Biography
Producer Fakear emerged during the 2010s as a notable presence within the French electronic landscape, weaving global sounds and hybrid styles into his textured, inviting productions. Across a career spanning that decade and the next, the artist has issued three full-length studio albums alongside six EPs and two mini-albums.
Théo Le Vigoureux, who performs as Fakear, was raised in a musically inclined household in Caen, France, absorbing an eclectic range of sounds that extended from Maurice Ravel through to Massive Attack. After collaborating briefly on ska-punk material with Gabriel Legeleux, known professionally as Superpoze, he shifted focus at age seventeen to electronic production and adopted the moniker Fakear, meaning “fake-ear.” The resulting early output, beginning with the 2011 mini-album Bird and continuing through the same-year EPs Pictural and Backstreet, balanced accessibility with intricate arrangements that incorporated instruments ranging from electric guitar to saxophone while maintaining a mystical undercurrent. In 2012 he refined this approach on the mini-album Washin’ Machine, then aligned with Nowadays Records for the electronically oriented EPs Morning in Japan and Dark Lands. The subsequent release Sauvage proved pivotal; its opening cut “La Lune Rousse” accumulated millions of streams and drew worldwide notice.
Following the 2015 Asakusa EP, recorded during a trip to Japan, Le Vigoureux relocated to a mountainous setting to complete his debut album Animal. Issued in 2016, the record retained the international palette of his prior work while emphasizing the electronic techniques developed on Nowadays through layered soft synths and fragmented samples. After an extensive European tour supporting the album, he issued its companion B-sides collection Vegetal in December of that year. The sixth EP, Karmaprana, appeared in December 2017, after which he began work on the sophomore album All Glows. Released in 2018, that project broadened the collaborative scope established on Animal by incorporating Pop and R&B alongside instrumental pieces. His third studio album, Everything Will Grow Again, followed in June 2020, extending the signature warmth and production density with heightened elements drawn from IDM and club contexts.
Théo Le Vigoureux, who performs as Fakear, was raised in a musically inclined household in Caen, France, absorbing an eclectic range of sounds that extended from Maurice Ravel through to Massive Attack. After collaborating briefly on ska-punk material with Gabriel Legeleux, known professionally as Superpoze, he shifted focus at age seventeen to electronic production and adopted the moniker Fakear, meaning “fake-ear.” The resulting early output, beginning with the 2011 mini-album Bird and continuing through the same-year EPs Pictural and Backstreet, balanced accessibility with intricate arrangements that incorporated instruments ranging from electric guitar to saxophone while maintaining a mystical undercurrent. In 2012 he refined this approach on the mini-album Washin’ Machine, then aligned with Nowadays Records for the electronically oriented EPs Morning in Japan and Dark Lands. The subsequent release Sauvage proved pivotal; its opening cut “La Lune Rousse” accumulated millions of streams and drew worldwide notice.
Following the 2015 Asakusa EP, recorded during a trip to Japan, Le Vigoureux relocated to a mountainous setting to complete his debut album Animal. Issued in 2016, the record retained the international palette of his prior work while emphasizing the electronic techniques developed on Nowadays through layered soft synths and fragmented samples. After an extensive European tour supporting the album, he issued its companion B-sides collection Vegetal in December of that year. The sixth EP, Karmaprana, appeared in December 2017, after which he began work on the sophomore album All Glows. Released in 2018, that project broadened the collaborative scope established on Animal by incorporating Pop and R&B alongside instrumental pieces. His third studio album, Everything Will Grow Again, followed in June 2020, extending the signature warmth and production density with heightened elements drawn from IDM and club contexts.
Albums
Everything Will Grow Again
2020
All Glows
2018
Karmaprana
2017
Vegetal: Offshoots EP
2016
Light Bullet (Remixed)
2016
Animal
2016
Singles
