Listening to the world through exploration, craft, and curiosity.
My name is Stéphane Fufa Dufour, sound explorer, field recordist, and media artist.
I discovered the power of sound in the late 80s, when computers first made it possible to shape and manipulate audio. That early fascination led me into decades of creative work in installations, programming, video games, music production, and sound design. Throughout those years, one thread stayed constant: an obsession with listening and the curiosity to explore sound beyond the studio.
In 2016, I founded Articulated Sounds, an independent label dedicated to creating unique, high-quality sound libraries. Over the years, Articulated has grown into a catalog of more than seventy collections and over twenty-five thousand sounds, used by hundreds of sound editors and sound designers around the world. The mission has always been the same, to offer authentic, character-rich material that supports cinematic storytelling.
For the past eight years I have been living as a nomad, slowly traveling across continents to explore cultures, natural environments, and the hidden sonic life of the world. My recordings span remote forests, quiet villages, urban textures, rare mechanisms, and the delicate atmospheres of places often overlooked. I have a particular interest in pure natural soundscapes, away from human noise, both to preserve these fragile environments and to reconnect with the deeper relationship between humans and nature.
SoundXplorer is where I share this ongoing journey, the field notes, discoveries, reflections, and stories behind my recordings. It is a journal of the places I walk, the moments I capture, and the evolving relationship between sound, environment, and exploration.
Thank you for following this sonic journey.