Buddha-Bar II (2)

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Various Artists / Claude Challe
Buddha-Bar II (2)

[ Wagram Music / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 11 August 2001

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Situated just next to one of the most beautiful sites in Paris, the Place de la Concorde, is a very special place unmarked by the passage of time...

Situated just next to one of the most beautiful sites in Paris, the Place de la Concorde, is a very special place unmarked by the passage of time.

This exceptional and even mythical spot is the Buddha Bar. The space was inaugurated in 1996 by Raymond Visan and Thierry Begue, and is named after the enormous Buddha, a replica of the Musee Guimet Buddha, commissioned for the site.

A very special atmosphere dominates this unique location. Claude Challe and Ravin's music lures their audience into a dream world. One just has to sit back and enjoy the ride through this magical universe. The auditor is invited to partake in an eclectic, initiatory voyage, timeless and without boundaries into an atmosphere where space is filled by beauty, sweetness and love's serenity. This music is for the traveler whose voyages lead him to discover the mysticisms and rhythms of the world.

The Buddha Bar is a place, which makes one feel good, as it takes its clients on a voyage into the world situated between dreams and reality.

About Claude Challe:
Challe first attracted attention as a teenager when he was dubbed "the man with the golden scissors." He opened the first unisex hair salon in Paris in 1964 and was a figurehead amongst the Parisian swinging '60s set. In 1968, he hung up his scissors and went to live in a commune in Sardinia before following the Hippy Trail to India, Nepal, and Indonesia. Always with an eye on how to turn a franc, Challe returned to Paris and immersed himself in the fashion business. He imported classic American urban styles then picked up on what was happening in London and began importing clothes from the likes of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. Challe then turned his attention to the Paris nightclub scene, opening Le Privé, an upmarket yet bohemian venue and the restaurant Le Centre Ville. The success of these ventures allowed him to become involved in running Les Bains Douches, a fading punk venue that he turned into Paris's premier night spot. Here the likes of Jack Nicholson buddied up with Challe and chased women. Challe set up his own record label Chall'OMusic in 1996, offering "music to make the body resonate, to go straight to the heart and the emotions, thus expanding the mind." Drawing on his DJ skills, he mixed a double-CD compilation Les Bains Douches that celebrated the blend of house and world musics he had pioneered at the club. It was well received and a year later he issued a double CD with a harder techno feel, Lover Dose. Challe claimed this compilation reflected his feelings on love - something he's never suffered from a lack of.

Tracks:

Disc One .:

Need You (Right Now) - Trumpet Thing
I Love You - Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Los Bibilicos - Consuelo Luz
Alibaba - Karunesh
Desire - Deepak Chopra feat. Demi Moore
In Through Time - Govinda
Onon Mweng (Rainbird) - Oliver Shanti & Friends
Spirit - Atman
Funky For You - Deadbeats
Mambo Craze - De-Phazz feat. Pat Appleton
Amor Amor - Nino
Smell Of Paradise - Sa Trincha
Farruca - Intro
Nota Bossa - Funky Lowlives


Disc Two .:

How Insensitive - Sun Trust
Daydreaming - Rollercone
A Loop In Time - Wally Brill
Drama of Japan - La Roca
5. Cairo - Great Barrier
Tears Inshalla - Angel
After - dZihan & Kamien
Felicidade - Suba
Logozo - Sidestepper
Escravos de Jo - Kerri Chandler & Joe Clausell
The String Thing - Soul Ascendants
New World - Attaboy