Michel Sanchez (musician)

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

During the early 1990s, Sanchez mixed electronic music with a traditional song from the Solomon Islands, to combine what is called Deep Forest. In 2005, Sanchez left Deep Forest in order to pursue his solo career. Previously, in 1998, Sanchez released his first studio album entitled 'Windows'.

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