Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a new kind of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats. Their sound has been described as an “ethno-introspective ambient world music”. They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 for Best World Music Album, and in 1996 they won the Award for the album Boheme.
La Roux are an English electropop "synth duo" band made up of singer and synth player Elly Jackson and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid from London, England, United Kingdom. Their music is largely influenced by 1980s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Heaven 17, Yazoo and Prince. The name "La Roux" is reported to be chosen like this: Jackson found a book of baby names in a bin and in the book was the name "La Roux". read more...
