Comparsa [Enhanced]

Deep Forest | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: February 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002C3J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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This CD is featuring Deep Forest II

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's go to Madagascar, January 16, 2000

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Jeannette Belliveau "Author, "An Amateur'... (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comparsa (Audio CD)

I managed not to hear about Deep Forest until just before Comparsa came out in 1998. My friend Kathleen lent me Deep Forest, for which I will be ever grateful, because I love listening to it.

As an immediate Deep Forest fan, I then bought Boheme, and finally, Comparsa.

Deep Forest is really two French musicians, Eric Mouquet and MichelSanchez, who sample historical recordings of tribal and ethnic groups and then add a modern world/rock soundscape to the vocals.

Think of the first CD, Deep Forest, as the pygmy album, based largely on samples of singing by tribepeople in Cameroon, Boheme as the operatic, gypsy, Eastern European album, and Comparsa as the Madagascar, Cuba and Weather Report album.

Comparsa is probably my favorite -- no surprise for someone who has written about Madagascar and enjoys Weather Report!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ethereal and sublime goes Ricky Martin, June 27, 2000

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"northbear" (Rock Hill, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comparsa (Audio CD)

Sorry, I'm a big fan of the first two D.F. CDs. Anxiously awaited the third...bought it without hesitation...mmm, sadly disappointed. The magic the first two brought to the world is what seemed to set them apart. Cosmic, mysterious and almost spooky. So fitting to the groups name, Deep forest made me feel sensuously connected to the natural world. Comparsa on the other hand, though it must certainly fill the musicians desires to expand their creative global conquest, fans like myself feel abruptly misdirected. Harsh, tinny, fast Latin rhythems, overwhelm a majority of the otherwise liquid and textural backbeat tracks. I just can't seem to kick back and drift away with this latest endeavor. Unfortunatly, it reminds me more of a Nature Company Latin sampler (don't get me wrong, I love the works of groups such as B-Tribe). But if you're expecting more of the same to come out of this beloved duo, get ready for a hard right. Perhaps their next albumn will return to a kinder, gentler world?

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Always always improving..., September 21, 2001

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Mike T (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comparsa (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Deep Forest since their first album, and I was also very impressed with Boheme, their second release. However, over time I found their first album became rather simplistic, and Boheme somewhat uneven. However, COMPARSA, their third album, is without peer.

What is fantastic about this CD is the incredible attention to detail. There are MANY tracks of sound throughout, including dazzling arrays of complimentary keyboard work, deliciously intricate percussion, and expertly weaved vocal lines. The boys have become very adept with their computers, and the samples are spliced with infinite care and virtuosity. Simply marvelous!