Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a new kind of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats. Their sound has been described as an "ethno-introspective ambient world music"[1]. They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 for Best World Music Album[2], and in 1996 they won the Award for the album Boheme. The group also became World Music Awards Winner - French group with the highest 1995 world sales. Their albums have sold over 10 million copies.





Tracklist:
01 - Anasthasia
02 - Bohemian ballet
03 - Marta’s song
04 - Gathering
05 - Lament
06 - Bulgarian melody
07 - Deep folk song
08 - Freedom cry
09 - Twosome
10 - Cafe Europa
11 - Katharina
12 - Boheme



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I’ve been a fan of Deep Forest since their first album, and I was also very impressed with Boheme, their second release. However, over time I found their first album became rather simplistic, and Boheme somewhat uneven. However, COMPARSA, their third album, is without peer.

What is fantastic about this CD is the incredible attention to detail. There are MANY tracks of sound throughout, including dazzling arrays of complimentary keyboard work, deliciously intricate percussion, and expertly weaved vocal lines. The boys have become very adept with their computers, and the samples are spliced with infinite care and virtuosity. Simply marvelous!

Tracklist:
01 - Noonday Sun
02 - Green And Blue
03 - Madazulu
04 - 1716
05 - Deep Weather
06 - Comparsa
07 - Earthquake (transition 1)
08 - Tres Marias
09 - Radio Belize
10 - Ekue Ekue
11 - La Lune se bat avec les ?toiles (transition 2)
12 - Forest Power
13 - Media Luna



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The primordial unknown–or the modern urban dweller’s impressions thereof–has long been a staple of New Age music. So it was only a matter of time before some studio whiz got the notion to take the translation process one step further and bring that atmosphere to the dance floor. It’s definitely authentic–the creators studied and borrowed genuine chants from African tribes–but just as importantly, it’s remarkably seductive. The chart-topping signature song, “Sweet Lullaby,” is indicative of what’s going on in the grooves of the other nine tracks; ambient house beats burble pastorally while “multi-culti” samples ebb and flow gracefully, even romantically, through the mix.

Tracklist:
A Volta
Africa Brasil
Amazonia
Cerradao
Ceu Do Brasi
Fazenda
Goiano
Minas Nascimento
Pe De Flor
Pimenta Do Tempero
Sweet Lullaby Brazilian Version
Terra De Indio Part 2
Terra De Indio
Virtual Forest



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This record is a must have, because it defined a new era of crossover-style music. It took Pygmies and put them to an Enigma beat, with an occasional broken English (Dutch syntax?) commentary. Sounds cheezy, but it really works.

The band describes themselves as not a band. “Deep Forest” is a project, according to its creators. Therefore, the album is a stand-alone work, except that it enjoyed such an unpredicted success that it spawned a series of projects.

I first bought this album as an import in the early 90’s. “Sweet Lullaby” had been getting some pretty frequent radio play on the San Francisco alternative rock stations, and it was simply intriguing. Nobody had ever heard voices like this. Mix in ambient jungle sounds. Synthetic beat. What a combination? Sound strange? It’s not that different from what we hear today from Fatboy Slim and Moby, except of course with Pygmies. I don’t think many have dared to replicate it.

Tracklist:
01 - Deep Forest
02 - Sweet Lullaby
03 - Hunting
04 - Nightbird
05 - The First Twilight
06 - Savana Dance
07 - Desert Walk
08 - White Whisper
09 - The Second Twilight
10 - Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix)



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Deep Forest’s greatest hits collection finally sees a stateside release, albeit with a drastically different tracklisting to its import counterparts. While imports versions tend to be better in this case neither version is truly satisfactory. The US release offers Deep Forest’s biggests hits “sweet lullaby” (in a slightly remixed form) and “marta’s song” as well smart choices like “ekue ekue” and “twosome.” These songs really showcase the act’s ability create modern vocal pop songs from ethnic chants and old folk songs. The US collection sadly omits the duo’s collaboration with Peter Gabriel on “while the earth sleeps.” Neither domestic nor import release give a nod to “Pacifique” - the soundtrack they scored. The US tracklisting works well despite its noticeable omissions. It does try to make up with the inclusion of the Deep forest remix of “undecided” for artist Youssou N’dour. If you are a casual fan of deep forest or relaxing world music this is a great hits package.

