Claude Challe
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Biography
[Edit]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."
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.
Challe looked to his roots for his next double-CD compilation Flying Carpet (which explored the link between Algerian Raï and house music). Tapping into the refired passion for all things Eastern, Challe became involved with the Buddha Bar in 1998. A monument to Parisian chic, Buddha Bar was a restaurant de luxe dominated by a giant Buddha statue and surrounded by a galleried bar serving cocktails and sushi. Challe was resident DJ and by blending his musical influences — house, ambient, North African, Asian, and a touch of French pop — he created Zen soundscapes of mellow beauty. As more and more patrons asked for mix tapes of what Challe was playing — Madonna and Princess Diana amongst them — he issued the double-CD Buddha Bar in 1999. Its instantaneous success found Challe following it with Buddha Bar II and Nirvana Lounge. All have proved immensely popular in France, and Challe now not only hangs out with celebrities but gets hired to DJ at events like Celine Dion's wedding and promote the Dalai Lama's Parisian appearances. Having recently left the Buddha Bar, he is currently working on a project which involves him directing musicians to make specific Claude Challe music which he hopes to follow with a circus tour and a spiritual autobiography.
Title: Claude Challe Presents Near Eastern Lounge
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, House, Deep House
Title: Nirvana Lounge Vol. 1 (CD1: Nirvanesque)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Lounge
Title: Buddha - Bar CD1 Buddha'S Dinner
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Ambient, New Age, Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Buddha - Bar II CD1 Dinner
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, New Age, Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Spa Dreams (CD2)
Artist: Claude Challe, Jean Marc - Challe
Genre: Chill Out, New Age, Electronica, Ethnic , Lounge
Title: The Best Of (CD3: Dance)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Progressive House, Tribal House, Trance
Title: Nirvana Lounge II By Claude Challe (CD1 Promenade Nirvânesque)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Lounge
Title: Urban by Nature, Vol. 2 - Sound Design by Claude Challe and Ravin
Artist: Claude Challe, Ravin
Genre: Trip Hop, Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Buddha - Bar (Disc 2: Buddha'S Party)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Ambient, New Age, Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Claude Challe Presents Lovely Reprises By K'Lid
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Electronica, Electropop, Dancefloor
Title: Space Sex (Mixed By Claude Challe & Jean-Marc Challe)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Best Of III
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: New Age, Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop
Title: Urban by Nature, Vol. 2 - Sound Design by Claude Challe & Ravin
Artist: Claude Challe, Ravin
Genre: Downtempo, New Age, Electronica, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop
Title: Nirvana Lounge III By Claude Challe (CD2 Ethnic Lounge)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Lounge
Title: Je Nous Aime
Artist: Claude Challe, Oliver Shanti & Friends
Genre: Downtempo, House, Deep House
Title: Nirvana Lounge Vol. 1 (CD2: Ethnic Lounge)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Lounge
Title: New Oriental
Artist: Claude Challe, The R. E. G. Project
Genre: Chill Out, Electronica, Lounge
Title: The Best of Claude Challe II
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Jazz, World Music, Bop
Title: Nirvana Lounge II By Claude Challe (CD2 Ethnic Lounge)
Artist: Claude Challe
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Lounge
Collections
Title: Spirit of Lounge
Genre: Electronica
Title: 360 Istanbul Lounging-2
Genre: New Age
Title: Chill Out 2012 (Best in Ambient and Chill Out)
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Lounge Top 55, Vol. 7 (Deluxe, the Original)
Genre: Lounge
Title: Shisha Chill Out Lounge, Vol.1 (Relax and Chill)
Genre: Lounge
Featuring albums
Title: Smooth Grooves, Vol. 9 (Lounge & Downbeat Sunset Edition)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Smooth Grooves, Vol. 8 (Lounge & Downbeat Sunset Edition)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: The Greatest: 20 Years of Chall'O Music
Artist: Claude Challe & Jean - Marc Challe
Genre: Electronica, World Music
Title: Magic XMAS Hot Winter Lounge (Smooth and Sensual Chill out Moods)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Fifty Shades of Easy Listening (50 Sexual Lounge Chill out Fantasies)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Phuture Chill Out 2013 (Ibiza Island Finest Chillout and Lounge)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Extream Couching, Vol.1 - Lounge & Chill Out
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Dubai Loungers, Only For the Riches, Vol. 4 (Cafe Chill out Edition)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Sound of C (C for Chill Out, 44 Relaxing Lounge Grooves)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Trip Into Silence, Vol. 1 (A Voyage Into Chill Out and Lounge)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Sweet Like Chocolate Lounge (Delicious Chill Out and Easy Listening Music)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Independence Day, Lounge Edition (Best of Club Traxx, 4th of July)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Leisure Zone, Vol. 1 (The Beauty of Chill Out)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Electronica
Title: Erotic Full Moon Lounge Cafe, Vol. 1 (Sexy Uptempo Lounge Pearls)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop