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Deep Forest: Bohême

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Artist: Deep Forest
Title: Bohême
Released: 1995
Label: Cölumbia Records
Time: 42:36
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Appears with:
Category: Electronic / World Music
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.10.04
Price in €: 10,99
Web address: www.deepforestmusic.com

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[1] Anasthasia (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 1:48
[2] Bohemian Ballet (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 5:15
[3] Marta's Song (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 4:13
[4] Gathering (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 4:39
[5] Lament (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 3:09
[6] Bulgarian Melody (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 3:09
[7] Deep Folk Song (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 1:13
[8] Freedom Cry (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 3:17
[9] Twosome (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 4:06
[10] Cafe Europa (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 4:17
[11] Katharina (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 2:53
[12] Bohême (Mouquet/Sanchez) - 4:37

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


ERIC MOUQUET - Arrangement, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing
MICHEL SANCHEZ - Idea, Arrangement, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing

MÁRTA SEBESTYÉN - Vocals
KATALIN SZVORÁK - Vocals

DAVID BOTTRILL - Mixing
JOE GIBB - Mixing
DAN GELLERT - Mixing
BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
JACKO VASSILEV - Photography
PIERRE TERRASSON - Photography
MARC HARROLD - Photomontage

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1995 CD 550 Music 67115
1995 CD Columbia 478623-2
1995 CD Sony 67115
1995 CS Sony 67115
1995 LP Sony 67115



Much like Deep Forest's debut album, Boheme is a combination of club music and worldbeat. While the album is certainly danceable, it works better as trance-inducing mood music, although it isn't quite as consistent as the debut.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Nach dem Kunstprodukt Enigma, das auf kommerziell einträgliche Weise gregorianische Gesänge mit "weltlichen" Dance-Beats koppelte, schielen nun die zwei Belgier von Deep Forest mit einer ähnlich gelagerten Idee nach den Charts. Gesampelte Eingeborenengesänge aus Afrika verschmelzen mit synthetischen Rhythmen zu einer zeitgemäßen Ambient-Tanzmusik, die auf der Single "Sweet Lullaby" gefällt, auf Dauer aber langweilig. ** Interpret.: 04-07

© Stereoplay



A beautiful, radical fusion can be found on Deep Forest 's latest release, Boheme (550/Sony). Their previous record also concentrated on the indigenous pygmies of central Africa. This one takes a great deal of inspiration from Eastern Europe as well. It heavily samples Marta Sebestyen (late of Muzsikas ) and they actually have her sing one track to order. These guys have taken the art of the remix to a new plateau. As the acid jazz group United Future Organization does in its milieu, Deep Forest takes elements from non-Western music. Through studio alchemy, they create something original enough that they can get away with calling it their own.

e.Bop - World Music Revis by Hank Bordowitz



Imagine this for a minute: you're in front of a campfire in a Slavic state. The fire is warm, and the company is, too. Someone with an accordion begins to play, another begins to drum, and over it all, a man begins to sing an age-old song that his grandfathers before him have sung, wistfully recalling the memories of childhood and strife, knowing even as they sing that the words are being heard and remembered by the sleepy children who warm their hands before the same fires. This is Deep Forest, drawing from some of the traditional folk songs of Transylvania and the Slavic states for the album Boheme. They have taken the traditional words, traditional singers and traditional instruments, and have remastered them, adding a low dance beat and additional sound textures to create a tapestry of music that can't help but be complex and engaging. The entire CD is a dream of eastern Europe, set to music and made tangible by these musicians who truly deserve to be called "artists." Track two, for example, "Bohemian Ballet," derives its complicated rhythm from the sounds of women's hands clapping, and its lilting melody from the exaulted voices of ancient singers. Track three, "Marta's Song," is much the same, but with an altogether different feel -- reposing, joyful satisfaction and love after a day long in the hours and completed work. Listening to this collection, it seems chameleon-like. It is a perfect backdrop if there is other work to be done, soft and unchallenging on the surface, allowing your mind to drift to the task at hand, and keeping the pleasant banter over your internal dialogue. Alternately, when listened to specifically, in the car or before bed, it takes on a different flavor, with enough layers of complexity to keep the active mind busy without additional input. It transports you, taking you to a place buried deep in your psyche, where the primal white-noise ceases. More than just a distraction, this work is a masterpiece, able to feed the soul as well as the imagination. It truly is a piece of audio magic, preserved for ears ready to listen. Don't miss out.

