siempre tienen que ser las mismas, hay que cambiar y evolucionar el estilo.Sus canciones en este álbum me parecen muy buenas e creativas. Su toque oscuro, loco y complejo, es lo que lo hace especial este álbum. Mis canciones favoritas son: "Eidetic Casein", "VI Scose Poise" , "Pen Express" y "Lentic Catachresis"5/5
White_Nigga
The mid-1990s saw Autechre embark on a pilgrimage away from the ambient techno of their debut. By the turn of the century, they'd covered some pretty strange territory, like the whirring, complex LP5 and arid ep7. But none of that could've prepared listeners for 2001's Confield. Fans hoping for a return to more familiar sounds must've figured that the duo had finally gone off the deep end.And at first glance, it's hard to blame them. Confield is alien: every detail seems off-kilter and unfamiliar. Bass and percussion co-mingle. Melodic accents drift in, stuttering, then vanish. Tempo is kept by insectoid munching noises. The instrumental timbres are unearthly. It better resembles a snooty musique concrète experiment than the rest of the Warp catalog.And yet the result is… actually good. The gentle opener "VI Scose Poise" conjures up images of a spinning top in some antiseptic surgical suite. "Cfern" breaks into an unexpected swing, and might've been called jazz if the rhythm and marimba parts weren't played by a computer running Max/MSP patches or whatever. "Sim Geshel" takes a darker turn, propelled along by relentless martial clicks.The album peaks with "Parhelic Triangle", a great example of everything gone wrong and right at the same time. "Parhelic" is like a bizarro world dance track. It has all the normal components, but they're just… off. There's a part that's almost a breakbeat, but it's mangled and out of step, looping irregularly against a triad of hollow bells lurking in the background. There are chord progressions but they're dreary and cold. It even has the frail, halting ghost of a snare rush. The overall effect is beyond disconcerting. It falls into uncanny-valley territory, like listening to club music written by a sentient ant colony."Bine", the album's only real flop, shows just how fine a line the producers have walked between regularity and chaos. It's less structured than the other tracks and suffers for it, never resolving into an interesting whole.Fortunately it's followed by more good stuff. "Eidetic Casein" locks into a downtempo groove built around detuned gamelan-like sounds. "Uivol" begins as a tranquil ambient piece, but ominous disturbances appear on the horizon. Finally "Lentic Catachresis" shakes apart Confield's already fractured structure until nothing is left.One thing I enjoy about this album is how little compromise you'll find. There's an inner logic that reveals itself with careful listening, but Confield doesn't extend any special effort to draw you in. It's an artistic statement that you can take or leave as it stands.As you might expect from something so odd, it has aged very little. While the mastering does seem a bit thin for contemporary ears, the music still sounds almost as foreign as it did way back in April 2001. In fact, even Autechre themselves retreated from this direction somewhat: they have never returned to Confield's austere formalism, and their subsequent records don't have quite the same tone or feel.So, Confield is unique. It's worth approaching on its own terms. I recommended it to daring listeners, and especially anyone who finds electronic music boring or predictable. If this album doesn't surprise you, nothing will. Vareyma
Confield is an album of mind-crushing brilliance... one that requires your full attention. It's definitely a worthy successor to LP5 and all.People talk of this album being soulless... like the albums before weren't already soulless. I'd say they're all alike. There are deep melodies to be found here, very abstract... but soul?? If I want soul I'll listen to Otis-fucking-Redding.
Gralinda
Yer not my favourite thats for sure, all technique not much soul.More for chin stoking than enjoyment. *just my opinion.
Dog_Uoll
I loved Autechres first 5 album's but this is dog shit, all I can here is a load of racket. All the reviews below must of got a totally different cd in there's that was great. It's the only Autechre Cd I have ever got rid of.
Usanner oh my fucking god. it's undescribable. like shooting ketamine in your vein while beign abducted by intangible alien examination machine. best autechre's album. i can not imagine how ANY electronic music artist could top what sean and rob done here. the only thought that this music is made by humans makes me wonder: how the fuck is that possible? masterpiece
Dyni
This is for one of my top 5 Albums by Autechre, "Confield" is a journey into the underdark world, "Bine" is a good example of a creepy music , i love all tracks, but "Uviol" is my favourite.
