Group: Deep Forest
Song: Sweet Lullaby
Album: Deep ForestYear:1992
Genres: New Age, Ambient, Ethnic Electronica
Infos . . .
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. 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.
Nominations in France and the US
- 1993: Grammy Awards Best Album - World Music
- 1993: MTV Awards Best Video - Sweet Lullaby
- 1993: Victoires de la Musique Best Album - World Music
- 1993: Victoires de la Musique Best Group of the Year
- 1995: World Music Awards Winner - French group with the highest 1995 world sales
- 1996: Grammy Awards Winner - Best Album - World Music
- 1996: Victoires de la Musique - Best Group of the Year
- 1996: Victoires de la Musique - Best Album - World Music
Albums
- 1992 – Deep Forest (over 3 millions album sales)
- 1994 – World Mix (re-release of 1992 album)
- 1995 – Boheme (over 4 million album sales)
- 1998 – Comparsa (over 1 million album sales)
- 1999 – Made in Japan (live album, 150 000 copies sold)
- 2000 – Pacifique (soundtrack album)
- 2002 – Music Detected
- 2003 – Essence of Deep Forest (best of, released only in Japan)
- 2004 – Essence of the Forest (best of, three different editions)
- 2004 – Kusa no Ran (soundtrack album, released only in Japan)
- 2008 – Deep Brasil
