AKUFEN
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During the first half of this decade, Akufen was one of the biggest names in contemporary house music. A native Montrealer who had spent the 80s and 90s engaged in the fervent experimental music community of this city, Marc Leclair began to gain notoriety during the first edition of the MUTEK Festival in 2000 when one of this singles found its way into the hands of Germany’s Thomas Brinkmann. Brinkmann noticed correctly that Leclair’s style had evolved into something utterly distinct, a cut-up, micro-sampled approach to house music that recalled the work of Matthew Herbert as it did the abstraction of Leclair’s homegrown influence, the painter Jean-Paul Riopelle.
After a successful run of singles on labels such as Background , Trapez , and Perlon , in 2002 Leclair released My Way , the Akufen debut album, which became one of the most critically acclaimed records of that year. After two years of non-stop touring and promotion, Leclair stepped out of the limelight, issuing only the experimental album Musique Pour 3 Femmes Enceintes (MUTEK_REC ) in 2005. Since then, he has released only a few remixes.
For the last edition of the MUTEK Festival, Akufen returned to the stage for the first time in five years to present his first new material in just as long. He's now touring presenting his new live set yet to released.
More info:
www.musique-risquee.com
www.myspace.com/musiquerisquee
www.myspace.com/akufunkture
www.myspace.com/horrorinc
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RELEASES:
Noiz Slack-R – Nocturnal Works Vol.1 1xCD (Hybrid Structure Productions) 1995
Akufen - 01-02 1xEP (Oral) 1999
Akufen - 03 1xEP (Oral) 2000
Akufen - Architextures 1xEP (Hautec) 2000
Akufen - Mary Jane Kelley 1xEP (Revolver Recordings) 2000
Akufen - Psychometry Vol. 1 1xEP (Trapez) 2001
Akufen - Psychometry Vol. 2 1xEP (Trapez) 2001
Akufen - Québec Nightclub 2xEP (Perlon) 2001
Nefuka – Adad 1xEP (Background) 2001
Réno Disco – Saturday Night Beaver 1xEP (Haute Couture) 2001
Akufen - Deck The House 1xEP (Force Inc.) 2002
Akufen - Deck The House 1xEP (Force Inc.) 2002
Akufen - My Way 1xCD (Force Inc.) 2002
Akufen - My Way 3xLP (Force Inc.) 2002
Akufen - My Way (2nd Edition) CD (Force Inc.) 2002
Akufen - Psychometry (Remixes) 1xEP (Trapez) 2002
Akufen - Psychometry 1.1-3.2 1xEP (Trapez) 2002
Akufen - Psychometry Vol. 3 1xEP (Trapez) 2002
Anna Kaufen – Drive-in / Drive Out 1xEP 2002
Akufen - Hawaiian Wodka Party 1xEP (Musique Risquée) 2003
Akufen - My Way (The Remixes) 1xEP (Force Inc.) 2003
Akufen - Psychometry III (Remixes) 1xEP (Trapez) 2003
Horror Inc. – Horrorama EP 1xEP (Revolver Recordings) 2003
Akufen - Blu TribunL 1xCD (Inflatabl Labl) 2004
Horror Inc. – I plead guilty 1xEP (Perlon) 2004
Marc Leclair – Musique pour 3 femmes enceintes 1xCD (MUTEK_rec) 2005
REMIXES:
Akufen:
Les Jardiniers “Everybody’s Got It” (Reno Disco AKA Akufen Mix) (Haute Couture) 2000
Algorithm “Delgado” (Akufen Remix) (Revolver Recordings) 2001
Auch “Tomorrow Goodbye” (Akufen Remix) (Force Inc.) 2001
Sieg Über Die Sonne “I’m Not A Sound” (Akufen Remix) (Multicolor Recordings) 2002
International Pony “Leaving home” (Akufen Mix) (Columbia Records) 2002
Cabaret Voltaire “Nag Nag Nag” (Akufen’s Karaoke Slam Mix) (Nova Mute) 2002
Thomas Dolby with Salz “One of Our Submarines” (Akufen Remix) (Salz) 2002
Cosmo Vitelli “Party Day” (Akufen Honey Moon Remix) (Virgin France S.A.) 2002
Process Re’Processed – Interkontinentale Remixe “Pelican Remix” (Traum Schallplatten) 2002
Massive Attack “Special Cases” (Akufen Remix) (Virgin Records UK) 2002
Craig David “What’s Your Flava?” (Akufen’s Club Mix) (Atlantic Records 2002)
Craig David “What’s Your Flava?” (Akufen’s Dub Mix) (Atlantic Records 2002)
[re:jazz]-(re:mix) “Mental Strength” (INFRACom!) 2003
Ark “E-Cône” (Akufen Remix) (Circus Company) 2003
International Pony “Leaving Home” (Akufen Mix Missing Home) (Columbia Records) 2003
Crackhaus “Akufen’s Mornin’ Dump In The Bush Of God” (Musique Risquée) 2003
Yello “Planet Dada” (Akufen’s Delta Panda Mix) (Motor Music) 2003
Luomo “Tessio” (Akufen Remix) (Force Tracks) 2003
Plej “A Different Shade Of Blue” (Exceptional) 2004
Tovar “Cumbia Queen” (Akufen Remix) (Nopal Beat) 2004
Plej “Blue (A Different Shade Of Blue)” Exceptional 2004
Plastikman “FORCEPT1:FR:01:V1” Minus 2004
Pastikman “FORCEPT1:FR:01:V2” Minus 2004
Robert Hood “Molecular reconstitution (Dr. Frankufen Akenstein Mix)” Logistic 2004
The Rip Off Artist “Baby Daddy (Akufen’s Baby Steps Remix)” Tora Tora Tora 2005
Brooks “Tell Somebody About Us (Akufen raconte sa version des faits)” Soundslike 2005
Champion “No 7/11’s (Akufen remix)” Saboteur 2005
Les Georges Leningrad “Supa Doopa (Akufen Soutien-Georges Remix) Troubleman Unlimited 2005
Eri Nobuchika “陽だまり (Akufen Clueless Mix)” Fearless Records (Japan) 2006
Philippe Cam “Somewhere Between Here and There” Musique Risquée 2006
Radiq – “The Grass Roots (Akufen Remix)” Logistic 2006
Monobox – “Molecular Reconstitution” (Dr Frankufen Akenstein Mix) Logistic 2008
Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts – “Sometimes They Come Back Horror Inc. Remix) Musique Risquée 2008
DJ MIXES:
Fabric 17 (CD) Fabric London 2004
APPEARS ON:
Horror Inc – “A Dream Within A Dream” Superlongivity 3 Perlon 2003
Akufen - Señor Coconut and His Orchestra – Yellow fever! “Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)” 2006
Horror Inc – “The Absent” Superlongivity 4 Perlon 2006
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SUN 05.09.10 - US, Detroit @ TV Lounge
SAT 11.09.10 - DE, Berlin @ Soirée Risquée (Weekend Club)
FRI 17.09.10 - NL, Amsterdam @ Soirée Risquée (Klinch, Melkweg)
SAT 30.10.10 - JP, Tokyo @ Real Grooves (Eleven)
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DJ SET:
• 2 turntables: Technics SL 1210/1200
• 1 mixing console: Allen & Heath X:ONE dj mixer
• 2 Monitorspeakers left and right to the ARTIST
• 1 Technician, taking care of the PA
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
• 1 mixing console: Allen & Heath X:ONE dj mixer (separate from the DJ’s mixer)
• Stereo sidefield monitoring