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=== MCR Quarter === | === MCR Quarter === | ||
* The title is a play on ''[[Envane]]''<nowiki/>'s Quarter trackers, | * The title is a play on ''[[Envane]]''<nowiki/>'s Quarter trackers, and MCR likely is just short for Manchester. | ||
* As listed on the Japanese CD <nowiki/>issue, "MCR Quarter" was recorded in 1998 at Manchester's Band On The Wall, however it reappeared (possibly just replayed the bootleg recording) at Warp's 10th Anniversary event on November, 5 1999. [https://youtu.be/4x8tWLjqnU0?si=bYg7QXF8kiueouzQ&t=1294] | |||
== Cover == | == Cover == | ||
For the promotion cycle of ''Confield'', a page was posted by Warp on (3rd April? 4th March? i hate dates) 2001 titled Confileid (Con File ID). <!-- this needs a huge second pass from a proper historian. the short's description links to rubber johnny but i remember that one was incorrect, and it was a different page. remind me to find that again. It had a weird chiastic slide aesthetic in the archived version which i assume the page itself would've featured the confileid video. -->On the page, it featured an animation of dozens of 3D planes being scattered with a moving camera.[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-NsvXJ5DyAk] Multiple frames of the animation went on to be used in the design of ''Confield,'' including the main cover. | |||
When ''Confield'' and ''[[Draft 7.30]]'' was reissued in 2023, Warp put out a promotional video for ''Confield'' featuring the same animation but in higher quality. They also put out a series of shorts of album tracks played over animations; both of the original for [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LgZQGpK3o-8 Sim Gishel] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Zci4NpOQlA Lentic Catachresis], as well as different versions including a fountain-like eruption for [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sSgvFBESo_A VI Scose Poise], [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o1Mu3VcN8tE Cfern], [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pyJmCTBjJZ8 Pen Expers]; a side downpour for [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rtstpM8WJ-A Bine] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kCOVyc-Jw3M Eidetic Casein]; and a top-down view for [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MAipXaToYQs Parhelic Triangle] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GC5k4dDyhjU Uviol]. <!-- they also reuploaded all the unique ones here https://www.instagram.com/p/CpX0DtStuN9/?img_index=1 -->The vinyl reissue also uses a different frame for the cover from the original Confield cover. [https://www.discogs.com/release/26137631-Autechre-Confield/image/SW1hZ2U6OTExNzc0NzU=] | |||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20231021172129/https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/97bd9d1b-0349-4936-b8b1-712257ec4e85-channel_offline_image-1920x1080.jpeg" A high quality frame from the animation was also used as a Twitch image for au7echre.]<!-- probably better to save this image here --><!-- I am VERY tempted to count the individual frames.... --> | |||
== Tracklist == | == Tracklist == | ||
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* ''Confield'' was originally titled "[https://www.discogs.com/release/24370391-Autechre-LED L.E.D.]" on a promotional CDr, distributed by [https://www.discogs.com/label/22255-Source Source 360°] | * ''Confield'' was originally titled "[https://www.discogs.com/release/24370391-Autechre-LED L.E.D.]" on a promotional CDr, distributed by [https://www.discogs.com/label/22255-Source Source 360°] | ||
* In the WATMM ama, Sean noted that only about 10% of ''Confield'' was properly generative. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=B1193:B1194] <!-- too lazy to ah, but add in that uviol was very generative and sim gishel was slightly. i already added in parhelic triangle --> | * In the WATMM ama, Sean noted that only about 10% of ''Confield'' was properly generative. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=B1193:B1194] <!-- too lazy to ah, but add in that uviol was very generative and sim gishel was slightly. i already added in parhelic triangle --> | ||
* The cover art's font is [https://www.dafont.com/shadeerah.font Shadeerah Light]. | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 6 November 2023
Confield is the sixth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on April 30th, 2001, then later repressed on vinyl in 2023, alongside Draft 7.30.
Tracks
VI Scose Poise
Cfern
Pen Expers
- The title is likely a reference to GenExpr, the Max patching language.
