Michel Sanchez came up with the idea of mixing Baka Pygmy chants with modern music after hearing on-site recordings of these tribes. Along with Eric Mouquet they created the project Deep Forest. Their first self-titled album (nominated for a Grammy) was released in 1992, with Sweet Lullaby being the smash single which would put Deep Forest on the musical map (UK Top 10 hit). The song "Sweet Lullaby" is adapted from a traditional song from the Solomon Islands. The album Deep Forest was dance-driven and the samples were heavily digitised and edited. It was re-released as a limited edition in 1994 under the name World Mix.
For their second album Boheme, Eric and Michel left behind the sounds of the forest and ventured into Eastern Europe bringing tender, lonesome Hungarian and Gypsy chants with upbeat, yet sad, music. The chants were no longer brief, instead extended phrases had been sampled from Hungarian, Russian and Transylvanian sample CDs. Marta Sebestyen performed on this album.
The duo also performed and produced the remixes for the Youssou N'Dour single "Undecided" in 1994, with guest vocals by Neneh Cherry (who featured on n'Dour's break-through single "Seven Seconds"). That same year Deep Forest made remixes for Jon Anderson's "Deseo", Apollo 440's "Liquid Cool" and Cesária Évora's "My Fatigue is Endless". In 1996 Deep Forest collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the song While the Earth Sleeps, which was written for the film Strange Days.
The follow-up third album, Comparsa, contained sounds and chants from Madagascar and Cuba. The music is often upbeat and celebratory. The last song from the album Media Luna, which was also released as a single, features a duet of Syrian and Spanish singers Abed Azrei and Ana Torroja from Spanish band Mecano. The duo collaborated with Joe Zawinul during the recording of the album. A recording of their live concert in Japan was also released on a CD called Made in Japan. Although all the songs featured in the show are from the previous three albums, they have new often-longer arrangements and all the chants are performed and reinterpreted by live performers.
In 1999 Deep Forest worked with Cheb Mami and Catherine Lara on the song "L'Enfant Fleur" which had been composed for Sol En Si (a French charity which helps HIV families).
In 2000, Deep Forest released a music for the movie Le Prince du Pacifique, Pacifique. It mixes pacific and island beats with electronic music. Music Detected was the title of their fifth much-anticipated official Deep Forest album which saw the duo turn its attention to the Far East and the Orient for inspiration. It also signalled a change in musical style for Deep Forest, from dance to a more rock-influence.
In 2008 Eric Mouquet released Deep Brasil, this album is a collaboration with Brazilian artist Flavio Dell Isola Amazonia.
In 2009, 2010 Eric Mouquet went on tour and prepared the upcoming album Deep Africa.
This album should be released in summer 2011 and will feature lot of African artists, Lokua Kanza, Blick Bassy, Oliza, Wasis Diop, Zama Magudulela, and Wes's brother, Dany Dikoume.
03. Marta's song
Deep Forest Lyrics
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Három mérő piros szalag
Ej de nem ér
Istenem, istenem
Vajon mi lelt engem?
Három mérő piros szalag
Ej de nem ér körül engem!
Istenem, istenem
Vajon mi lelt engem?
Nekem is van egy bánat
Vajon mi lelt?
Három mérő, három mérő
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Három mérő piros szalag
Ej de nem ér
Istenem, istenem
Vajon mi lelt engem?
Három mérô piros szalag
Ej de nem ér körül
Három mérő, három mérő
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Nekem is van egy bánatom
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Vajon mi lelt engem?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Nekem is van egy bánatom
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Vajon mi lelt engem?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Nekem is van egy bánatom
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
Vajon mi lelt engem?
The lyrics of Deep Forest's song "Marta's Song" are in Hungarian, a language not familiar to many listeners. The song begins with an unusual vocalization of "Arararararara aira rararara rarara" followed by "Három mérő piros szalag" which translates to "Three meters of red ribbon." The singer then laments her situation, wondering what has befallen her to warrant being surrounded by three meters of red ribbon that she cannot escape from. She repeats this phrase several times, juxtaposing it with "Istenem, istenem" meaning "My God, my God." The song concludes with the singer asking for understanding and support for her own sorrow that parallels the enigmatic three meters of red ribbon that circles her.
While it is unclear what the true meaning behind the lyrics of "Marta's Song" is, it is believed that the song may be about a Hungarian woman named Marta who has lost her husband. Red ribbon is often used in Hungarian culture to symbolize the mourning of loved ones. The repetition of the phrase "Három mérő piros szalag" also emphasizes the feeling of being trapped or confined that Marta is experiencing in her grief.
Line by Line Meaning
Arararararara aira rararara rarara
The sound of the forest and its creatures echoes.
Három mérő piros szalag
Three meters of red ribbon, perhaps symbolizing the boundaries of someone's life or fate.
Ej de nem ér
But it does not reach.
Istenem, istenem
Oh my God, oh my God.
Vajon mi lelt engem?
What has found me?
Három mérő piros szalag
Three meters of red ribbon.
Ej de nem ér körül engem!
But it does not surround me!
Nekem is van egy bánat
I also have a sorrow of my own.
Három mérő, három mérő
Three meters, three meters.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@organicambience
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
Three measures of red ribbon
is not enough to measure me around
Oh Lord, oh my Lord
What has happened to me?
Three measures of red ribbon
is not enough to measure me around
Oh Lord, oh my Lord
What has happened to me?
I have a sorrow too...
What happened to me?
Three measures , three measures
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
Oh Lord, oh my Lord
What has happened to me?
Three measures of red ribbon
is not enough to measure me around
Three measures Three measures
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
@zeljkatrifunovic3547
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
Three units of red ribbon
does not fit
Oh my God, oh my God
What has happened to me?
Three units of red ribbon
does not fit around me!
Oh my God, oh my God
What has happened to me?
I have a sorrow too...
What happened to me?
Three units, three units
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
Oh my God, oh my God
What has happened to me?
Three units of red ribbon
does not fit around me!
Three units, three units
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
I have a sorrow too...
Arararararara aira rararara rarara...
What happened to me?
https://lyricstranslate.com/sr/marta039s-song-martas-song.html
@cetvrt4k71
My name is Marta and my parents played this to me when i was little. i just found this song few min ago, after 15 years im listening again. I am completely in tears. cant describe the feeling.
@ziggy3259
:')
@jovanpetrov8824
Marta is a beautiful name, with us it means the arrival of spring. Greetings from Serbia, Marta.
@SanataniAryavrat
i can guess.... <3
@mikihay
I can understand completely i feel the same thing when ever i hear this song
@mv3482
Good old Deep Forest. Cant describe the feeling, too... Your parents have a good taste, and this is a song about the dance of the sun's rays
@zf7174
I'm Hungarian. This is an ancient Hungarian folk song. The lyrics are also very ancient, the meaning is something like "Oh, my god, what is happening to me? My waistline is growing and growing" meaning the young girl hasn't realized she's pregnant.
@Mr10pz
thanks ZF!
@parisiennemoonlight6650
Enigma, Deep Forest , Gregorian are influenced by the Hungarian folk music.
@Mr10pz
@@parisiennemoonlight6650 great info!