Deep Forest: Michel Sanchez & Eric Mouquet

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Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a style 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.' Enjoy their performance at the Syma Event Hall in Budapest.

Michel Sanchez came up with the idea of mixing the native Baka pygmy spoken word with modern music after hearing on‐site recordings of these tribes conversing. Along with Eric Mouquet they created the project Deep Forest. The group was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best World Music Album, and in 1995 they won the Award for the album Boheme. The group also became a World Music Awards Winner as the French group with the highest 1995 world sales. Their albums have sold over 10 million copies.