- An early version of "Pen Expers" mashed up with Vangelis's "Cosmos" was performed at Coachella 1999. [1]
Sim Gishel
Parhelic Triangle
- Rob noted that "Parhelic Triangle" didn't rely on any generative/algorithmic elements at all.[2]
- In the July Twitch AMA, Sean explained that the process behind "Parhelic Triangle" was that he recorded himself playing a reyong (type of gamelan instrument) which was then taken into Logic. The precussion was assembled from "rubber bands in a shoebox sampled on an Emu E-synth". The "couple of MIDI parts laid over the top" of the track were also detuned to 9 EDO to be in key with the reyong. The loose pulse of the track is due to the reyong being played somewhat irregularly by Sean and him having to manually time it up in Logic before overlaying the precussion to it.
Bine
Eidetic Casein
Uviol
- A 16-minute version of "Uviol" was played during the 2008-02-23 Webcast. In the WATMM AMA Sean mentioned that the longer versions are often parts of the realtime jams without as much editing. [3]
Lentic Catachresis
- The ending half of "Lentic Catachresis" samples a part in "Lego Part - Part 1" [4]
MCR Quarter
- The title is a play on Envane's Quarter trackers, and MCR likely is just short for Manchester.
- As listed on the Japanese CD issue, "MCR Quarter" was recorded in 1998 at Manchester's Band On The Wall, however it reappeared (possibly just replayed the bootleg recording) at Warp's 10th Anniversary event on November, 5 1999. [5]
Cover
For the promotion cycle of Confield, a page was posted by Warp on (3rd April? 4th March? i hate dates) 2001 titled Confileid (Con File ID). On the page, it featured an animation of dozens of 3D planes being scattered with a moving camera.[6] Multiple frames of the animation went on to be used in the design of Confield, including the main cover.
When Confield and Draft 7.30 was reissued in 2023, Warp put out a promotional video for Confield featuring the same animation but in higher quality. They also put out a series of shorts of album tracks played over animations; both of the original for Sim Gishel and Lentic Catachresis, as well as different versions including a fountain-like eruption for VI Scose Poise, Cfern, Pen Expers; a side downpour for Bine and Eidetic Casein; and a top-down view for Parhelic Triangle and Uviol. The vinyl reissue also uses a different frame for the cover from the original Confield cover. [7]
A high quality frame from the animation was also used as a Twitch image for au7echre.
![A high quality frame from the animation was also used as a Twitch image for au7echre.](https://web.archive.org/web/20231021172129/https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/97bd9d1b-0349-4936-b8b1-712257ec4e85-channel_offline_image-1920x1080.jpeg"){kind=link}
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VI Scose Poise | 6:57 |
| 2 | Cfern | 6:41 |
| 3 | Pen Expers | 7:08 |
| 4 | Sim Gishel | 7:15 |
| 5 | Parhelic Triangle | 6:04 |
| 6 | Bine | 4:41 |
| 7 | Eidetic Casein | 6:12 |
| 8 | Uviol | 8:35 |
| 9 | Lentic Catachresis | 8:30 |
| 1:02:03 | ||
| 10 | MCR Quarter (Recorded Live At Band On The Wall, Manchester 1998) [Japanese CD exclusive] | 11:03 |
| Total | 1:13:06 | |
Trivia
- The CAT number, WARP128, was likely specifically requested by Autechre. 128 is the seventh power of 2.
- Confield was originally titled "L.E.D." on a promotional CDr, distributed by Source 360°
- In the WATMM ama, Sean noted that only about 10% of Confield was properly generative. [8]
- The cover art's font is Shadeerah Light.
Links
- AE_STORE
- Apple Music
- Bandcamp
- Bleep
- Soundcloud
- Spotify
- Repress announcement tweet
- Repress release tweet
Credits
- Autechre (production)
- Rob Brown (writer)
- Sean Booth (writer)
- Frank Arkwright (mastering engineer) [9] [10]