Tracklist:
01 - Sweet Lullaby (Version 2004)
02 - Marta’s Song (avec Marta Sebestyen)
03 - Night Bird (Version 2004)
04 - Anasthasia
05 - Freedom Cry
06 - Desert Walk (Version 2004)
07 - Dignity (feat. Beverly Jo Scott)
08 - Ekue Ekue
09 - L’ile Invisible
10 - Yuki Song (feat. Beverly Jo Scott)
11 - Deep Weather
12 - Far East
13 - Deep Blue Sea (feat. Anggun)
14 - Lament
15 - La Lune Se Bat (avec Les Etoiles)
16 - Twosome (Marta et Katalin version)
17 - Will You Be Ready (feat. Angela Mc Cluskey & Hajime Chitose)
18 - In the Evening
19 - Will You Be Ready (Be Prepared Remix) (feat. Angela Mc Cluskey & Hajime Chitose)
20 - Yuki Song (Remix) (feat. Beverly Jo Scott)
21 - Sweet Lullaby (Version 2003) (feat Ana Torroja)



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Tracklist:
01. Cafe Europa
02. Deep Forest
03. Gathering
04. Desert Walk
05. Bulgarian Melody
06. Sweet Lullaby
07. Twosome
08. Night Bird
09. Anasthasia
10. Forest Hymn
11. Lament
12. White Whisper
13. Deep Folk Song
14. Bohemian Ballet
15. Savana Dance
16. Hunting



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But even though Deep Forest has produced music for movies before, there are several suprises on the new score of Kusa no Ran. One of the big ones being that there are 23 tracks, two composed by Michel Sanchez and all the rest by Eric Mouquet! It’s sort of a departure from the team effort that fans are used to seeing from the musical duo, at least under the name Deep Forest.

Tracklist:
01. Chichibu Faraway
02. Voice Of The Grass
03. For The Beloved One
04. Voice Of The Grass II
05. Volition
06. Fire Within The Heart
07. Unforgiven
08. Autumn
09. Ryo Shrine - Previous Night
10. Forever
11. Separation
12. Chase - Pursuit
13. Wolves Under The Moon
14. Mountain Pass
15. Rebellion Of The Grass
16. Dark Clouds
17. Confusion
18. Spread Over Mountains And Rivers
19. Evening In Chichibu
20. Requiem
21. Proof For Living
22. Eternal Dream
23. Eternal Dream



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We never expected a live album from Deep Forest, the two French keyboardists (Eric Monquet and Michel Sanchez) whose stylishly peculiar music (ambient meets dance meets Pygmy vocalese) is a laboratory-like concoction of clever sampling, synthesizers, and studio savvy. Sanchez, in fact, confesses to stage fright. Yet here we find the two lads on a Tokyo stage in 1998, accompanied by four musicians and three singers, breathing life–at times, even fire–into their digitally spliced global village. It’s a different sound for the group, and mostly an invigorating one. The real-time human element permeating Made in Japan infuses DF’s carefully crafted atmospheres with an energizing vitality and sense of spontaneity. Any absence of studio sophistication in Deep Forest’s live sound is compensated for by the music’s celebratory mood and the concert’s interactive, transcultural, communal environment. This serves to reinforce an ongoing subtext in Deep Forest’s aesthetic–the desire to draw a musical thread through the mystical pursuits of far-flung cultures. Highlights: the beguiling grooves of “Bohemian Ballet,” the mysterious propulsion of “Café Europa,” and the groove-fueled choir that drives “Forest Power.”

