{{short description|Canadian electronic musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Akufen | image = AkufenBaltimore.jpg | caption = Akufen in 2004 | image_size = | birth_name = Marc Leclair | alias = {{hlist|Nefuka|Anna Kaufen|Horror Inc.}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966-8-13}} | birth_place = | origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|microhouse}} | occupation = | years_active = 1996–present | label = Force Inc. | website = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite news | author =Sarah Liss | title =Tech savvy | publisher =CBC News | date =May 28, 2009 | url =https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/techno-savvy-1.819420 | access-date=2009-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ewald Christians |title=Music preview: Akufen |work=Salon.com |date=August 28, 2002 |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/audio/music/2002/08/28/akufen/index.html |accessdate=2009-01-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613135558/http://dir.salon.com/story/audio/music/2002/08/28/akufen/index.html |archivedate=June 13, 2008 }}</ref>
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'''.<ref>"Akufen". ''The Wire'', 2004</ref>
==Discography==
===As Akufen=== ==== Studio albums ==== * ''My Way'' (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)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akufen Fabric 17 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/305116-Akufen-Fabric-17 |website=Discogs}}</ref> * J Gabriel – "Levity" (remixes) (2020, Eyedyllic Music)<ref>{{Cite web |title=J Gabriel - Levity |url=https://www.traxsource.com/title/1336510/levity |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.traxsource.com}}</ref>
===As Marc Leclair=== * ''Musique pour 3 Femmes Enceintes'' (2006)
===As Horror Inc.=== * ''Briefly Eternal'' (2013)
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Category:Living people Category:Canadian techno musicians Category:Canadian house musicians Category:Musicians from Montreal Category:1966 births