Or, the just made the word up like they probably do on lots of tracks :O]
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Adam Piontek wrote:
quoted 143 lines First off, let me enter a disclaimer here that I am
> First off, let me enter a disclaimer here that I am
> not completely serious - they're just a couple of guys
> making music, and if you like the album or don't like
> the album, fine. Now, on with the fun!
>
> I find it interesting that, in the few messages in
> which any discussion of the title of Autechre's new
> album has come up, people have only mentioned how it
> looks like "cornfield" minus the "r." Is it just me,
> or is this really amusing?
>
> You're only looking for the most obvious thing, and
> even there, you seem really concerned about what's
> missing. This is not really a good way to listen to
> Ae's music, so it seems it may be a shallow way to
> look at their titles.
>
> What *is* there? Not to get too deep, but both "con"
> and "field" are words on their own:
>
> The noun con has 3 senses:
> 1. con -- (an argument opposeed to a proposal)
> 2. convict, con, inmate, jailbird, gaolbird -- (a
> person serving a prison sentence)
> 3. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con,
> confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting,
> flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling
> or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
>
> Con is also a verb with 2 senses:
> 1. swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud,
> mulct, gyp, con -- (deprive of by deceit; ``He
> swindled me out of my inheritance'' )
> 2. memorize, con, learn -- (commit to memory; learn by
> heart)
>
> ...and an adverb:
> 1. con, in opposition -- (on the negative side; ``much
> was written pro and con'' )
>
> Already we begin to see the multi-faceted nature of
> yet another Autechre release. We know they like to
> play with language (latin even!) in their titles,
> there must be *something* to "confield," and aside
> from the humor derived from the fact that most of you
> so-called "intelligent" heads aren't looking any
> further, I really doubt it's "cornfield."
>
> Of course, as gods, I'm sure they intended that as
> well, since if "cornfield" is all you see, of course
> it's boring - cornfields are boring!
>
> But I'm just getting started! Guess what: The noun
> field has 16 (!) senses:
> 1. field -- (a piece of land cleared of trees and
> usually enclosed; ``he planted a field of wheat'' )
> 2. battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field
> -- (a region where a battle is being (or has been)
> fought; ``they made a tour of Civil War battlefields''
> )
> 3. field -- (somewhere (away from a studio or office
> or library or laboratory) where practical work is done
> or data is collected; ``anthropologists do much of
> their work in the field'' )
> 4. discipline, subject, subject area, subject field,
> field, field of study, study, branch of knowledge --
> (a branch of knowledge; ``in what discipline is his
> doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
> subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings''
> )
> 5. field, field of force, force field -- (the space
> around a body within which it can exert force on
> another similar body not in contact with it)
> 6. field, field of operation, line of business -- (a
> particular kind of commercial enterprise; ``they are
> outstanding in their field'' )
> 7. sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena -- (a
> particular environment or walk of life; ``his social
> sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of
> employment"; "he's out of my orbit'' )
> 8. playing field, athletic field, playing area, field
> -- (a piece of land prepared for playing a game; ``the
> home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field'' )
> 9. plain, field, champaign -- (extensive tract of
> level open land; ``they emerged from the woods onto a
> vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his
> youth'' )
> 10. field -- (a set of elements such that addition and
> multiplication are commutative and associative and
> multiplication is distributive over addition and there
> are two elements 0 and 1; ``the set of all rational
> numbers is a field'' )
> 11. field -- (a region in which military operations
> are in progress; ``the army was in the field awaiting
> action'' )
> 12. field -- ((horse racing) all of the horses in a
> particular race)
> 13. field -- (all the competitors in a particular
> contest or sporting event)
> 14. field -- (a geographic region (land or sea) under
> which something valuable is found; ``the diamond
> fields of South Africa'' )
> 15. field, field of view -- (the area that is visible
> through an optical instrument)
> 16. airfield, landing field, flying field, field -- (a
> place where planes take off and land)
>
> Taking all of this together, what does this have to
> say about Ae's newest effort? I think it's pretty
> obvious. "Confield" is obviously a concept album
> about the devious underbelly of horse racing. "Con"
> as in the art of the con, and "field" as in a field of
> horses.
>
> There, now you know!
> -adam
> PS - not to mention the most obvious anagrams:
> DOLCE FIN
> COLD FINE
> CLOD FINE
> DOC ELFIN
> COD ELFIN
> LICE FOND
> CEIL FOND
> NICE FOLD
> COLE FIND
> FOCI LEND
> FLOC ENID
> FLOC DINE
> CLIO FEND
> LOCI FEND
> COIL FEND
> ICON FLED
> COIN FLED
>
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