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{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Len Faki
| image        = 2015-07-19 6937 Len Faki (Sea You).jpg
| caption      = Faki performing at the [[Sea You Festival]] in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]] in 2015.
| birth_name   = Levent Faki
| alias        = {{hlist|Len Faki|La Monde}}
| birth_place  = [[Stuttgart]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[West Germany]]<ref name="belgrade_beat">{{cite web |url=https://belgrade-beat.com/magazine/2017/12/we-present-dj-len-faki |title=We present: DJ Len Faki |publisher=Belgrade Beat |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Techno]]|[[minimal techno]]}}
| occupation   = {{hlist|DJ|producer}}
| years_active = Mid 1990s–present
| label        = {{hlist|Figure|Figure Jams|[[Ostgut Ton]]|Podium}}
}}
'''Levent Faki''', better known by his stage name '''Len Faki''', is a German producer and DJ in the field of [[electronic dance music]]. Faki is of Turkish descent and is also known under the pseudonym '''La Monde'''.<ref name="laut.de">{{cite web |url=https://www.laut.de/Len-Faki |title=Len Faki |publisher=[[laut.de]] |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>
== Career ==
Faki grew up in [[Esslingen (district)|Kreis Esslingen]] in Southern Germany and began his career under the pseudonym ''DJ La Monde'' in the [[Stuttgart]] techno scene.<ref name="laut.de"/><ref name="Partysan_20111202">{{cite web |url=https://partysan.net/global-news/len-faki-liebt-zwiebelrostbraten-mit-spatzle/ |title=Len Faki: Liebt Zwiebelrostbraten mit Spätzle… |trans-title=Len Faki: Loves roast onion with spaetzle... |publisher=Partysan |date= 2 December 2011 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref> His career began there in the mid-1990s with the ''Lexicon'' project on the [[house music]] label [[Plastic City]].<ref name="ubwg">{{cite web |url=https://ubwg.ch/featured-events/len-faki-im-nordstern-ein-hauch-von-berghain/ |title=Len Faki im Nordstern – ein Hauch von Berghain |trans-title=Len Faki at Nordstern – a touch of Berghain |publisher=ubwg |date=15 September 2017 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>
In 1997, Faki founded the label Monoid in Stuttgart, as well as the label Feis in 1999. Productions by artists such as [[DJ Umek|Uroš Umek]], [[:de:Samuel L. Session|Samuel L. Session]], John Selway, [[The Hacker]] and Bolz Bolz appeared on these labels.<ref name="laut.de"/> In 2001, he released his debut album ''Music for Some Place Other Than This''.<ref name="ubwg"/> In 2002, Faki moved from Stuttgart to [[Berlin]].<ref name="laut.de"/><ref name="Partysan_20111202"/>
Faki founded the label Figure in 2003, and later a sub-label Figure Jams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixmag.net/feature/in-session-len-faki|title=In Session: Len Faki - In Session|newspaper=Mixmag|date=27 October 2017|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2006, Faki launched another label called Podium, which was intended to release EPs. In 2017, he released a remix of Radio Slave's song "Grindhouse".<ref>{{cite web|last=Khan|first=Ammaarah|url=http://mixmag.net/read/len-faki-vatican-shadow-lady-starlight-and-more-remix-radio-slaves-grindhouse-news|title=Len Faki, Lady Starlight and more have remixed Radio Slave’s ‘Grindhouse’ - News|newspaper=Mixmag|date=21 September 2017|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rickinson|first=Steve|url=http://www.deephouseamsterdam.com/interview-len-faki/|title=Interview: Len Faki|website=Deep House Amsterdam|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Baines|first=Josh|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/d7je8q/len-fakis-street-dub-is-like-basic-channel-on-steroids|title=Len Faki's "Street Dub" Is like Basic Channel on Steroids - Thump|newspaper=Thump|date=18 September 2015|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref>
He made a breakthrough in 2007, when he released the tracks "Mekong Delta" and "My Black Sheep".<ref>{{cite web|title=Len Faki|url=http://figure-music.com/len-faki/vita/|website=Figure Music|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref>
Len Faki is a resident DJ at the Berlin club [[Berghain]] and regularly performs internationally as a DJ.<ref name="laut.de"/>
== Selected discography ==
Source: <ref name="ResAd">{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/lenfaki/biography|title=RA: Len Faki|website=Resident Advisor|date=|accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref>
* "Rainbow Delta" / "Mekong Delta" ([[12"]]) ([[Ostgut Ton]], 2007)
* ''Berghain 03'' (Mix CD) (Ostgut Ton, 2009)
* Edit-Select / Len Faki – ''Berghain 03 | Part II'' (12") (Ostgut Ton, 2009)
* ''Basement Trax, Vol. 01'' (12") (Ostgut Ton, 2013)
* ''LF & JH – VII'' (12") (Figure, 2013)
* ''LF & JH – VI''  (12") (Figure, 2013)
* Len Faki, Markus Suckut – ''Skulls Ep'' (12") (Figure, 2014)
== References ==
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[[Category:Electronic dance music DJs]]
[[Category:German DJs]]
[[Category:German people of Turkish descent]]
[[Category:German techno musicians]]