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The two producers who are Deep Forest are folklorists with keyboards and samplers and visions of one world. Instead of traveling back-country roads and recording native singers on their home turf, they comb the world of recorded music and sample the natives; and instead of presenting them as they are, they mix and match them and supply the beats themselves. Following a debut that was based on Pygmy music from Central Africa, BOHEME scans the landscape of Eastern Europe and Asia for the exotic sounds of throat singing, cantorial chanting and Hungarian folk melodies. Add in ambient dance tracks and keyboards blips, and you have Tuvan techno.
The star voice on BOHEME belongs to Transylvanian singer Marta Sebestyen, whose records are sampled on some tracks and who sings directly on others. On "Bulgarian Melody," the producers drop out the beats altogether to showcase her mesmerizing, folk-ish throat singing. "Deep Folk Song" is a sprightly, accordion-based folk dance, spiced with high, otherwordly vocal chants; it tips the balance, momentarily, away from techno and toward the local culture. "Cafe Europa" stretches the album's landscape to include an American Indian chant, and the seamless way it merges into the techno beat suggest Deep Forest's true message: that two very different local cultures might just be parts of one much bigger culture.
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
Includes liner notes by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez.
BOHEME won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
Recorded at EMM Studio.
Composers: Eric Mouquet; Mike Sanchez .
Audio Mixers: Dan Gellert; David Bottrill; Eric Mouquet; Joe Gibb; Michel Sanchez.
Recording information: EMM Studio.
Photographers: Jacko Vassilev; Pierre Terrasson.
Arrangers: Eric Mouquet; Mike Sanchez ; Michel Sanchez.
Deep Forest: Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez.
Additional personnel: Marta Sebestyen (vocals).
Q (8/95, p.119) - 3 Stars - Good - "...BOHEME....[features a] greater emphasis on East European musics. If it's cultural tourism, then the scenery is very pretty. Heart-stopping melodies abound even if the Euro-rock arrangements recall Jean-Michel Jarre's designer banalities..." Boheme Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, World, R&B, Pop, Electronica, Alternative, Ambient, Dance, Enhanced CD | | Label | 550 Music | | Orig Year | 1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9857  | | CD Universe Part number | 1507947 | | Catalog number | 67115 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 20, 1995 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Eric Mouquet; Mike Sanchez; Michel Sanchez | | Recording Time | 42 minutes | | Personnel | Eric Mouquet
Michel Sanchez - vocals
Also: Marta Sebestyen |
Boheme Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Drop-dead Gorgeous.
This is a 'drop-dead' gorgeous album, full of rich melody, deep emotion, and constant sonic surprise. You can let it wash over you like a reverie, listen intently on a high-res system (how low does that bass go!)or dance around the house in an old pair of undies, full of the joy of existence. Just get it ,o.k.
Submitted by David Martin (Mt. Martha, Australia.)
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 Deep Forest Boheme
This is the second album by Deep Forest. Now this album isn't one of my favorites, but it has an amazing track list, the best of this album is Martha's Song. But still the first album(Deep Forest) and the third album(Deep Forest III Comparsa) are better. But hey Deep Forest Boheme did win a Grammy Award for Best World Music. So this album is worth checking out. 3/5.
Submitted by Sam (United States)
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Exotic Album!!
A cultural cd for those who really love this kind of music!!
Submitted by Jorge Nazur (tucuman, ARGENTINA)
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I keep listening to track 2 (bohemian ballet), it makes you feel like your in another world, the way the song starts. It has nice deep low end bass which can be "felt" from a good system. Their first album, Deep Forest, is best though.
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