Deep Forest: Deep in the Jungle FAQ

The Music

	*What CD's have Deep Forest released?*
		^ŤDeep Forest - 1992 - This debut album was released in Australia, Japan, Canada and throughout Europe. Mixing traditional chants from Cameroon, Senegal, Burundi, and The Solomon Islands with western beats and melodies created an energetic yet uplifting sound, which became popular all over the world. Deep Forest's most recognizable song, Sweet Lullaby, is on this album. NOTE: Early US and UK releases contained 10 tracks. Later versions contained the bonus song, 'Forest Hymn' as the 11th track.
		^ŤWorld Mix - 1994 - This CD is a re-released of their debut album. It contains the same 11 tracks as the original, but features 4 bonus remixes of Sweet Lullaby, Deep Forest, and Forest Hymn. It has only been released in Australia, France, and Japan.
		^ŤBoheme - 1995 - The follow-up album to Deep Forest's smash-hit debut leads us into Eastern Europe. Again taking traditional chants and melodies and seamlessly blending them with modern beats and instruments, Deep Forest created another haunting sound. Hungarian folk-singer Marta Sebestyén is featured on three tracks. This CD is often considered the favorite among Deep Forest fans. NOTE: There are numerous special releases of this CD. An Australian tour edition comes with a bonus disc which has 8 bonus songs and remixes. Several European releases have a bonus 13th track, While the Earth Sleeps, which was done with Peter Gabriel.
		^ŤComparsa - 1998 - Deep Forest's 3rd full-length release mixes music from Cuba and Madagascar. Add to that dance beats and even an accordion and you have a fast-paced and happy-sounding collection of songs. A highlight of this CD is the song 'Media Luna', which features the vocals of Ana Torroja and Abed Azrié in a chilling duet. This album was released worldwide. NOTE: The Japanese release features two bonus tracks, 'Freedom Cry' and 'Alexi'. The first is the same version that appears on the 'Boheme' album. A special release by Borders Books in the United States comes with a bonus disc which features 4 remixes of songs from each album.
		^ŤMade in Japan - 1999 - With this CD, Deep Forest did what others said was impossible: turn their studio-only music into a live performance. This CD contains 12 recordings of Deep Forest songs as performed at Tokyo's Koseinenkin Hall in Japan on July 9th, 1998. Most songs are at least several minutes longer than the originals, and have been rearranged. NOTE: The Japanese release features two bonus tracks, 'Tres Marias' and 'White Whisper'.
		^ŤPacifique - 2000/1 - This CD is the soundtrack for the French film 'La Prince du Pacifique' done by Deep Forest. It has 15 tracks, which tend to be more instrumental than their previous work. It has been released in France, Japan, and The Netherlands. NOTE: The Japanese release contains a bonus track and a special multimedia feature.
		^ŤMusic Detected - 2002 - The eagerly anticapted fourth release by Deep Forest finds the group going in a different direction. There are two things that make this stand out as a milestone for Deep Forest. First is the use of a lot of English lyrics, which mingle with traditional Asian language, on many tracks. Second, for the first time in a studio album, they use real drums, not synthesized ones, performed by Senegalese drummer David Fall. Guests include Anggun, Chitose Hajime, Beverly Jo Scott, and Angela McCluskey. The standard European release comes with 13 tracks, including a remix of Endangered Species by Galleon. The Japanese release contains a bonus track featuring Taro Hakase.
		^ŤKusa No Ran - 2004 - This is the second full-length soundtrack by Deep Forest. The Japanese drama is a historical account of a the rebellion of the Chicuchibu region. Although the film takes place in Japan during the late 19th century, the music has many more classical influences than ethnic influences. The album consists of 21 mainly short pieces all composed by Eric Mouquet, with the exception of two songs by Michel Sanchez. NOTE: Only relesased in Japan.

What singles have Deep Forest released?

Australian release

^ŤDeep Forest - 1992 - Various singles have been produced for this song. They can be found on CD, cassette, and vinyl. They feature remixes by numerous DJ's that vary from ambient to house. The singles have been released in Australia, France, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

^Ť Forest Hymn - 1993 - This single was only released in France. It has two tracks, both short versions of the original version. The 'Ambient Mix' is slightly slower-paced.

French single

White UK release

^Ť Savana Dance - 1994 - This was the last single issued for Deep Forest's debut album. There are two versions, one with a white cover, the other one is orange. Each CD has 4 versions of the title track. Both were only released in the United Kingdom. They feature remixes by Team Bay Route, Filet-o-gang, and Dan Lacksman & Cooky Cue.

^Ť Sweet Lullaby - 1992/3/4 - Deep Forest's first single has many forms. There are versions on CD and vinyl. They have been released in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. They feature remixes by such noted DJ's as Jam El Mar, Apollo 440, and DJ Digit & Digit Efx.

