Editing Confield (section)

== Production ==
With ''Confield'', the duo largely abandoned the ambient and melodic styles of their earlier works such as ''Amber'' and ''Tri Repetae'' in favour of more chaotic and abstract sound palettes.<ref name="aeinterview" /> As their style grew more [[experimental music|experimental]], ''Confield'' and their later albums would see the use of software like Max to form the basis of songs rather than physical synthesisers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nosnitsky |first1=Andrew |title=Autechre: NTS Sessions 1-4 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/autechre-nts-sessions-1-4/ |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=15 May 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200054/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/autechre-nts-sessions-1-4/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="triquietus">{{cite news |last1=Suarez |first1=Gary |title=25 Years On: Autechre's Tri Repetae Revisited |url=https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/autechre-trirepetae-review-anniversary/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=[[The Quietus]] |date=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="mr">{{cite news |last1=Mullen |first1=Matt |title=How Autechre's radically inventive music-making turned experimentation into electronica |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/pioneers-autechre |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=MusicRadar |date=15 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> According to Booth, most tracks from ''Confield'' originated from experiments with this software that would not fit in with a club environment.<ref name="aeinterview" />

''Confield'' and later releases by the duo such as ''[[Exai]]'' would make use of generative sequences done through Max.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frame |first1=Charlie |title=Autechre — Exai |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/autechre-exai-review/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=[[The Quietus]] |date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="mr" /> Brown and Booth later noted the use of something called "the system" while making their music; a large network of synthesisers and other digital processes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherburne |first1=Philip |title=Autechre on Their Epic NTS Sessions, David Lynch, and Where Code Meets Music |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=9 August 2018 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100857/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The duo have also stated in interviews that the music created by this system is not entirely random, and still requires human control to guide and change tracks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Autechre Worked in Isolation for Decades. Now It's Unintentionally Timely. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/music/autechre-sign-interview.html |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 October 2020 |archive-date=14 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014051235/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/music/autechre-sign-interview.html |url-status=live }}</ref>