Akufen
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 debut studio album 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.
Also recorded as Marc Leclair · Anna Kaufen · Nefuka · Horror Inc.
Akufen
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- Name
- Akufen
- Birth Name
- Marc Leclair
- Born
- 1966-8-13
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- record producer · disc jockey · composer · musician
- Fields
- electronica
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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 debut studio album 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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Akufen (born 2000) is a composer, disc jockey and musician, among other activities, of Canadian nationality. The work spans electronica.
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• Name — Akufen • Birth Name — Marc Leclair • Alias — * Nefuka • Anna Kaufen • Horror Inc. • Born — 1966-8-13 • Origin — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Genre — * Electronic • microhouse • Years Active — 1996–present • Label — Force Inc.
Studio albums
Studio albums
• My Way (2002) • Blu TribunL (split with Freeform and the Rip Off Artist) (2004)
EPs
EPs
• Quebec Nightclub (2001) • Hawaiian Wodka Party (2003) • Battlestar Galacticlown (2012)
Mixes and remixes
Mixes and remixes
• Fabric 17 (mix album) (2004) • J Gabriel – "Levity" (remixes) (2020, Eyedyllic Music)
As Marc Leclair
As Marc Leclair
• Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes (2006)
As Horror Inc.
As Horror Inc.
• Briefly Eternal (2013)
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Akufen during a live performance
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 135285542, Akufen, Musiker.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q423707: Akufen
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 135285542, Akufen, Musiker.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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