UK release

Australian single

^Ť White Whisper - 1992 - This single was only released in Australia. It has five tracks, three of which are remixes of Sweet Lullaby and Forest Hymn. This single was at least popular enough in Australia to be released twice.

^Ť Boheme - 1995 - There are two versions of this single. The first was released in Europe and contains three tracks, including a remix of Marta's Song remixed by Acid Jesus. The other version was released in Japan and also contains three tracks, two of which are remixes of Marta's Song.

European release

French single

^Ť Boheme [The Remixes] - 1995 - This single was issued on both CD and vinyl. It contains four tracks, all remixes of the title track. They were remixed by Pylon King, Shazz, and Dreadzone.

^ŤFreedom Cry - 1997 - This Japanese single contains five tracks, including two remixes of Boheme and a remix of Marta's Song. It also contains a live recording of Freedom Cry made during their 1997 trip to Melbourne, Australia.

Japanese single

US release

^ŤMarta's Song - 1995 - Deep Forest's first single for the album 'Boheme' was released in Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. It was issued on CD, cassette, and vinyl. On CD, only two releases contained remixes, those being in the US and UK. The remixes were done by DJ's such as Armand van Helden, Lenny Bertoldo & Larry Dawson, Greg Padula & Joey Melzone, and Pete Arden & Vinny Vero.

^ŤMarta's Song [the Remixes] - 1995 - This single was released on both CD and vinyl in The Netherlands. It contains six remixes of Marta's Song done by Armand van Helden, Acid Jesus, and others.

Dutch single

Austrian release

^ŤWhile the Earth Sleeps - 1996 - The title track was done along with Peter Gabriel for the film 'Strange Days'. The single has three versions with the same songs; two versions of While the Earth Sleeps (the regular version and an extended version) and the song 'Rid of Me' sung by Juliet Lewis (this is a bonus song from the 'Strange Days' soundtrack and was not done by Deep Forest).

^ŤMadazulu - 1997/8 - The first single for the album 'Comparsa' was released on CD and vinyl. It has several versions with different artwork which were released in various countries. They contain many excellent remixes done by Pablo Flores, BBE, and Phil Cat.

Japanese release

European single

^ŤMedia Luna - 1998 - This French single contains three tracks, a radio edit of Media Luna, the track 'Alexi' from the Japanese release of 'Comparsa' and another song from the album. Unfortunately, this single went out of print rather quickly due to poor sales.

^ŤNoonday Sun - 1998 - There are two versions of this single. One was released in France with a radio edit of the title track and two more songs from the album 'Comparsa'. The other version was released in Japan and has four versions of a remix done by Phil Cat.

Japanese release

French single

^ŤCollector Platine - 1997 - This single is only available as part of the 'Edition Platine' box set. It contains three tracks: a remix of Boheme and two previously unreleased songs. 'Miguele Song' and 'Rebible Song' can only be found on this single. Wes Madiko provides the vocals for 'Miguele Song'.

What promotional CD's / singles have Deep Forest released?

There have been dozens of promotional CD's and singles released by Deep Forest. These include advance copies of albums, CD samplers, DJ discs, and singles. For a very thorough list of all promotional CD's and vinyl singles that are known, please visit the Deep in the Jungle, Fallen Leaves Discography. Listed below are some of the more notable ones that every Deep Forest fan and collector should have:

US Promo

^ŤBohemian Ballet - 1995 - This US release has four remixes not available anywhere else. The remixes have a heavy-metal-sound to them. Adrian Sherwood and Mindless Self-Indulgence did remixes for this CD.

^Ť Marta's Song - 1995 - Ten remixes of this song can be found on this collection of two 12 inch vinyls. They include remixes which are not available on any other singles, such as 'Aunt Tilly's Filet of Soul Mix', 'Riot Remix', and 'Diggin' Ditches Dub'.

^ŤSavana Dance - 1994 - This CD single released in the United Kingdom has three tracks; radio edits of 'Savana Dance', the 'Sierra Nevada Remix', and the 'Moorslede Remix'. These three edits cannot be found anywhere else.

UK Promo

Was there a While the Earth Sleeps remix single?

Junior Vasquez

Yes, DJ Junior Vasquez (Sound Factory founder) did an unsolicited remix of the While the Earth Sleeps. He presented the remixes to Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel for possible release. Deep Forest loved it, but Peter flipped out (he doesn't like having his music remixed). Peter wouldn't give his ok for it to be released. He even threatened Junior with a lawsuit if it ever saw the light of day. John Peter and Eddie Baez (two other DJs) somehow got a copy of the remix and were going to bootleg it, but Junior found out and threatened to sue John, because he didn't want Peter Gabriel to sue him for something he didn't do. Quite a few people got copies of the remix through Junior or found one of John's bootlegs.

