Claude Challe
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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 DJing to be the passion of [my] life. When I'm DJing, I give myself to the people. When I play, I'm in the music."
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- Inda Love - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Drum Bass Paradise - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Cé ça en té vlé - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Conversation With... - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Raining Stars - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Rum, Sex & Coconuts - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Palmitas de Rio - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Welcome in Islands - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- La Ri z'abymes - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Don't Wanna Sleep - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Midnight Moon - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Vin dansé èvè mwen - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Press Play - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 1 - Claude Challe
- Dj's Dub - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Love to Love You Baby - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Zouk & Love - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Shaft Jam - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Esta Es la Vida - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Chacha Lagoon - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Dancing Paradise (feat. Sister Kat) - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Bugle Sound - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Destafinado - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Lumiè En Vie En Mwen - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Ocean's Story - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
- Sax on the Beach - Caribbean Chill-Out Pleasure, Vol. 2 - Claude Challe
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