Marc Leclair (born August 13, 1966), 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,

minimal techno Minimal techno is a subgenre of techno music. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition and understated development. Minimal techno is thought to have been originally developed in the early 1990s by Detro ...

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, or

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. His 2002 debut studio album ''

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'' introduced his concept of "microsampling", which was essentially a way of using extremely small and short clips of samples he had randomly recorded from

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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.

Discography

As Akufen

Studio albums

* ''

'' (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

* '' Fabric 17'' (mix album) (2004) * J Gabriel – "Levity" (remixes) (2020, Eyedyllic Music)

As Marc Leclair

* '' Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes'' (2006)

As Horror Inc.

* ''Briefly Eternal'' (2013)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Living people Canadian techno musicians Canadian house musicians Musicians from Montreal 1966 births