There are three versions of the remix which have popped up on the Internet at one time or another:

While the Earth Sleeps (Vasquez Mix)   7:29
While the Earth Sleeps (Junior X-Beat Mix)   9:32
While the Earth Sleeps (Vasquez Dub)   5:10

Have Deep Forest and Enigma ever worked together?

Deep Forest and Enigma have never collaborated on any music projects. There is a Russian bootleg album that claims to be by Enimga and Deep Forest. This album has also been widely cuirculated around the internet. The name of the album is Myth - Chorus of Tribes, composed and produced by English musician Simon Hulbert.

Originally entitled 'Gondwanarain', in 1997 Etherean Music licenced the album and gave it a new format and name (Myth by Chorus of Tribes). The order of the tracks were changed and the album was given a more organic feel. The tracks were mixed into each other and vocal samples that appeared on the first version were no longer there (samples from speeches of JFK, Neil Armstrong, Martin Luther King, as well as others, removed because of copyright infringement).

The album was described by reviewers as sounding like the perfect blend between Enigma and Deep Forest. These reviews alond with the Russian bootleg are the major contributing factors to the confusion over the real composer of the album.

Track listing for Myth - Chorus of Tribes

1. Into Morroco	6:50	7. Marakesh	5:59
2. Inception	7:09	8. Shackera	5:03
3. LoLo	5:10	9. Hiyahiyahey	4:06
4. Rain Song	7:21	10. Myth	2:53
5. Ikkijungle	2:52	11. New Dawn	4:47
6. Lullaby	5:50

	*Who originally recorded the samples used in the Deep Forest album?*
		Pygmy songs originally collected by two musicologists, Hugo Zemp and Shima Aron.

	*Who originally recorded the samples from central Africa used on Deep Forest?*
		Simha Arom, another CNRS ethnomusicologist, whose recordings of Central African pygmy music are sampled on many of Deep Forest's tracks.

	*Who originally recorded the samples used in the song Sweet Lullaby?*
		In 1973 the UNESCO Musical Sources collection released an LP titled Solomon Islands: Fateleka and Baegu Music from Malaita, recorded in 1969 and 1970 by Hugo Zemp of the Ethnomusicology Department of the Musée de l'Homme and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

	*From where are the samples for deep forest taken?*
		From tribal chants by rainforest peoples from Zaire, Cameroon, Senegal, Chad, Ghana, the Solomon Islands, Burundi, Tibesti, Sahel, and Central African Republic (all purchased from UNESCO).

	*What is the name of the song sung in Sweet Lullaby and who sings it?*
		It is a Baegu lullaby from Northern Malaita (Solmon Islands). Titled "Rorogwela," it is an unaccompanied vocal sung by a woman named Afunakwa.

	*Who is sings the chorus for Sweet Lullaby?*
		On the first chorus Afunakwa's voice is solo; on the second chorus she is backed by digital voice multiplication and a studio chorus, creating a dense "We are the World" vocal effect; on the third chorus Afunakwa's voice disappears into the linguistic indistinction of an ensemble singing her lullaby.

	*Have I heard the melody from Sweet Lullaby on other songs?*
		There are several songs by other artists who use the same melody as Sweet Lullaby. Two such examples include Italian DJ Mauro Picotto's Komodo, and Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek's Pygmy Lullaby. In case you were wondering, you can find the lyrics to Komodo here.

