Buddha Bar

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The Buddha Bar is an exclusive and highly-regarded bar and restaurant in Paris, France, and is a Buddha-themed venue serving Asian cuisine. The two-storey dining area is dominated by a large statue of Buddha. The upstairs bar is a large, ornate dragon. The Buddha Bar originally became popular because of the DJ's choice of eclectic, avant-garde music.

Buddha Bar has also opened a venue in Beirut, Lebanon & Dubai, UAE, and New York City. Buddha Bar is also the name of a popular and exclusive, yet unrelated bar in Barcelona.

Compilation CDs are released under the Buddha Bar brand name, some of them have been compiled by David Visan, son of Raymond Visan, who opened the Bar in 1996. These are generally of lounge or "chill-out" music, reflecting that which played in the restaurant itself. The series was started by Claude Challe and continues today with different producers. DVDs have been released along side the series. The latest release, Buddha-Bar IX, is scheduled to be released on April 16th, 2007 according to the Buddha-Bar website.

Contents 1 Albums 1.1 Volume 1 1.1.1 CD1 1.1.2 CD2 1.2 Volume 2 1.2.1 CD1 1.2.2 CD2 1.3 Volume 3 1.3.1 CD1 1.3.2 CD2 1.4 Volume 4 1.4.1 CD1 1.4.2 CD2 1.5 Volume 5 1.5.1 CD1 1.5.2 CD2 1.6 Volume 6 1.6.1 CD1 1.6.2 CD2 1.7 Volume 7 1.7.1 CD1 1.7.2 CD2 1.8 Volume 8 1.8.1 CD1 1.8.2 CD2 1.9 Volume 9 1.9.1 CD1 1.9.2 CD2 2 Criticisms 3 External links

[edit] Albums

[edit] Volume 1

1999

[edit] CD1

Dinner

1. Craig Armstrong - "Weather Storm"
2. Sina Vodjani - "Straight To The Heart"
3. Deepak Ram - "Kitu"
4. Tulku - "Anni Rose"
5. Zehava Ben - "What Will Be"
6. Zohar - The "Merciful One"
7. Pink Martin - "La Soledad"
8. Aria - "Un Bel Di"
9. Zen Men - "Une Table À Trois"
10. Zen Men - "El Fuego"
11. Anima Sound System - "Shalom"
12. Jai Uttal - "Guru Bramha"
13. Tulku - "Meena Devi"
14. Armen Chakmakian - "Gypsy Rain"

[edit] CD2

Party

1. Anima Sound System - "68 (Original Mix)"
2. Le Duc - "Touareg"
3. MKL Vs Soy Sos - "Skin (Abstract Mix)"
4. Faithless - "Drifting Away (Paradiso Mix)"
5. Psique - "Intro"
6. Kevin Yost - "Two Wrongs Making It Right"
7. Huff And Herb - "Feeling Good"
8. So Emotional - "All By Myself"
9. Byron Stingily - "Flying High (Brazilian Vocal Mix)"
10. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - "Piya Re Piya Re (Remix)"
11. Etti Ankry - "Eshebo"
12. Malik Adouane - "Shaft"
13. Metin Arolat - "Elveda"
14. Willy De Ville - "Demasiado Corazon (Live Version)"

[edit] Volume 2

2000

[edit] CD1

Dinner

1. Trumpet Thing - "Need You Right Now (Ambient Mix)"
2. Omar Faruk Tekbilek - "I Love You"
3. Consuelo Luz - "Los Biblicos The Nightingales"
4. Karunesh - "Alibaba"
5. Deepak Chopra (feat. Demi Moore) - "Desire"
6. Govinda - In Through Time
7. Oliver Shanti & Friends - "Onion Mweng Rainbird"
8. Atman - "Spirit"
9. Deadbeats - "Funky For You"
10. De-Phazze - "Mambo Craze (feat. Pat Appleton)"
11. Nino - "Amor Amor"
12. Sa Trincha - "Smell Of Paradise"
13. Intro - "Farruca"
14. Funky Lowlives - "Nota Bossa"

[edit] CD2

Party

1. Rollercone - "Daydreaming"
2. Sun Trust - "How Insenstive"
3. Wally Brill - "A Loop In Time"
4. La Roca - "Drama Of Japan"
5. Great Barrier - "Cairo (Duke Monster Mix)"
6. Angel Tears - "Inshalla"
7. dZihan & Kamien - "After"
8. Sidestepper - "Logozo"
9. Suba - "Felicidade"
10. Keii Chandler & Joe Clausell - "Escravos De Jo"
11. Soul Ascendants - "The String Thing"
12. Attaboy - "New World"

[edit] Volume 3

2001

[edit] CD1

Dream

1. Nicos - "Secret Love"
2. John Kaizan Neptune - "Golden Lotus"
3. Yorgos Kazantzis - "Sorocos"
4. Karunesh - "Solitude"
5. Platon Andritsakis - "Via Pajuta Iii"
6. Manuel Franjo - "Solo Por Tu Amor"
7. Gustavo Montesano & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - "Tango Serenato De Schubert"
8. Adrian Enescu - "Invisible Movies (Part 1)"
9. Deepak Ram - "A Night In Lenasia"
10. Amr Diab - "Tamally Maak"
11. Frédérick Rousseau - "Danya"
12. Eden - "Mavis"
13. Oliver Shanti & Friends - "Sacral Nirvana"
14. Jesse Cook - "On Walks The Night"