Tracklist:
01 - Ekue Ekue
03 - Deep Weather
04 - Bohemian Ballet
05 - Deep Folk Song
07 - Cafe Europa
08 - Forest Power
09 - Hunting
10 - Forest Hymn
11 - Sweet Lullaby
12 - Madazulu



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This is certainly not an album that many people have heard of (much less the band Deep Forest!). I’ve owned it for a number of years and enjoyed it quite a bit, and I was very surprised to see how few reviews exist for MUSIC DETECTED.

I’ve been a fan of Deep Forest for many years, and have enjoyed listening as their style shifted from the electro influenced chill (infused with the overlay of indigenous language) of Deep Forest to the African centric rhythm and beats of Comparsa. In Music Detected, there is an Asian quality to some of the tracks, and especially the vocals.

This album is a romp through music styles with dance beats commingling with classical lyric construction. It is joyful, melancholy, teeming with the energy that Deep Forest has always been able to capture in their music. The songs might be dissimilar to their previous offering in their use of heavy beats and English lyrics, but they still convey the same power and authenticity of their older albums.

Stand out tracks include:

Soul Elevator
Computer Machine
Beauty In Your Eyes
Will You Be Ready

A fun, interesting, and surprisingly danceable album, MUSIC DETECTED makes me hungry for a new Deep Forest album to settle in to. Perhaps soon.

Tracklist:
01. India
02. Endangered Species
03. Soul Elevator
04. Computer Machine
05. Yuki Song (Ft Beverly Jo Scott)
06. Beauty In You Neyes
07. Elemental (Ft Beverly Jo Scott)
08. Far East
09. Deep Blue Sea (Ft Anggun)
10. Will You Be Ready (Ft Abgela Mccluskey Chitose Hajime)
11. In The Evening
12. Dignity (Ft Beverly Jo Scott)
13. Endangered Species (Galleon Remix Radio Edit)



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This is the Japanese release of Pacifique, a soundtrack done for a French film. This CD contains a bonus track, “Huahine Reggae part 2″, as well as a bonus multimedia feature. It is missing one track that’s on the French release, “La légende part 1″ - 0:46. A must-have for Deep Forest collectors.

Tracklist:
01 - Pacifique
02 - La légende (part 2)
03 - Night Village
04 - Le réveil de Barnabé (part 1)
05 - La révolte
06 - Le baiser
07 - Ouverture Huahiné
08 - L’Ile Invisible
09 - La légende (part 1)
10 - Exécution
11 - Le réveil de Barnabé (part 2)
12 - Moon Light
13 - Téfaora ne croit pas à la légende
14 - La veuve furieuse
15 - Huainé reggae



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This CD was brought home as a bit of a gamble . . you can’t always tell by the cover. Since it was first put on the CD drawer a week ago it’s been played continually - I can’t get enough of it. Reminiscent of Deep Forest, Enigma and plenty of other bands whose names escape me, it’s haunting, beautiful, catchy, and addictive. I love it. I just wish I could sing along.

Tracklist:
01-Introduction to Pangea
02-Memories of Pangea
03-M’ganga’s Devotion
04-Tanganyika Secret
05-Mangbetu Girl
06-Sanza’s Spirit
07-Back to Kirisoke
08-Happy Threshing
09-River dawn
10-Kiranga Beat
11-Water and Fire
12-Outro
13-Undecided
14-While the earth sleeps



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Tracklist:
01 - Deep Forest
02 - Sweet Lullaby
03 - Hunting
04 - Savana Dance
05 - Memories Of Pangea
06 - River Dawn
07 - Undecied
08 - While The Earth Sleeps
09 - Awa Awa
10 - Alane
11 - Ken Mouka
12 - Ramende
13 - Deep Weather
14 - Comparsa
15 - Forest Power



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Reissue of the internationally flavored, French da nce act’s remix album. Feauting 15 tracks in all. Highlights include, ‘Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix), (Round The World Mix), (Apollo Mix), ‘Deep Forest (Sunrise At Alctraz Mix)’, ‘Forest Hymn (Apollo Mix), ‘Hunting’, ‘Night Bird’, ‘Desert Walk’ & more.

