Young also acknowledges the influence of Japanese music, especially Gagaku, and Pygmy music.

In 1992, the popularization of Pygmy music spread with the release of Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez's Deep Forest.

Though the fusion of New Age spirituality with sampled Pygmy music and soft techno was heavily criticized by music purists, the album was a multi-million selling success.

Researchers who studied Pygmy music:

His compositions drew on glimmering, plinking patterns from the sanza and on the hooting syncopations of Pygmy music, with voice and flute in quick alternation.

Reginald Wilson, a student, choreographed "Geerewol," a solo to recorded Pygmy music in which he rose from a crouch to move assertively.

Mr. Dalbavie described his method as the "superposition of different layers of musical material and processes," which he attributes to the heterophony of African Pygmy music.

Other researchers studying Pygmy music:

Formally Pygmy music consists of at most only four parts, and can be described as an, "ostinato with variations," or similar to a passacaglia, in that it is cyclical.

The music begins with "Pygmy music from northeast Cameroon going into Zaire," Although calls come in constantly, he puts few on the air.