"Basking in the glory of hit albums, chart-topping singles and even a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, the French ethnic fusion group Deep Forest has taken a dance-pop techno sound and turned it into an internationally acclaimed ambient world style that has electronica fans screaming for more.Deeply involved with African tones and sounds, Deep Forest started out from an inspirational trip to Africa. Eric Mouquet and Michael Sanchez, two keyboardists and programmers from France, started Deep Forest after Sanchez returned from a trip to Africa, whereby he brought back samples of atmospheric African dance tracks. Teaming up with producer Dan Lacksman, Deep Forest's first eponymous debut came in 1993. Using an ambient style thrown in with voices of the Pygmies of the central African rainforest, the group produced the album Deep Forest, which featured the smash single ""Sweet Lullaby."" The song caught the attention of ravers everywhere, and soon floods of remixes graced the scene, plastering the name Deep Forest onto the wide world of techno lovers. The group's smooth sound propelled Deep Forest into their follow-up album, 1995's Boheme. The album included vocalist Marta Sebestyen and reflected music of Mongolia, India and Hungary. Garnering international attention at this point, the album won a Grammy for Best World Music Album, increasing the momentum for the group's third album, 1998's Comparsa, which landed at the number three slot on the world music charts that year.Branching out slightly from their traditional style of music, Deep Forest next recorded the soundtrack Pacifique in 2000 for the French film Le Prince du Pacifique, but soon thereafter continued on with their winning recording streak, producing the 2002 hit album Music. Detected_. The ethnic fusion album shot right back up to the top of the world music charts, landing at number five."