by Elizabeth Badurina



Deep Forest, Boheme (550 Music/Epic 1995) - The French duo of Michael Sanchez and Eric Mouquet - the creative entity known as Deep Forest - extend their musical adventure into a mysterious and alluring territory on Boheme. With melodies and rhythms that range from Middle Eastern to Middle European to the Far East, Boheme is a treasure of ethnic music dressed in a dancebeat package. Deep Forest's self-titled debut album (which boasts of strong Japanese and Eastern influences) was released in the U.S. in April 1993, and is a worldwide hit: gold-plus in both the U.S. and Britain, double platinum in Australia, a best-seller throughout Europe and Japan, and a Grammy award nominee. In the follow-up, Sanchez and Mouquet traveled to Translyvania (no kidding!), where they found the quicksilver voice of Marta Sebestyen, who is best known in the West as the lead singer for the Hungarian traditional group, Muzsikas, with whom she has released three U.S. albums. After experimenting with samples of her voice, Sanchez and Mouquet brought Marta from her home in Budapest to Lille, France to record new renditions of traditional melodies. Marta's lovely vocals were then submitted to Deep Forest's splicing, editing and sequencing techniques. Boheme is a "Bohemian Rhapsody" in a wide sense, including gypsy songs, echoes of Inuit (Eskimo), Mongolian, and Balinese voices to produce post-techno, post-ambient dance music. There's no easy way to describe this music, as it blends a huge variety of ethnic and world beat music. Highlights include the lovely "Marta's Song" (which was heard on the soundtrack to Robert Altman's Pret a Porter), which features Marta's haunting voice and an invigorating string section, and "Freedom Cry," which opens with an African-style vocal introduction before proceeding to a jaunty, accordion-driven melody. Boheme is different and unique. Fans of world beat and tribal music (including last year's great Moroccan release from Khaled) will love this disc. Willie Nelson, Just One Love (Justice Records 1995) - The amazing renaissance of Willie Nelson continues in full flower. Since his rebirth on 1992's Across the Borderline (a wonderful album), Willie's found a new vitality and strength. That sense of freedom and creativity continues on Just One Love. Backed by a well-honed working band, the 12 cuts on this disc (all covers) show Willie at his best: rich-voiced, calm, and with a perfect sense of delivery. Just One Love was produced by Grady Martin, and recorded at Pedernales Studios in Spicewood, Texas. Willie's band includes Mike Leach on bass, Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, Lisa Jones on hammered dulcimer, and Grandpa Jones on banjo. Willie strikes a perfect balance between country and pop on Just One Love: just enough acoustic guitar and pedal steel to sound country, but not too much twang to be pop. Willie's voice is the most amazing part of the album. Despite all of his trials and tribulations, Willie sounds as good as ever. Highlights include the uptempo "It's a Sin," the slow-down ballad, "Four Walls," and Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold, Heart." In addition, a new find, Kimmie Rhodes, joins Willie on two duets: the title track, and "I Just Drove By." This pair could go far, as Kimmie's gentle country voice matches perfectly against Willie's gravely tenor. Willie's main problem has always been selection of material: With the right songs, he's great. With the wrong songs, he's boring. Fortunately, Just One Love finds Willie with 35 minutes of perfectly-matched material. Like a comfortable pair of shoes, Willie Nelson never lets you down. Welcome home this wayward son. Cake -- Sacramento's Cake will be at Club Fred on Thursday, August 17th. Cake has one of the strongest debut albums this year; with their muted delivery, quirky songs (especially the great, "I Bombed Korea"), and horn section, they're reminiscent of Love's seminal work. This could be one of the best local shows of the year. For something truly alternative, catch Cake at Fred's.

Randy Krbechek - August 9, 1995
Metronews Music Reviews



What a change from the ordinary! The music on this disc is full of life, rhythem, emotion, depth, and has a special quality that I can relate to. Because it is the first time I have listened to music of this sort, I admit that at first I found it odd and bizare. BUT in under an hour it became the most wonderful music have ever listened to! It has a way of drawing you in and, in some way, becoming a part of you to the point where you can't immagine being without it. My absolute favorite songs are "Bohemian ballet", "Gathering", "Twosome" and "Cafe europa". Their mood and power is beyond what I've experienced through music before, and I know I will never tire of them! I like to daydream and imagine as much as possible, and the music on this disc has added new depth and dimention to my imaginary escipades. Surely you, the reader of this will benefit the same way I have!

© babEt - Juni 2000



Imagine this for a minute: you're in front of a campfire in a Slavic state. The fire is warm, the company is also just as warm. Someone with an accordian begins to play, another begins to drum, and over it all, a man begins to sing an age-old song that his grandfathers before him have sung, wistfully recalling the memories of childhood and strife, knowing even as they sing that the words are being heard and remembered by the sleepy children who warm their hands before the same fires. This is Deep Forest, drawing from some of the traditional folk songs of Transylvania and the Slavic states for the album "Boheme". They have taken these traditional words, traditional singers and traditional instruments, and have remastered them, adding a low dance beat and additional sound textures to create a tapestry of music that can't help but be complex and engaging. The entire CD is a dream of eastern Europe, set to music and made tangible by these musicians who truly deserve to be called "artists". Track two, for example, "Bohemian Ballet", derives it's complicated rhythm from the sounds of women's hands clapping, and it's lilting melody from the exaulted voices of ancient singers. Track three, "Marta's Song", is much the same, but with an altogether different "feel" -- reposing, joyful satisfaction and love after a day long in the hours and completed work. Listening to this collection, it seems chameleon-like. It is a perfect backdrop if there is other work to be done, soft and unchallenging on the surface, allowing your mind to drift to the task at hand, and keeping the pleasant banter over your internal dialogue. Alternately, when listened to specifically, in the car or before bed, it takes on a different flavor, with enough layers of complexity to keep the active mind busy without additional input. It transports you, taking you to a place buried deep in your psyche, where the primal white-noise ceases. More than just a distraction, this work is a masterpiece, able to feed the soul as well as the imagination. It truly is a piece of audio magic, preserved for ears ready to listen. Don't miss out. Great Music to Play While: Waking up

by moderngypsy - Apr 04, 2000
 

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