Editing Deep Forest (section)

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{{short description|French electronic music group}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Deep Forest
| image           = Deep Forest logo.svg<!--Not the original logo, but lookalike!-->
| caption         =
| alias           =
| origin          = France
| genre           = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[New-age music|new-age]], [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[World music|world]], [[ethnic electronica]]
| years_active    = 1992–present
| label           =
| associated_acts =
| website         = [http://www.deep-forest.fr/ Official Website]<br>[http://www.michelsanchez.com/ Michel Sanchez]  
| current_members = [[Éric Mouquet]] (1992–present)
| past_members    = [[Michel Sanchez (musician)|Michel Sanchez]] (1992–2005)<ref name="Sanchesquit">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQzZtXicnTU |title=Deep Forest Andromeda |publisher=YouTube |date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''Deep Forest''' is a French music project that originally began as a duo consisting of [[Michel Sanchez (musician)|Michel Sanchez]] and [[Éric Mouquet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efi-news.com/2012/12/candid-conversation-with-eric-mouquet.html |title=Candid conversation with Eric Mouquet - frontman of Grammy Award winning Deep Forest ~ EF News International &#124; Music and Culture |access-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502232729/http://www.efi-news.com/2012/12/candid-conversation-with-eric-mouquet.html |archive-date=2 May 2014 }}</ref> They compose a style of [[world music]], sometimes called [[ethnic electronica]], mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and [[electronic dance music|dance beats]] or [[Chill-out music|chillout beats]]. Their sound has been described as an "ethno-introspective ambient world music".<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/deep-forest-biography |title=Deep Forest Biography: Contemporary Musicians |access-date=28 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905155246/http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/deep-forest-biography |archive-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref>

They were nominated for a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] in 1994 <!-- Year 1993 or 1994? link is for -94 -->for [[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album|Best World Music Album]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Moon |first=Tom |url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-01-07/living/25824842_1_donald-fagen-s-kamakiriad-award-nominations-song-of-the-year-category/8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717144924/http://articles.philly.com/1994-01-07/living/25824842_1_donald-fagen-s-kamakiriad-award-nominations-song-of-the-year-category/8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2011 |title=Sting, R.e.m., Houston Grab Grammy Bids Nominations Predictably Conservative; Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton Blocked From Big Awards - philly-archives |website=Articles.philly.com |date=7 January 1994 |access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> and in 1995 they won the Award for the album ''[[Boheme (album)|Boheme]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efi-news.com/2012/12/Deep-Forest-at-Deep-India-Concert.html |title=Psychedelic evening with Deep Forest at Deep India concert ~ EF News International &#124; Music and Culture |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002131021/http://www.efi-news.com/2012/12/Deep-Forest-at-Deep-India-Concert.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Sanchesquit"/>