Editing Akufen (section)

{{short description|Canadian electronic musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Akufen
| image             = AkufenBaltimore.jpg
| caption           = Akufen in 2004
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| 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 music|Electronic]]|[[microhouse]]}}
| occupation        = 
| years_active      = 1996–present
| label             = Force Inc.
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| website           = 
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
}}
'''Marc Leclair''' (born August 13, 1966), better known by his stage name '''Akufen''', is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] electronic musician. His music is [[electronic music]] that is often described as [[minimal house]], [[minimal techno]], [[glitch (music)|glitch]], or [[microhouse]].

His 2002 debut studio album ''[[My Way (Akufen album)|My Way]]'' introduced his concept of "microsampling", which was essentially a way of using extremely small and short clips of [[sampling (music)|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>