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 minimal house,

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, 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. 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'' (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

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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)