[.ca] Nirvana Lounge V.3: Mixed By Claude Challe

Chronique amazon.fr:
L'épopée new age continue avec ce 3e double pack célébrant l'atmosphère du temple éclaude-challien" de l'avenue Matignon à Paris. Entouré de J.M. Challe et Léoméo, DJ résidents du Nirvana Lounge, Claude Challe a délibérément voulu élargir son champ d'investigation pour nous emmener au plus loin d'un métissage haut en couleur. On retrouve donc toujours les saveurs épicées et enivrantes de l'Orient accompagnées, cette fois, de ses premières amours : la soul, le rhythm'n blues, le dub, la disco et des envolées surprenantes d'opéra electro. Pas de tubes du moment ni de morceaux plus ou moins connus, juste une nouvelle bande-son improbable et hors du temps, la BO du nouvel âge, pour les nostalgiques du fameux mouvement post-68… --Luc Demont

Claude Challe Rules!:
I have come to appreciate world beats and music from all around because of this great master we call Claude Challe. I saw Claude in a live concert he did in Lebanon in the summer of 2003. It was a night of complete grooviness. He just made it feel so magical. Ask anyone and they'll say they were in a trance that night. Claude Challe has been able to capture the essence of good music. This CD will surely persuade you. Buy it...you'll discover what music is all about. I first started listening to this music when i borrowed the Buddha Bar III CD from a friend and it just blew my mind away. Ever since ive been hooked up on this music. Then I celebrated my 18th Birthday at the Buddha Bar in Paris. Imagine how i felt!! If you want to feel like you have no worries in the world (atleast for a nite) you better get those CDs! Claude Challe Rules!

Challe-tabulous:
Took me a while to get into it, but once you've reached the Claude Challe zone you'll never want to leave. Every track on CD1 is top-notch. CD2 is very clubby, but not so much as to jar the new-found chill-out zone that the first CD has put you in. Looking for something to buy after the five Buddha Bar CDs? This is a great starting point.

A true journey:
As in all Claude Challe compilations, here comes an album satisfying in all aspects. The challenge to combine or blend the easterly with the westerly is not an easy one, but Challe manages this just well. To the western ears, this is a trip into the depths of the east in a fun and grroooovy way. Literally all tracks are magnificient. I have all albums by Challe and this is one of the best ones. Great listening.

• Racing Away - Horace Andy, , Grant Lee Phillips
• Unda - Mich Gerber
• Indian Touch - Pierre Cosso
• Transcendance - Claude Challe, Deepak Chopra M.D.
• Tea Party in Bombay
• Maison - Jean Gabin
• Secret Place \oIbiza Remix\c - Stella
• Lili S'En Fout - Toufic Farroukh
• Laurence d'Arabie \oAmbient Mix\c - Richie Lawrence
• Carmenita Lounging - Claude Challe, Adam Plack
• Elephant Trax - Wadada
• Shamala Tak Tak - Out of Phase
• Kardia Mou Min Anisihis - Antonis Remos
• Love Magic \oOriginal 12' Mix\c - Los Chicharrons
• Blue Sky White Sand - Puddu Varano
• Dallam - Karanyi
• Tu Es Foutu \oColour's Rain Minibeat Edit\c - In-Grid
• Gran Curazon
• Peyotee \oRemix\c - Claude Challe,
• Finest Dream \oDub Mix\c - And If
• Besame Mucho - Gadjo
• Strings Devotion
• Another Brick in the Wall
• Quench's Revenge
• Batwannis Beek - R.E.G. Project
• White Darbouka - Hovannes K.