Comparsa is the third studio release by the musical group Deep Forest

Deep Forest

Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats...

. This album mixes world music and ethnic sounds, including Cuban rhythms, mixed with electronic instruments. After the release of the album Deep Forest arranged a highly successful world tour. Comparsa became #8 French export album of 1998 and was certified Platinum by SNEP Export Awards, with more than 500,000 albums sold outside France.

Track listing

1. "Noonday Sun" – 4:59
2. "Green and Blue" – 4:53
3. "Madazulu" – 3:23
4. "1716" – 1:03
5. "Deep Weather" – 4:54
6. "Comparsa" – 4:58
7. "Earthquake (Transition 1)" – 0:48
8. "Tres Marias" – 4:53
9. "Radio Belize" – 3:58
10. "Ekue Ekue" – 5:20
11. "La Lune Se Bat Avec Les Étoiles (Transition 2)" – 2:27
12. "Forest Power" – 2:47
13. "Media Luna" – 4:32
14. "Alexi" (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
15. "Freedom Cry" (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)

Bonus Disc:

1. "Sweet Lullaby (Remix)"
2. "Deep Forest (RLP Trance Mix)"
3. "Marta's Song (Armand's Muslim Moose Mix)"
4. "Madazulu (BBE Harmonic Club Mix)"

Personnel

• Eric Mouquet – arrangement
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  , keyboards
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  , and programmation
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• Michel Sanchez – arrangement, keyboards, and programmation
• Ana Torroja
  Ana Torroja
  Ana Torroja is a Grammy Award-nominated Spaniard singer. She is the lead singer of the pop trio Mecano, considered one of the most popular pop bands from Spain during the 1980s and 1990s. Mecano split in 1998 and she embarked on a solo career.-Biography:Ana Torroja met José María Cano while...
  
   – vocals on "Media Luna"
• Jorge Reyes
  Jorge Reyes
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  – percussion, vocals and the flute. (Mexican Musician).