Claude Challe Released 13th September 2005. Claude Challe's lust for life emanates from his music; rich, full-bodied and unabashedly life-affirming. Challe is a bona fide celebrity DJ known for playing a sophisticated style of daringly exotic music. Challe's live DJ sets are painstakingly crafted and filled with an abundance of joyous, uplifting tunes that carry listeners on a voyage - quite literally - around the world. Three discs affectionately named 'Love,' 'Life' and 'Dance' span more than a decade during which time Challe's career as a DJ carried him around the world. (A special album sampler awaits your consideration).
The Best of Claude Challe aims high and delivers. From the achingly beautiful keys and soaring orchestral strings of Pink Martini's "La Soledad" to the moody trip-hop of Andres Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo's "Sentimientos," all the way to the joyous trumpets of Willy De Ville's "Demasiado Corazon," Challe builds a stunning mix of uplifting instrumentation married with resounding vocals. Dance music lovers will enjoy the thudding 4/4 beats of Suntrust's "How Insensitive," but it's Challe's wicked sense of individuality that may leave the most lasting impression. Stellar tracks include Senor Coconut's cover of Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies," Jose Alberto's Spanish cover of The Beatles' "And I Love Her," and Little Louie Vega's cover of The Chakachas' pornographic "Jungle Fever" (originally recorded in 1972 and later appearing in the film, Boogie Nights). Gems like Audio Delux's hauntingly luscious "60 Seconds" make this CD a keeper.
The Best of Claude Challe -- TRACKLISTING CONFIRMED : CD1 : Love // CD1: Love
1. PINK MARTINI « La Soledad »
2. JOSE ALBERTO « And I Love Her »
3. RHYTHM & SOUND W/ CORNEL CAMPBELL « King In My Empire (King Version) »
4. SALIF KEITA & CESARIA EVORA «Yamore »
5. ANDRES LINETZKY y ERNESTO ROMEO « Sentimientos »
6. LILI BONICHE « Ana Fil Houb »
7. SAID M'RAD « Crying Angels »
8. PASCAL of BOLLYWOOD « La Vie En Rose.. Indien »
9. CRAIG ARMSTRONG « Weather Storm »
10. CLAUDINE LONGUET « A Man And A Woman »
11. STEVE BERESFORD « Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir »
12. LOS CHICHARRONS « Love Magic (Original 12' Mix) »
13. TOUCH & GO « Straight To.. Number One (Dreamcatcher's Mix) »
14. CLAUDE CHALLE « Wake Up My Love »
15. NINO « Amor Amor » CD2 : Life // CD2: Life
1. TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND « Taal Zaman »
2. ZEHAVA BEN « Ya Mama (Deep Dive Corp' Remix) »
3. KARMIX « Voyager »
4. MALIK ADOUANE « Shaft (version orientale) »
5. GYPSY SOUL « Czardasz »
6. SENOR COCONUT « Showroom Dummies »
7. SUBA « Felicidade »
8. SUNTRUST « How Insensitive (Original Mix) »
9. DA SILVA « Soledad »
10. AUDIO DELUXE « 60 Seconds »
11. NIKOS DIAMANTOPOULOS « Everytime »
12. JERK HOUSE CONNECTION et AKRAM « Each and Every Day »
13. CLAUDE CHALLE & ADAM PLACK « Carmenita Dancing » CD 3 : Dance // CD3: Dance
1. LOUIE VEGA « Jungle Fever »
2. GORAN BREGOVIC « Cajesukarije Cocec »
3. WILLY DE VILLE « Demasiado Corazon »
4. SIDESTEPPER « Logozo »
5. ANGEL TEARS « Inshalla »
6. HOVANNES K. « La Cumparsita (Tang'Oriental House Mix) »
7. THE R.E.G. PROJECT « Batwannis Beek »
8. T.C. 1992 « Funky Guitar »
9. HOMBRE « Shake The Body (Remexe O Corpo) »
10. SILICONE SOUL « Right On »
11. RALPHI ROSARIO « Maula (Bhangra-Hydrate Vocal Mix) »
12. A GUY CALLED GERALD « Humanity (Ashley Beedle's Love & Compassion Mix »
13. DELERIUM « Silence (Fade's Sanctuary Mix) »