Hamrl
I don't know. For me, listening to this album now, ten years after I first heard it, it makes way more sense than it once did. Autechre albums are like cities, when you're right up against them they seem dense and impossibly obtuse. But when you get some distance and listen to many of the later releases, and are consequently "trained" by them, the albums come into greater focus. Granted, a number of songs remain infuriating, Lentic Catachresis being an obvious example, but I feel this is more to do with the album concept as a whole. I don't buy the whole bit where Booth, or was it Brown, claim they don't have an overarching concept for each album. Why would they order their songs the way they do then? Dael kicking off Tri-Repetae, for example, or Bladelores sitting at the very heart of their latest effort, Exai. Regardless, Confield is certainly a seminal, much unheralded, work of brilliance. You really can't gush enough over it. Ten years on, it may not be as cutting-edge as it used to be, yet it is still remarkable in the artistry of its sound design, precision and absolutely one of the most engaging works released by anyone working in any sort of musical genre today and, probably, for years to come. A stunning work capable of confounding the listener while simultaneously leaving them breathless.
Ffleg
This is Autechre's second masterpiece, alongside their earlier album, Amber. Compared to Amber, Confield feels dark, cold, and utterly alien. There is nothing particularly "pretty" about this record. While Amber had me daydreaming about psychedelic landscapes much akin to its album cover, Confield evokes images of desolate, machine-populated wastelands. Don't get me wrong, I would not call it a particularly depressing album. There is just something so alien about it that at times it is more unsettling than it is an album to relax to after work. I could definitely understand if some people do not like this record; it is not for everybody. I personally think Parheric Triangle is one of the greatest songs in Autechre's catalog, seeping more industrial elements than anything that could be pigeonholed under the "IDM" tagline.
Varshav
"Parhelic Triangle" is godlike.
Zadora
One of the most divisive albums in the Autechre catalog. Shunned by lovers of the early Autechre albums for its harsh and difficult tracks like Pen Expers, Bina and Lentic Catachresis, there are also plenty of evocative though abstract melodic moments to be found. The opening VI Scose Poise for example, is one of my favorite tracks, with its weird little bouncing metallic sounds against a backdrop of soothing gong sounds. Parhelic Triangle lays a rusty groove on a tension building ambient carpet, and Eidetic Casein contrasts a rather straightforward main groove with borderline off-key melodic embellishments.Most of the tracks make use of this type of contrast, which make the album rather interesting to my ear. But the main attraction as with any Autechre album is the strange sounds themselves, alienating and beautiful at the sametime, with their trademark crystal- clear production.As other reviewers have noted this may not be the best album to start if you are new to the world of Autechre, but once you get into their sound, this one can bring you many hours of deep-listening joy.
Fonceiah
In my opinion, this is Autechre's masterpiece. It seems many, or even most, of this duo's fans prefer the earlier music of Autechre, which was easier to swallow and incorporated recognizable melodies and beats. Confield is an aurally shocking piece comprising electronic sounds arranged in such a way as to be practically unrecognizable and unfamiliar when compared to music as it's widely conceived of, and understood, by humans. This makes it somewhat uncomfortable and disconcerting to listen to until one adjusts one's self to the alien sounds, absence of rhythms, and seemingly aimless progression of the album. Putting the experience of Confield into words is very difficult beyond that. I encourage anyone with the slightest interest in experimental music, ambient and minimal music, avant-garde, and electronic music, to give this album a try with an open mind. I think it's one of the most important electronic/experimental albums of the early 21st century.
