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Claude Challe (born Claude Chalom in 1945 in Tunisia) is a French DJ and club owner, the co-creator of the Buddha Bar restaurant/clubs and music compilations.Challe moved to France at age three. He attended Rabbinical school as a young man. At the age of 19, he opened a hair salon in Paris, and became known as "the man with the golden scissors". Challe then abandoned the salon and lived as an expatriate on the island of Sardinia, in a hippie commune. He subsequently traveled to India, Nepal and Indonesia. He uses Buddha statues for the interior design of his bar and restaurant. Challe returned to France and was introduced to new-age music by the likes of Andreas Vollenweider and Ennio Morricone. He became involved in Parisian nightlife. He managed a series of French clubs, including Le Prive (1974), Le Centre Ville in Les Halles (1979), Les Bains-Douches (1984), El Divino in Ibiza (1992), and Buddha Bar (1996). The restaurant/club became a popular destination and led to Challe's Buddha Bar mix compilations. Challe produced the "Reveillon de Mondes", attended by 50,000 people, and held at Vincennes, in conjunction with Radio Nova. Challe produces his music and others' on his Chall'o Music label. He has said, "I consider the art of DJ-ing to be the passion of [my] life. When I'm DJ-ing, I give myself to the people. When I play, I'm in the music."
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Classic Lady Day [2017]
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
Sunday Mixtape [2017]
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
Let's Do It: 60 Years of Verve Records [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
All or Nothing at All [2012]
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
The Best of, Vol. 2 [2012]
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Kaho Na Kaho | 4:53 |
Disko Partizani | 5:31 |
The Complete Masters 1933-59 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 4:28 |
Lovely Reprises By Khalid [2010]
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Ya Rayah [Balkan Mix] | |
No Woman No Cry [Salsa Version] |
Mixtape, Vol. 1 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Ya Rayah | 4:07 |
Select 2010: Music for Our Friends [2010]
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Why Don't You |
Balkan Fever [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ya Rayah | 4:04 |
Claude Challe Presents: Just Good Music Mixed by Jean Marc Challe [2006]
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Love Machine | 8:28 |
Blackwater [Strings Instrumental Mix][Instrumental] | 8:30 |
The Best Of Claude Challe [2005]
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Le Soledad | 5:22 |
The Complete Verve Remixed [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 4:22 |
Sun [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) | 5:52 |
Page One | 8:02 |
Buddha Bar, Vol. 1 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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La Soledad | 5:16 |
Buddha-Bar, Vol. 1 [2000]
Song | Duration |
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La Soledad | 5:16 |
Lover-Dose [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Love | 5:39 |
And I Love Her | 3:12 |
Lover-Dose: Mixed by Claude Challe [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Love | 5:39 |
Nirvana Lounge [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Punjab | 6:15 |
Billie's Best [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
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The Rain | 3:51 |
Billie Holiday for Lovers
Song | Duration |
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Speak Low | 4:27 |
Unknown Album
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Speak Low [Bent Remix] | 3:48 |
Distant Dreams | |
Ya Rayah [Balkan Mix] | |
Piece of Heaven | 4:56 |
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