Tracklist:
01 - Deep Forest
02 - Sweet Lullaby
03 - Huntung
04 - Night Bird
05 - The First Twilling
06 - Savana Dance
07 - Desert Walk
08 - White Whisper
09 - The Second Twilling
10 - Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix)
11 - Sweet Lullaby (Round The World Mix)
12 - Sweet Lullaby (Apollo Mix)
13 - Deep Forest (Sunrise At Alcatraz)
14 - Forest Hymn (Apollo Mix)
15 - Forest Hymn



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Michel Sanchez, who also gave us the infectious “Deep Forest” albums, is a master talent. His previous solo outing, “Windows,” was one of my favorite albums of 1998, so I couldn’t wait to get my ears on this new release. Believe it or not, this new record, “Hieroglyphs,” makes the wild and wonderful “Windows” seem almost tame by comparison. Think of what might happen if there were a collaborative effort among Weather Report, New York Voices, Cirque du Soleil, and Rob Mounsey’s Flying Monkey Orchestra — all pumped up on steroids — and you begin to get the idea. Sanchez, with his amazing ability to mesh various musical styles and vivid tone colors (not to mention his impeccable keyboard virtuosity), will turn your ear every which way but loose! While “Deep Forest” fans may or may not be able to keep up, Sanchez definitely runs ahead of the pack on this one!

Tracklist:
1. Hieroglyphes
2. Stimulus
3. Hot Day
4. La Paysanne
5. Poeme
6. That’s Just Like Me
7. Parlami D’Amour
8. Issouena
9. Tanis
10. Duo
11. Serments
12. Souffler N’Est Pas Jouer
13. La Citadine



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Michel Sanchez is a member of Deep Forest. This solo CD was recorded in 1994. Of course, it`s not as good as “World Mix”, “Boheme” or “Music Detected”, but this CD much more interesting than other albums by Deep Forest. It starts from dynamic song “Tholos”. Tholos means a kind of mysterious sanctauries or tombs, which were built from gigantic stones in Europe in Neolithic Age. The album is a mix of dynamic and slow light instrumental electronic melodies with many samples of ethnic singing (one thing is bad - there are no any commentaries by Sanchez or references to the sources of this samples). If such an album was recorded, say, by David Byrne or Eno it could be a sensation! So if you like early Deep Forest - you would like this CD. A must for every fan of DF.

Tracklist:
01 - Tholos
02 - After the Rain
03 - Out of the Window
04 - The Old Tree
05 - Procession
06 - Unforgettable Day
07 - Humming Birds
08 - Only the Children
09 - Gold Diggers
10 - Moonbeam
11 - Calumet
12 - Yodle Dance
13 - Yellow Stone



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Dao Dezi is definitely among the top ten albums, perhaps not because of its sheer musical quality, but because the album is simply so much fun listening to.

Fans of Deep Forest should know what to expect - precise electronic drums and basslines, mesmerizing stereophonic loops, sampled chanting and softly droning synthetic pads form the background for the various male singers. The singing on most of the tracks is energetic and very fast and even if you understand the French and Breton lyrics you may find it hard to sing along (and with melodies as catchy as these you will probably want to!).

The singing is complemented with brilliant instrumental passages played on bagpipes, bombardes, violons and various whistles and pipes. All very competently and professionally played and contributing to the “world music” sound of the album.

Tracklist:
01 - Hebribes
02 - LA Jument De Mishao
03 - Kokerikero
04 - Ti Eliz Iza
05 - Tri Martoloo
06 - The King of the Fairies
07 - Gaspesie
08 - An Tri Breur
09 - 11.11.93
10 - Digor
11 - Ti Eliz Iza (2)



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