Controversy
Deep Forest received widespread criticism after their single ‘Sweet Lullaby’ used vocals from UNESCO Musical Sources collection. The vocals, a lullaby named “Rorogwela” sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita woman, were recorded by the ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp. Legal successors of a Hungarian Gypsy performer, Károly Rostás, claimed some financial compensation for the song "Freedom Cry" performed on the Boheme (album). Hungarian director András Salamon shot a documentary about their trip to Paris (Huttyán) in 1996. The Relatives of Károly Rostás did succeed to some extent to get money from Deep Forest.
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