Boheme (album)


Boheme is the second studio album by the French duo Deep Forest. It mainly sampled Eastern European romani songs with electronic music. Hit singles included "Marta's Song" and "Freedom Cry". The album became the duo's most successful one, selling over four million copies, receiving Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards in 15 countries and winning the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
The song "Freedom Cry" caused controversy when it was revealed that the singer Károly Rostás never received any monetary compensation, and neither did his family after he died in 1986, though his singing, archived by Claude Flagel, was sampled on the track. Flagel allegedly paid Huttyán for the recording. The case was later documented in a movie titled Huttyán, released in 1996. Rostás's relatives did eventually succeed in obtaining some money from Deep Forest.

Track listing

  1. "Anasthasia" – 1:48
  2. "Bohemian Ballet" – 5:15
  3. "Marta's Song" – 4:13
  4. "Gathering" – 4:39
  5. "Lament" – 3:09
  6. "Bulgarian Melody" – 3:09
  7. "Deep Folk Song" – 1:13
  8. "Freedom Cry" – 3:17
  9. "Twosome" – 4:06
  10. "Cafe Europa" – 4:17
  11. "Katharina" – 2:53
  12. "Boheme" – 4:37
  13. "While the Earth Sleeps" – 6:23