Deep Forest/Deep Brasil
Deep Forest was co-founded by Michel Sanchez (1 July 1957 Somain, France). He spent much of this youth studying music (piano, classical organ percussion).
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
- 1995: 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
The project was first developed in the early 1990's, when Sanchez mixed synthesizer with a traditional song from the Solomon Islands. Their sound has been described as an “ethno-introspective ambient world music” or "ethnic electronica," innovatively fusing traditional ethnic musics with state-of-the-art rhythms.
2008 – Deep Brasil
The first, eponymous Deep Forest’s record, released in 1992, focused on african cultures and has been an almost immediate success. “Boheme”, the second album, was inspired by the Eastern Europe positioning them in the french and international music scene. Their most recent album, Deep Brasil, was released in 2008.
http://www.michelsanchez.com/