Marc Rebillet (French pronunciation: [ʁəbijɛ]; born December 15, 1988) is an American electronic musician and YouTuber from Dallas, Texas, currently based in New York City.
[2] Rebillet distributes his work primarily through YouTube videos and Twitch live streams using a loop station, keyboard, vocals and percussion instruments to produce his songs in his apartment.
During the next decade, Rebillet worked as a server, an executive assistant, and in a corporate call center while producing music under the name "leae."
[7][8][5] In 2016, Rebillet claimed on Reddit to have discovered an alleged unreleased 1998 Sufjan Stevens album in a dumpster outside record label Asthmatic Kitty's studios in Dumbo, Brooklyn, in 2014.
[9] In an interview with Stereogum the next day, he expressed regret for disrespecting the label's wishes, but stated he wanted to let the album be preserved online.
The brewpub owners also offered Marc a weekly Sunday brunch residency, which he maintained for eight months in addition to his regular appearances at other Dallas bars The Common Table and Twilite Lounge.
After determining that Dallas was not giving him the reception he wanted he moved back to New York City, and after two months of performing at dive bars he secured a booking agent and two sold out tours.
[18][19][20] Explaining why he chose the streaming platform, Rebillet told The Verge, "I'm just trying to survive, and Twitch has the highest earning potential for livestreams.
[15] Discussing the song for the Boston Herald, Jed Gottlieb wrote that "the tune he built in a minute had more moxie and magic than anything on the recent lo-fi network TV concerts".
Guests during the first season included Erykah Badu, Wyclef Jean, Tokimonsta, Alison Wonderland, Reggie Watts and Tenacious D.[27]
[8]Starting in 2019, Rebillet has performed on tours in the United States and Europe, and ticket sales have become his primary source of revenue.
[31][32] In the summer of the same year, Rebillet started "We Outside," a series of live streamed performances in unannounced public places across New York City, such as Union Square and McCarren Park.
Explaining how he planned to perform, Rebillet told CNN, "Since everyone is going to be forced to be in their cars, I'll be able to do a lot of running around, 'interacting' with the audience, just by doing my thing.
Shacknews CEO Asif Khan wrote: "The popularity of his very experimental style to creating music is inspiring to the countless part-time studio musicians who are out there on the Internet.
"[45] Rebillet's music is defined by his use of a Boss RC-505 loop station, which allows him to layer his voice with keyboards, tambourines, and other hand percussion instruments.
Most of his songs are improvised, and include elements of funk, soul, hip hop, and house music, as well as comedy skits.
Nick Pagano described Rebillet's music as ranging "from soulful serenading piano ballads to funky bass licks to downright club bangers, and is always accompanied by his unique sense of humor".
[48] The mayor of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Daniel Fasquelle, subsequently asked via X that the festival's management not include Rebillet in future editions.
Carly Olson praised Rebillet's style and "killer eye for design", writing that his "light and airy two-bedroom apartment in Lower Manhattan is clean and pristine, featuring statement art, vintage finds, and even a couple trophy pieces that’ll give true furniture nerds hearts in their eyes."