Deep Forest
Country of origin:
France
Type of music generally:
Electronic world music
Status:
Most recent release, Evo Devo (Evolution & Development) (2016)
See also:
Wikipedia's entry on Deep Forest
Comparisons:
Think Baka Beyond fronted by Peter Gabriel doing electronic music incorporating field recordings of indigenous music
Covers/own material:
Own, some co-written
General comments:
When it comes to stylish electronica, French duos have risen to the top. Deep Forest works the ethno-techno World Beat angle. (jeffw@smoe.org)
Recommended first album:
Boheme
Recordings:
- Deep Forest (1992)
- World Mix (1994)
- Boheme (1995)
- Comparsa (1997/8)
- Made in Japan (live, 1999)
- Pacifique (2000
- Music Detected (2002)
- Essence of the Forest (compilation, 2004)
- Kusa No Ran (limited Japan-only release, 2004)
- Sweet Lullaby Remixed (remixes, 2007)
- Deep Brasil (2008)
- Deep India (2013)
- Deep Africa (2013)
- Evo Devo (Evolution & Development) (2016)
Deep Forest
Release info:
1992
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended
Comments:
Another grooving album. Crank the bass and dance to these pygmies. The frenchmen who put this one together did a pretty good job, although I think they didn't let the pygmies sing for themselves quite enough and spent too much time stringing samples together. A nice ambient dance album nonetheless. (relph@presto.ig.com)Deep Forest is Ecto, I believe, but it's as much a product of technology as Front 242. The pygmies are pretty much irrelevant; it's just an ecological marketing gimmick. They could have sampled just about anything with the same effect. Isn't technology wonderful? (KSMUDGE@uwyo.edu)
Boheme
Release info:
1995—Sony
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended
Group members:
Eric Mouquet
Michel Sanchez
Guest artists:
Márta Sebestyéen (3, 6, 9)
Katalin Szvorak (9)
Franck A. Douglas (10)
Produced by:
Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez
Comments:
I like it much more than their first, but I doubt it will do as well. Less danceable, more accordions, but some great vocals by Márta Sebestyén. Being heralded as "Deep Forest go to Transylvania". (jjhanson@att.net)This seems quite an amazing album, definitely worth listening to, especially if you liked their first, although it does differ from this astoundingly. Lovely and interesting vocals. an album i love based solely on the music (well, obviously... i don't understand the languages being sung in :). it's almost too well produced, too slick, but again it's an album i've listened to a lot and really enjoy, so it's made it to my best of the year. my favourite track has got to be "freedom cry", which is interesting, since i generally like female vocals and the person singing on this is male; although the women's voices are lovely, this one somehow has the most expression, and some quality that i find impossible to define, but which i love. maybe i find it a friendly voice. or something. anyway. (damon)
I *love* this album! I have only listened to it once so far, but it conjured up a lot of little vignettes in my mind. I can't wait to go travelling with this CD again :) (fleur)
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