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Sweet Lullaby

Album: Deep Forest

Released: Jan 1, 1992

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Sweet Lullaby
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Genre: 2-step / Electro
Location Un
Profile Views: 483813
Last Login: 2/16/2013
Member Since 3/1/2007
Website www.deep-forest.fr
Record Label unsigned
Type of Label Major
Bio
..History of Deep Forest.... Few French groups achieve worldwide success, but one such group is Deep Forest, who have sold several million albums to date. Deep Forest was born in 1990, in northern France, created by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez. In 1992 the self-titled album ....Deep Forest.... was released, mixing traditional chants from Cameroon, Senegal, Burundi, and The Solomon Islands with western dance beats and melodies creating an energetic yet uplifting sound, which became popular all over the world. The album also included Deep Forest's most recognized single ..Sweet Lullaby... The album was re-release in 1994 as ....World Mix.... with four bonus remixes in an attempt to better market the music the second time around..... Between 1994-95 Deep Forest was actively involved in remixing, infusing their style into the music of artists such as Apollo 440, Cesaria Evora, Jon Anderson, Youssou N'Dour, Sally Oldfield and the Sahotas. At the same time they were working on their follow-up album ....Boheme.... released in late 1995..... ....Boheme.... led the music to the folklore of Eastern Europe, again taking traditional chants & melodies and seamlessly blending them with modern beats and instruments. Only this time Deep Forest focused less on samples, and more on collaborations with artists from the region. Hungarian folk-singer Marta Sebestyn was featured on three tracks, including the popular ..Marta's Song... The result was music absent in the first album's dance atmosphere, and instead something much more haunting. ....Boheme.... earned Deep Forest the 1996 Grammy for best world music album, and it is often considered a favorite among Deep Forest fans..... In 1996 the group showed that they could turn their studio-only music into a live performance by gathering together an ensemble of musicians and going on a world tour. After touring, Eric and Michel began working on ....Comparsa...., released in 1998. ....Comparsa.... took the group to Madagascar, Cuba, Mexico and Central America. The third album was a fast-paced and happy-sounding collection of songs. One of the highlights was the ..Media Luna.., featuring the voices of Ana Torroja and Abed Azrie in a chilling duet. Another world tour ensued, which resulted in ....Made in Japan.... (1999) a recording of one of a concert in Tokyo's Koseinenkin Hall. The live versions of many of the songs contain improvisations and is an impressive re-creation of the originals..... Work on the next studio album began, this time with an eye on Asia. While working on the new music, then French actor Thierry Lhermitte, a fan of their music, co-produced and starred in the film 'Le Prince du Pacifique', and asked Deep Forest to compose an original soundtrack to the movie, putting their Asian project on hold. The soundtrack ....Pacifique.... (2001), tended to be more electronic-instrumental than their previous work, influenced by the Polynesian Islands. ....Pacifique.... being done, Eric and Michel continued exploring the music of Asia..... One day while driving home Eric was listening to a French radio program when he heard the incredible rocker voice of American Beverly Jo Scott. Eric immediately contacted her and asked her to work with them. BJ Scott's involvement had a profound effect on their music. In 2002 ....Music Detected.... was released, and as promised it featured many Asian influences and high-profile artists including Anggun, Chitose Hajime, Taro Hakase, and Mahalakshmi Iyer. ....Music Detected.... took Deep Forest in a completely new direction. There were two things that made it stand out as a milestone for Deep Forest. First was the use of a lot of English lyrics, which mingle with traditional Asian languages, on some tracks. Second, for the first time in a studio album, they used real drums, rather than synthesized ones, performed by drummer David Fall. The result was music absent of their trademark samples, instead lyrics took priority accompanied with raging guitars inspired by groups like Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith. The rock influence on their music was received negatively by some Deep Forest fans, but at the same time attracted a new crowd of listeners..... Eleven years after the initial release of Deep Forest, came ....Essence of Deep Forest.... (2003) their first best of album. The compilation includes music from their 4 studio releases as well as three new mixes. An especially noteworthy track is the new version of ..Sweet Lullaby.. sung by Ana Torroja, with alternative-rock influences. .... In 2004 Deep Forest took to the silver screen once again, composing the soundtrack to the independent Japanese film ....Kusa no Ran...., a historical account of the 1884 rebellion. The score was made up of 21 brief instrumental songs, including the song ..Eternal Dream.., featuring Lyrico. The soundtrack was only released in limited number in Japan, and can be difficult to find..... During the 2002-2007 period Eric Mouquet worked with various international artists and composed and produced for Josh Groban, their first collaboration on the album Closer was a big hit with more than 7 millions copies. Josh Groban and Eric Mouquet did another succesful collaboration on the album Awake in 2006. Herbie Hancock played is legendary electric piano on the song "Machine". In 2008 Eric Mouquet produced and released Deep Brasil, this album is a collaboration with Brazilian artist Flavio Dell Isola. During this period, while Michel Sanchez decided to run his own career as a singer, Eric Mouquet decided to continue to compose and to keep Deep Forest alive. In 2009, 2010 Eric Mouquet decided to go back on stage with Deep Forest and the band started to perform live (Japan, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Dakar, Paris La Villette…). In 212 Eric collaborates on many albums including "File under Zawinul" by the legendary Band Syndicate, Eric also participate to the Paco Sery album " La vraie vie". In 2013 Eric Mouquet and Rahul Sharma collaborate to compose and produce " Deep India" available at Sony Music. Deep Africa will be released soon.
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