Michel Sanchez

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Michel Sanchez
Born (1957-07-03) July 3, 1957
Origin Somain, France
Genres World Music
Occupations World Music, Film score, Singer
Instruments keyboard / Synthesiser / Organ (music) / piano,
Years active 1992 till now
Associated acts Deep Forest

Michel Sanchez (* 1 July 1957 Somain, France). He spent much of this youth studying music (piano, classical organ percussion). Sanchez is the co-founder of the band Deep Forest with Éric Mouquet. He won a Grammy Award in 1995, and a World Award for best world music album.

In the early 1990s Sanchez mixed synthesizer with a traditional song from the Solomon Islands. This was the starting point of Deep Forest.

Discography

As a member of Deep Forest

  • 1992 Deep Forest (over 3 millions album sales)
  • 1994 World Mix (re-release of 1992 album)
  • 1995 Boheme (over 4 million album sales)
  • 1998 Comparsa (over 1 million album sales)
  • 1999 Made in Japan (live album, 150 000 copies sold)
  • 2000 Pacifique (soundtrack album)
  • 2002 Music Detected
  • 2003 Essence of Deep Forest (best of, released only in Japan)
  • 2004 Essence of the Forest (best of, three different editions)
  • 2004 Kusa no Ran (soundtrack album, released only in Japan)

Solo Albums

  • 1994 Windows
  • 1997 Welenga
  • 2000 Hieroglyphes
  • 2008 The Touch
  • 2008 The Day of a Paper Bird

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