Vuzahn
Today is March 30, 2011. Confield was released on March 30, 2001, exactly 10 years ago.Sean and Rob have done it yet again. An absolutely stunning release. I'm amazed how they could have sounded so futuristic back in 2001 and it STILL feels futuristic 10 years later. Timelessness at its best.VI Score Prose is an absolute classic, as is Cfern.Pen Expers is an intricately beautiful barrage of sound and tone, tuned to perfection.Sim Gishel is like being inside some kind of funky machine with evil intentionsParhelic Triangle is one of the darkest tracks I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Painfully beautiful distorted chimes in the background.Bine is something out of a horror movie, like a thousand bugs crawling in unison.Eidetic Casein sounds a bit out of place at first but once you've listened to the album quite a few times it fits in well and sets the mood, giving a contrast to the other darker tracks and making them seem even more sinister.Uviol is yet another masterpiece, like being stuck inside the lungs of an asthmatic beast.Lentic Catechresis is one of my favorites. It's like being stuck inside the engine of a finely tuned machine, smashed by pistons yet sung to by angels.Confield is as a whole is perfect. A beautifully barren metal and ice soundscape where only few can appreciate the beauty.Confield. 10/10.
Hudora
Agreed Monsieur O.
Impala Frozen
One of the best reviews of "Confield" I've ever read :)
Deorro
One of my favourite Autechre albums.With a subtlely inauspicious first track, the music then progresses to an unflinching dedication toward alien structure, abstract rythym and incredible attention to detail. From Cfern to the amazing Pen Expers, the tone for this piece is set. The frenetic 'Bine' is suitably long enough to add an extra reward to the final three tracks: Eidetic Casein following in the overall vein of the album, Uviol, that has echos of Incunabala / Amber ambience, concluded by the stunning Lentic Catachresis.Undoubtedly very difficult to certain ears, and perhaps the most willfully absract of Autechres material.Confield, as it stands, remains a work that's the least favourite you'd take to a party, yet one of their most fascinating and deeply rewarding releases.
Tehn
I find "Cfern" and "Pen Expers" to be among Autechre's strongest ever tracks, along with "VI Scose Poise" and "Eidetic Casein" they would have made a great EP. The other tracks on display here just doesn't do it for me though, I find them repetitive and underdeveloped (maybe one needs to listen to them on a really good sound system to be able to appreciate them?).
Tto
Under no circumstances start your adventure with Autechre with "Confield"! Being a huge fan o "Amber" and "Incunabula", I listened to "Confield" with a feeling of incredulity, which quickly became a feeling of overwhelming disappointment. This album is nothing more than random, nerve racking sounds. Taken together, they are hard to be described as "music" as we normally understand the term. Cold, inhuman and highly irritating album.
Dukinos
This release is one of AE's strongest I think, of course it is abstract and not easy to listening to. When it came out in 2001 I was rather confused about this new style. The first time I listened to it I was rather disappointed probably because I expected something else. But the more often you play it you will find out its beauty and brilliance. A milestone! It creates an atmosphere which neither can be reached by Draft7.30 nor Untilted.
Authis agree with your review, but would argue that draft 7.30 is the stronger record!
Llbery
Autechre has fallen into full noisey, hard to listen music at this point in time. Confield marks their first album that almost seemed as if the beats and patterns were created radomally. The tracks really make no progress and you're listening to the same 30 seconds of music over and over it seems. Course there is minimal changes throughout.. maybe a sound here or a clank there.. but still.. very hard listening. Not one of my favorites from them
Jay
Honestly I don't see what the big fuss is about Confield. People either complain about it or love it. I find it somewhere in between. Not my favorite Autechre release, but definitley not terrible. The beats are a little different then their usual work, but almost every track has a ambient vibe going on in the background that you can follow to the song and listen to the sounds around it. Pretty good stuff.
