Marc Leclair, better known by his stage name Akufen, is a
Canadian electronic musician. His music is
electronic music that is often described as
minimal house,
minimal techno,
glitch, or
microhouse.
His 2002 release titled ''My Way'' introduced his concept of "microsampling", which was essentially a way of using extremely small and short clips of
samples he had randomly recorded from
FM radio
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM). Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is cap ...
broadcasts as a key musical element.
Leclair's pseudonym comes from the French word for
tinnitus (ringing of the ears), ''acouphène'', and he has also gone under the pseudonyms Horror Inc., David Scott, Nefuka, and Anna Kaufen.
["Akufen". ''The Wire'', 2004]
Discography
As Akufen
* ''
Quebec Nightclub'' (2001)
* ''
My Way'' (2002)
* ''
Hawaiian Wodka Party'' (2003)
* ''
Fabric 17'' (mix album) (2004)
* ''Blu TribunL'' (split with
Freeform and The Rip-Off Artist) (2004
* ''Battlestar Galacticlown'' (2012)
* ''J Gabriel - Levity (Remixes)" 2020, Eyedyllic Music - https://www.traxsource.com/title/1336510/levity
As Marc Leclair
* ''
Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes'' (2006)
As Horror Inc.
* ''Briefly Eternal'' (2013)
References
External links
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Living people
Canadian techno musicians
Canadian house musicians
Ableton Live users
Musicians from Montreal
Year of birth missing (living people)