Deep Forest

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Deep Forest
Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Electronic, new-age, ambient, world, ethnic electronica
Years active	1992–present
Members	Éric Mouquet (1992–present)
Past members	Michel Sanchez (1992–2005)[1]
Website	Michel Sanchez Eric Mouquet

Deep Forest is a French music project that originally began as a duo consisting of Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet.^[2] They compose a style 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".^[3]

They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best World Music Album,^[4] and in 1995 they won the Award for the album Boheme.^[5] The group also became World Music Awards Winner – French group with the highest 1995 world sales. Their albums have sold over 10 million copies. Sanchez started his own career as a singer in 2005, while Mouquet continued working under the band's original name.^[1]