Kit
Even for me this is the hardest release to get into, but once you're in you know the real meaning of deep electronic music. Put your headphones on and expand your mind with the best AE work. 5/5 no doubt
Nern
"Confield" was my first Autechre album, and while my original thoughts were that I had wasted my money, over time I have begun to appreciate what Autechre have created here. "VI Scose Poise" begins with annoying metallic clanking noises, but the haunting keys add substance to this opening track. "Cfern" is up next, with it's elastic beats and almost jazzy sounding melody. One of the highlights, "Pen Expers" follows, the combination of abstract breakbeats and gradually emerging melody, is strangely compelling. "Sim Gishel" has clicks forming the rhythmic sounds while machine groans join in to create a bizarre track. "Parhelic Triangle" continues the abstraction, with ominous bell tones joining the twisted rhythms, gradually being ripped apart towards the end of the track. "Bine" would have to be the darkest track here, a frightening combination of menacing ambience and industrial machinery out of control. "Eidetic Casein" is much more coherent, another obscure melody is manipulated for the whole 6 minutes of it's duration. "Uviol" is my favorite track, the fluttering melody and ticking hi-hats creating a dreamland of sound. "Lentic Catachresis" starts with robotic screams of DSP manipulation, while the squashed beats build up in speed before going ballistic just before the 3-minute mark. The track continues in this vain for the remaining 5 minutes, a fitting end to "Confield". Arguably Autechre's most difficult album to listen to, "Confield" is not nearly as bad as some people would have you believe, but newcomers to Autechre's music would be better of starting with "Incunabula", "Amber" or "Tri Repetae".
Kigabar
For me this was the hardest release to get into (Even more so than Gantz Graf - and Draft 7.30 is the most straightforward material they have done in quite a few years in my opinion,) and truth be told I've still not got my head round a lot of it yet. As a big fan of Autechre I know that I have to persevere with it and I will be rewarded. Pen Expers has a stunningly beautiful melody, and note that the beats sound straight forward until the barely-audible chords come in.. as you start to concentrate on the melody the beats go more and more haywire... and as the synth melody is brought to an abrupt end you realise the chaotic drum patterns remaining... genius.
Gavidor
Confield was the first Autechre full length that I ever purchased. Not to say it’s a bad effort on Booth and Brown’s part but it’s a bit of a turn off for someone that has barely listening to Electronic music such as I. At that point I had only a few choice Warp records, mostly Aphex Twin releases, and I decided to go out on a whim and buy a release by Autechre. From all the listener reviews I had read their music was nothing short of a stroke of genius. When I picked up Confield and simply took a look at the artwork I was amazed. I hadn’t seen anything like it before, and when I popped the CD in I was once again amazed. The first listen didn’t really take. I listened to it some more and I really haven’t found a place for it yet but I know eventually that I will come to appreciate it more fully with time. What you should glean from this experience is that you can’t judge an artist by the first release that you listen to by them. For example If I would have picked up Aphex Twin’s Drukqs before anything else I would be missing out on a music genius equal to that of Autechre.
Steamy Ibis
For someone that has barely listening to Electronic music, Autechre is not something you should start with. It's not just electronic but experimental electronic music & one of my fave Autechre releases ever. Like Vertiphon said: "arguably Autechre's most difficult album to listen to, but newcomers to Autechre's music would be better of starting with "Incunabula", "Amber" or "Tri Repetae".
Beanisend
Confield heralds a period of apotheosis in Autechre's body of work that I hope to see advanced still further in years to come. Before Confield I admired Autechre and followed the releases dutifully. Since Confield -- particularly since the subsequent tour brought them to my area -- I have regarded Booth and Brown as geniuses, and awaited every new offering with breathless anticipation. The concert was musically more in line with the later Gantz Graf in its dizzying amalgamation of abstract, arrhythmic patterns and rich, broad-spectrum noise. The result was an aural experience that I can only hope to come across again. My expectations for Autechre are now, of course, very high, but I am confident that future releases will match and exceed the exaltation of Gantz Graf and Confield.
Buzalas
Being a huge AE fan and being delighted with LP5, I eagerly awaited the release of Confield. I bought it the day it was released and ran home to give it a once through listen on my headphones. It was one of the biggest disappointments I have ever had. I tried hard to find at least something that I could enjoy in it, but failed. It contains nothing but random sounds. It sounds like a computer made it instead of Sean and Rob. The beauty that was once an AE album has turned to chaotic noise. Definitly not recommended, unless you are a robot.
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