Boheme (album)
| Boheme | ||||
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| Released | 20 June 1995 | |||
| Genre | World music | |||
| Length | 41:13 | |||
| Label | Sony Records | |||
| Producer | Deep Forest | |||
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Boheme is the second studio album by the French duo Deep Forest. It mainly sampled Eastern European romani songs (i.e., the Bohemians, hence the name of the album) with electronic music. Hit singles included "Marta's Song" (featuring Márta Sebestyén) 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 ("Huttyán") 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 1,500 Ft (about US$30 in 1986) 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.