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, 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. Michel Sanchez (Born: July 3, 1957 in Somain, France). He spent much of this youth studying music (piano, classical organ percussion). Sanchez is the co-founder of the band Deep Forest. He won a Grammy Award in 1995, and a World Award for best world music album. In the early 90s Sanchez mixed synthesizer with a traditional song from the Solomon Islands. This was the starting point of Deep Forest.
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