Akufen Knowpia

Akufen
Akufen
	Akufen in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Marc Leclair
Also known as	Nefuka, Anna Kaufen, Horror Inc.
Born	August 13, 1966 (age 57)
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Electronic music; Microhouse
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Force Inc.

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.

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 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 edit

As Akufen edit

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)
J Gabriel - Levity (Remixes)" 2020, Eyedyllic Music - https://www.traxsource.com/title/1336510/levity

As Marc Leclair edit

Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes (2006)

As Horror Inc. edit

Briefly Eternal (2013)

References edit

^ Sarah Liss (May 28, 2009). "Tech savvy". CBC News. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
^ Ewald Christians (August 28, 2002). "Music preview: Akufen". Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
^ "Akufen". The Wire, 2004

External links edit

Akufen discography at Discogs

[1] Sarah Liss (May 28, 2009). "Tech savvy". CBC News. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

[2] Ewald Christians (August 28, 2002). "Music preview: Akufen". Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

[3] "Akufen". The Wire, 2004

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