Michel Sanchez

Michel Sanchez (born 1 July 1957 in Somain, France) is a French musician. 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 electronic music with a traditional song from the Solomon Islands, to combine what is called Deep Forest.

Michel Sanchez
Born (1957-07-01) 1 July 1957
Somain, France
GenresWorld music
Occupation(s)World music, film score, singer
InstrumentsKeyboards, piano, organ, accordion
Years active1992–present
Associated actsDeep Forest

Discography

As a member of Deep Forest

  • 1992 – Deep Forest (over 3 million 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 (with Wes Madiko)
  • 2000 – Hieroglyphes
  • 2008 – The Touch
  • 2008 – The Day of a Paper Bird
  • 2014 – Eliott
  • 2015 – The Man and the Machine
  • 2016 – Ca Sent L'Jazz
  • 2016 – Windows II
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