Editing Confield (section)

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 82/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/confield/autechre |title=Reviews for Confield by Autechre |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=6 July 2012 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190113/http://www.metacritic.com/music/confield/autechre |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic" />
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="blender">{{cite magazine |last=Wolk|first=Douglas|date=June 2001 |title=The Guide – New Releases|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |publisher=Dennis Publishing |page=105}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="guardian" />
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4Score = 8/10<ref name="NME" />
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5Score = 8.8/10<ref name="pitchfork" />
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="rsag">{{cite book |chapter=Autechre |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/29 29] }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev7Score = 7/10<ref name="spin" />
| rev8 = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev8Score = 2/5<ref name="muzik">{{cite magazine |last=Green |first=Thomas |date=May 2001 |title=Autechre |magazine=[[Muzik]] |publisher=TI Media |page=67}}</ref>
}}

''Confield'' received acclaim from critics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Leone |first=Dominique |date=15 August 2002 |title=''Gantz Graf EP'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/362-gantz-graf-ep/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], which aggregates scores from mainstream critics and assigns a [[weighted mean|weighted average]], ''Confield'' has an average score of 82 based on 10 reviews, indicating "critical acclaim".<ref name="MC"/>

Reviewing the album for ''Pitchfork'', Malcolm Seymour III gave the album an 8.8 out of 10, concluding that Autechre fans would feel alienated by the release.<ref name="pitchfork" /> However, Seymour III also noted the high production value of the album and that it was "thought-provoking".<ref name="pitchfork" /> Tony Naylor of ''NME'' gave ''Confield'' an 8 out of 10, stating the release was not "emotionally detached" and calling it both "biologically warm" and imaginative.<ref name="NME" /> ''Spin'''s Eric Weisbard gave the album a 7 out of 10, concluding that the album was a variety of six minute tracks that set texture-beats against drone-shimmers.<ref name="spin" /> ''Confield'' was covered in a 2001 issue of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', stating that the duo's music would likely be picked apart, as well as calling them influential.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=5 May 2001 |title=Billboard |url= |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location= |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=113 |issue=18 |issn=0006-2510 |page=65}}</ref> It was also noted that the audience should instead "sit back and let [the album] wash over [them]".<ref name="billboard" /> In a review for ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', Douglas Wolk described how the duo had moved away from traditional compositions to fractured beats that "detonate in flurries".<ref name="blender" /> Wolk also noted how Autechre "[pushed] the outer limits of their craft" with ''Confield''.<ref name="blender" /> Louise Bradbury of ''OffBeat'' gave a positive review, calling the album "breathtaking".<ref name="ob" />

Some critics gave mixed reviews. Ben Sisario gave ''Confield'' three stars in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''.<ref name="rsag" /> Sisario mentioned the "crunching, robotic rhythms" and "clean, spacey melodies" of ''Confield'' and ''Draft 7.30'', but also noted how newer Autechre releases maintained a sense of "mind-numbing sameness".<ref name="rsag" />  John Bush of AllMusic gave the album three stars and commented that the album contained signs of the duo's earlier work.<ref name="allmusic" /> However, he also noted its experimental nature and said it was an album that should be respected instead of enjoyed.<ref name="allmusic" /> Pascal Wyse of ''The Guardian'' gave the album three stars, concluding that the release was overly robotic and comparing it to [[information overload]].<ref name="guardian" /> Mark Jenkins of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' compared the sounds on ''Confield'' to the sound of a skipping CD player.<ref name="twp">{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Autechre "Confield" |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/05/25/autechre-confield-warp-for-a/25dc4038-bf0c-4e8b-a8ef-a201bbd64cbb/ |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=24 May 2001 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827081707/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/05/25/autechre-confield-warp-for-a/25dc4038-bf0c-4e8b-a8ef-a201bbd64cbb/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jenkins also noted the stylistic change from "smooth and pulsing" tracks on the duo's previous works to "ragged and fidgety" tracks within the album.<ref name="twp" /> For ''[[Muzik]]'', Thomas Green gave ''Confield'' a 2/5, likening its sounds to manipulated metal filaments within a dustbin.<ref name="muzik" /> While Green stated their diehard fans would still enjoy the album, he also said the duo simply "didn't surprise any more".<ref name="muzik" />