Quebecois electronic music producer Akufen is known most for his advancement of microsampling, a method of using fragments of sound sourced from his radio dial travels. Most prolific during the first half of the 2000s, Akufen built a "buy on sight" reputation with 12" releases for German labels such as Trapez, Perlon, and Force Inc., the last of which issued his lone proper album, My Way (2002), featuring the singularly jaunty "Deck the House." He took a long break from releasing his own music, and since the early 2010s has issued material on a comparatively sporadic basis. My Blue House (2019) and We Shall Not Surrender (2021), among other EPs, have alternated from slightly skewed deep house tracks to odder material with a springy quality recalling his earlier output.