Marc Leclair, better known by his stage name Akufen, is a

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electronic musician. His music is

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that is often described as

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, 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. Leclair's pseudonym comes from the French word for

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(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 "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...

'' (2002) * '' Hawaiian Wodka Party'' (2003) * ''

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'' (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

* ''

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'' (2006)

As Horror Inc.

* ''Briefly Eternal'' (2013)

References

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* {{Authority control Living people Canadian techno musicians Canadian house musicians Ableton Live users Musicians from Montreal Year of birth missing (living people)