	*Did Deep Forest steal the samples used in the first Deep Forest album?*
		After Deep Forest was released, Le Chant du Monde, the publisher of the ethnomusicological record series Hugo Zemp (recorded sample used in Sweet Lullaby) directs at the Musée de l'Homme, informed him that Deep Forest had, without license, sampled material from an African recording in the museum series. Le Chant du Monde pursued the case, eventually winning an out-of-court financial settlement from Celine Music. Noriko Aikawa, UNESCO's Chief of Cultural Heritage, from the division in charge of their recording series, contacted Zemp in 1992 to seek his permission to license to Deep Forest samples from a UNESCO recording he had made in West Africa. Zemp was told that Deep Forest wished to sample several UNESCO recordings for a project in honor of Earth Day; UNESCO was willing to grant license for the samples as long as Zemp and the other recordists agreed, and if the source musicians and recordings were properly credited. Zemp listened to a Deep Forest extract over the phone and refused to give his permission; Sometime later Francis Bebey called Zemp, urging him to reconsider his refusal. Of this episode Zemp (1996, 45) writes: "Since Bebey, a well known African composer and musician (who wrote also a book on traditional African music), gave his personal support to the matter, I reconsidered my point of view, and out of respect to him, I said O.K. on the telephone to him. After all, I thought, it was for a justifiable aim: preserving and protecting tropical rain forests in the world." Later when Deep Forest was released Zemp found out that Deep Forest had not used any of his west African samples, but that they had used a sample of his (vocal in Sweet Lullaby), from the Solmon Islands which he did not agree upon. Zemp requested a meeting with Francis Bebey. Francis Bebey confirmed that he had been enlisted by the producer at Celine Music to persuade Zemp to reconsider. Bebey's subsequent letter to Celine Music, quoted by Zemp (1996, 47), put it this way: "Mr. Zemp, after making sure that I really believed in the value of using his recordings in the context of a modern musical creation as yours, was remarkably courteous and understanding. At the end of our telephone conversation, he consented to let you use forty seconds of music taken from his disc . . . I hope that this allows you to finish your project for The Day of the Earth successfully. Yours . . ." Based on this letter and their meeting Zemp decided that Celine Music had misled Bebey to believe that the recording was a limited release for a noncommercial purpose, comparable to other UNESCO recordings. In his meeting with Noriko Aikawa, Zemp reviewed three items in the UNESCO correspondence file. First was Aikawa's letter to Auvidis (the company that holds licensing rights on UNESCO's behalf) indicating that Zemp had denied permission for his West African recording to be sampled. Second, there was a letter from Celine Music to Auvidis asking for confirmation that Zemp had reconsidered. Finally, there was a subsequent letter from Auvidis to Aikawa, asking UNESCO to confirm the authorization and to state whether rights should be given freely or to specify the required payment. What Zemp then discovered was that Aikawa never answered the letter from Auvidis, and that Auvidis never answered the contingent letter from Celine Music. In other words, Zemp discovered that UNESCO authorized no sampling of his recordings to Auvidis or to Celine Music. This would indicate that Celine Music and Deep Forest acted solely on the basis of Francis Bebey's letter, treating it as a legally binding document. None of this addressed why UNESCO contacted Zemp only about his West African recording and not the Solomon Islands one. Zemp (1996, 48-49) wrote to Deep Forest in July 1996, denouncing their usurpation of his name and requesting compensation to the Baegu community for the use of "Rorogwela." They answered two months later, insisting that their project had the full authorization of Auvidis (Sanchez and Mouquet 1996). But in the meantime Zemp had already received a contrary letter, from Auvidis's director, Louis Bricard, asserting that no such permission had ever been authorized. Bricard's letter also confirms that Celine Music's lawyer had, in February 1992, requested authorizations for sampling from UNESCO discs, including the ones Zemp recorded in West Africa and the Solomon Islands. But he indicated that Auvidis, hearing from UNESCO of Zemp's initial refusal, signed no agreement and informed Celine Music's lawyer of the impasse in March 1992 (Bricard 1996). Faced with reconciling Deep Forest's claim that their project had legal license, and Auvidis's claim that no such authorization was signed, Zemp wrote a postscript to his Yearbook for Traditional Music article, concluding: "somebody (Deep Forest or Auvidis) is lying." This statement was never printed. It was cut by the journal's editor, who informed Zemp that neither the journal nor its parent academic organization, the International Council for Traditional Music (both, ironically, sponsored by UNESCO), could afford the risk of possible legal action from either the combination of Deep Forest, Celine Music, and Sony, or from UNESCO and Auvidis. In the three years since there has been no other resolution. Zemp's further requests for clarification from all parties have gone largely unanswered. For their part, Deep Forest has successfully used the music press to present themselves as guardians of respect; when pressed on questions of sampling ethics they have made themselves out as would-be victims of academic purists (for example, Goldman 1995; Prior 1996).

	*How has Deep Forest responded to claims that they pillage world music?*
		Eric Mouquet says they are following a tradition that goes back at least to Brahms. Brahms, for example; he was not inviting Gypsies to play, he was just picking melodies and putting it in his composition. So, it was sampling of course, but it isn't like this. I really think that the sampler is a new tool, that it didn't exist before, but now it exist so we like to use it.

	*How does Deep Forest pick which regions of the world to explore for their music?*
		We, of course, listen to a lot of records with traditional music, so we have a good overview of the folk music of a great part of the world. And based on this, we decide which region to visit. We are interested in regions with specific culture, where we then try to spend some time.

	*What commercials have I heard that use the music of Deep Forest?*
		Background music for TV commercials by, among others, Neutrogena, Coca-Cola, Porsche, The Discovery Channel, Sony, and The Body Shop

Who did the English vocals that appear at the beginning of the Deep Forest album?

Dan Lacksman did the English vocals that appear at the beginning of Deep Forest's debut album. He also did the vocal introduction that is at the beginning of 'Pangea'.

The vocals are as follows:

Somewhere, deep in the jungle, are living some little men and women.
They are our past. And, maybe... Maybe they are our future.

	*Where was Tarsems version of the the Sweet Lullaby Video shot?*
		Kenya, China, Russia, Spain, New York and, India

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