Eric Mouquet / Deep Forest Projects

Eminent composer and musician Eric Mouquet is on the cusp of a musical renaissance that promises to explore new directions, combinations and influences in ambient world music with his upcoming Deep Africa album.
Deep Africa seamlessly fuses Mouquet's atmospheric compositions with a spiritual and rhythmic mélange of African chanting, percussion and the sounds of nature.
Deep Africa sifts like sand through the continent's vast landscape of sound, character, expression and timeless emotion while subtly enveloping it in Mouquet's unique layers of sound.
There are high expectations from fans and followers who are anxious to hear the new material and who are celebrating the upcoming release on Facebook as well as Mouquet's own website. Deep Africa is a project I started few years ago when I met Blick Bassy a singer from Cameroon. Blick is such an inspiring artist to me specially the way he sings and plays African guitar, which is just magical," Mouquet explains. "Deep Africa is a mix between my music and Blick's music, it is difficult
to describe it, one must simply listen to understand."
Deep Africa is a result of Mouquet's Deep Projects initiative that previously released Deep Brasil (2008) which blended the subtleties and mood of Brazil's rainforest with chillout beats and vocal harmonies.
A Grammy award-winning composer who has worked with and produced for artists like Josh Groban, Ana Torroja, Mell, Chitose Hajime ,Sa Dingding,Peter Gabriel .Eric Mouquet is also founder of Deep Forest, the pioneering ethno-ambient electronica band.
When asked about his work as a musician and collaborator, Mouquet explained that the process is a natural one where the music emerges despite differences in background and language. With the world becoming smaller and more unified, Mouquet's music may very well be the soundtrack of our time.
"Deep Projects is a laboratory where I can experiment with all kinds of music," Mouquet explains. "I love to meet musicians and It's always nice to
be in a studio and to say 'ok let's start from zero and see
how music is created,'"
The process has been a successful one for Mouquet whose experience, openness and spontaneity allows him to "frame" the music he hears from collaborators into something entirely exciting and meaningful.
"I'm very lucky because in most cases people really enjoy this approach of
making music and the result is always amazing," Mouquet points out. "After all the years doing music in studio, I learned that the most important things in music are coming by improvisation and accidents…
The way you can turn the accident to your advantage in music is a big
source of energy and creativity," he adds.
Look out for upcoming Album and a regular video blog from Eric
where you can feel his music and be part of the musical experience.