Akufen
Canadian electronic musician
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Marc Leclair (born August 13, 1966), 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.
Also known as
- Nefuka
- Anna Kaufen
- Horror Inc.
Born
August 13, 1966
Marc Leclair
August 13, 1966
Genres
His 2002 debut studio album 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 broadcasts as a key musical element.[1][2]
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.[3]
Discography
As Akufen
Studio albums
- My Way (2002)
- Blu TribunL (split with Freeform and the Rip Off Artist) (2004)
EPs
- Quebec Nightclub (2001)
- Hawaiian Wodka Party (2003)
- Battlestar Galacticlown (2012)
Mixes and remixes
As Marc Leclair
As Horror Inc.
- Briefly Eternal (2013)
