Here's a reply to the message "Re: [idm] Confield on napster?" written
on Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:44:45 -0400 (EDT):
From what I've been hearing, the longer ones are not real. Actually, I
quoted 1 line recognize one of those as a Leila track!
>recognize one of those as a Leila track!
I'm going to come clean... I actually created the "fake" Confield
tracks. Or, to be more accurate, I simply MP3d a few bits and pieces
of electronica in my collection, choosing ones that could vaguely pass
for Autechre, and then sit back to watch the fun begin!
Why did I do it? Well, I just knew curiosity would get the better of
some folks. It appears that quite a few people thought they were
genuine. I thought people would guess a lot sooner -- the tracks I've
chosen aren't *too* obscure and most Autechre fans should have some of
these in their record collection already. And for another reason, I
wanted to maintain an air of mystery about the album before it's
release -- with loads of different tracks masquerading as Confield
tracks, the challenge would be to decide which was real!
Most people I've spoken to on Napster about the fakes (I've actually
told people as they're downloading) thought it was quite funny. A few
missed the point and thought I was doing "a bad thing", but I dunno --
I got some guy interested enough in Arovane to want to buy "Atol
Scrap" and "Tides".
The "smaller" Confield tracks out there *are* Hrvatski tracks, but I
did *NOT* upload these. Oddly enough, I checked them out, liked them,
and now I'm going to be buying some Hravtski stuff ASAP. Everyone's a
winner.
For those who are interested, here's the tracks I used:
00-whord (hidden) = david arnold - "doctor who theme"
01-vi scose poise (bola remix) = node - "terminus"
02-cfern = eu - "loopmind"
03-pen expers = leila - "from before...what?"
04-sim gishel = arovane - "actel"
05-parahelic triangle = susumu yokota - "gekkoh"
06-bine = pole - "klettern"
07-eidetic casein = monolake - "nucleus"
08-uviol = susumu yokota - "kodomotachi"
09-lentic catachresis = cristian vogel - "rescate freeformed
giggles"
Of course, it stands to reason that if you like anything you heard,
believing it (or not) to be Autechre, then you should run out and buy
all of the above! Especially the Yokota album, "Sakura". Yum.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/
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