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Birth name
  
Marc Leclair

Years active
  
1996 - present


Name
  
Marc Leclair

Labels
  
Force Inc.

Role
  
Musician

Akufen

Also known as
  
Nefuka, Anna Kaufen, Horror Inc.

Origin
  
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Genres
  
Electronic musicMicrohouse

Albums
  
Briefly Eternal, My Way, Fabric 17, Musique pour 3 femmes e, Battlestar Galacticlown

Similar People
  
Uwe Schmidt, T Raumschmiere, Superpitcher

Profiles

Akufen - Deck The House


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.

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His 2002 release entitled 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.

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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.

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  • 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) [1]
  • Battlestar Galacticlown (2012)
  • As Marc Leclair

  • Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes (2006)
  • As Horror Inc.

  • Briefly Eternal (2013)
  • References

    Akufen Wikipedia