Visan, David - Buddha-bar IV

EW VINYL ON GEORGE V 2010.

Claude Challe is an idiosyncratic figure in France's musical landscape, more a catalyst and -- some might say -- visionary, rather than musician. Challe managed to be on the cutting edge of youth fashions across the 1960s and 1970s, reappearing in the late '90s with even greater appeal. His CV boasts that he is an international DJ, fashion and nightlife entrepreneur, and new age guru -- all of which is, more or less, true. Yet a large part of his reputation comes from his association with celebrities (via his nightclubs) and his reputation as a ladies man non pariel. This and the fact he's long been recognized as Paris's premier club DJ. Of Tunisian descent, Challe's father was a rabbi who shifted the family to Paris when Challe was three. He claims that those early years -- the mix of Arabic sounds, Jewish mysticism and French culture -- shaped his destiny. He has since spent his life pursuing his ideals, working under the motto, "too much is never enough." www.buddhabar.com/

Tracklist.

LP 1

1. Frederick Rousseau - La Fille De P?kin
2. Tibet Project - Tibet (A Passage To...)
3. Jade Or - Opium
4. Nitin Sawhney - Moonrise
5. Nash Didan - A Window Of My Dreams
6. Agricantus - Amatevi

 

LP 2

1. Manuel Franjo - Tiempo
2. Guadalupe Pineda Con Los Tres Ases - Historia De Un Amor
3. Armen Chakmakian - Distant Lands
4. Nickodemus - Desert Dancer (Zebs's Slow Camel Ride Remix)
5. Flam - Monsoon

LP3

1. Tulku - Rahda Ramana
2. Natassa Theodoridou - Tora To Thimiithikes
3. Gotan Project - Una Musica Brutal
4. Outsized - Karma (Extended Mix)
5. Time Passing - Party People
6. Panjabi Mc - Mundian T'o Bach Ke

LP 4

1. Ishtar - Comme Toi
2. Chris Spheeris - Dancing With The Muse
3. David Visan & Carlos Campos - Irish Coffee
4. Llorca - The Novel Sound
5. Loving Paris - Loco

LP 5

1. Roland Louis - Percussion's Rhythm (Dimitri From Paris Re-edit)
2. Dan Lacksman's Alliance - Louxor In Las Vegas
3. Angie Samiou - Agoraki Mou
4. Celia Cruz - Yo Vivire (I Will Survive)
5. Usual Masters - Nocturne In Paris