Louis Dufort's “Décap” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2001, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
Décap is an extremely dense and eclectic work, both from the perspective of the sound material, and of style. On the morphological level, the work uses Drum & Bass as well as orchestral stamps, the voice of a woman to guttural male voices, while passing by Japanese traditional music to Gregorian chant.
About Louis Dufort
Louis Dufort (CA) has a bachelor's degree in electoacoustic composition from the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montreal, as well as a master's degree from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal, where he received a first prize with distinction.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.