[edit] CD2

Joy

1. Gotan Project - "Triptico"
2. Zeb - "Sufism"
3. Osman Ismem - "Kale"
4. Don Freeman - "My Dear Masters"
5. Ekova - "Starlight In Daden (Aurora Remix)"
6. Talvin Singh - "Veena"
7. Ravi Prasad - "Indian Gipsy"
8. Hasan Cihat Orter - "Flirting Shadows (Sehnaz Longa)"
9. Anna Vissi - "Den Me Agapas"
10. Nacho Sotomayor - "Don't Do Anything"
11. Badmarsh & Shri - "Sitar Ritual"
12. Kodo - "Strobe's Nanafushi (Satori Mix)"
13. Livin' In Da Ghetto (Featuring Moktar) - "Arabian Song (Da Ghetto XXXX Club)"

[edit] Volume 4

2002

[edit] CD1

Dinner

1. Frederick Rousseau - "La Fille De Pekin"
2. Tibet Project - "Tibet (A Passage To...)"
3. Jade Or - "Opium"
4. Nitin Sawhney - "Moonrise"
5. Nash Didan - "A Window Of My Dreams"
6. Agricantus - "Amatevi"
7. Manuel Franjo - "Tiempo"
8. Guadalupe Pineda Con Los Tres Ases - "Historia De Un Amor"
9. Armen Chakmakian - "Distant Lands"
10. Nickodemus - "Desert Dancer (Zeb's Slow Camel Ride Remix)"
11. Flam - "Monsoon"
12. Tulku - "Radha Ramana"
13. Natassa Theodoridou - "Tora To Thimithikes"
14. Gotan Project - "Una Musica Brutal"

[edit] CD2

Drink

1. Outsized - "Karma (Extended Mix)"
2. Time Passing - "Party People"
3. Panjabi MC - "Mundian To Bach Ke"
4. Ishtar - "Comme Toi"
5. Chris Spheeris - "Dancing With The Muse"
6. Carlos Campos - "Irish Coffee"
7. Llorca - "The Novel Sound"
8. Loving Paris - "Loco"
9. Roland Louis - "Percussion's Rhythm (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit)"
10. Dan Lacksman's Alliance - "Louxor In Vegas"
11. Angie Samiou - "Agoraki Mou"
12. Amr Diab - "Aktar Wahed"
13. Celia Cruz - "Yo Vivire (I Will Survive)"
14. Usual Masters - "Nocturne In Paris"

[edit] Volume 5

2003

[edit] CD1

Dinner

1. Jade Or feat. Bielka Nemirovski - "Nie Kantshaietsa"
2. Mikis Theodorakis - "I've Kept A Hold Of My Life"
3. Refractory - "Road"
4. Trumpet Thing - "Far Away"
5. Mystic Rhythms Band - "Gesso's Guitar Song"
6. Angelique Kidjo - "Lemanja"
7. Elie Karam - "Baadima"
8. David Visan & Michael Winter - "Tamtra Tibet (feat. Ani Choying Drolma)"
9. Mariza - "Loucura"
10. Maria Papadopoulou - "Maskaremeni"
11. David Visan & Carlos Campos - "Indra Story"
12. Laurent Dury - "Silk Road"
13. Alihan Samedov - "Sen Gelmez Oldun"
14. Frederick Rousseau - "Princess W. Cheng"
15. Madan - "Salif Keita & Martin Solveg (Bonus Claude Challe Version)"

[edit] CD2

Drink

1. Emma Shapplin - "La Notte Etterna"
2. dZihan & Kamien - "Just You & I"
3. Sarma - "Muel"
4. DJ Disse - "Egyptian Disco (Buddha Bar Edit)"
5. Gipsyland - "Salaam"
6. Mondo Candido - "Meglio Stasera"
7. Latour - "Blue"
8. Despina Vandi - "Gia"
9. Giampiero Ponte feat. Moran - "Sphynx (Club Mix)"
10. Julie - "Blinded"
11. David Visan - "Czardasz"
12. Rubin Steiner - "Wunderlande"
13. Ritchie Lawrence - "Laurence d'Arabie (Ambient Mix)"

[edit] Volume 6

2004

[edit] CD1

Rebirth

1. B-Tribe - "Angel Voices (Rebirth Mix)"
2. 1 Giant Leap - "Way You Dream, The"
3. Dolphin Boy - "Shake It Loose"
4. Daniel Masson - "Sonargaon"
5. Deew - "She Will Never Learn"
6. Erik Satie - "Gnossienne No. 1 (Buddha Bar Remix)"
7. Cellar 55 - "Por-do-sol"
8. Ryukyu Underground - "Kanasando (Rebirth Remix)"
9. Ganga - "Chair"
10. Dos Hombres - "The Alkemyst"
11. Slow Train - "Naturally"
12. Touch & Go - "Straight To...Number One (Dreamcatcher's Remix)"
13. Cantoma - "Essarai"
14. Oum Kalthoum - "Yally Kan Yeshgeek Anieny (Banzai Republic Remix)"

[edit] CD2

Rejoice

1. Baul Dimension - "Bangla Soul"
2. Table vs. Ludovico Einaudi - "Memory"
3. Slow Train - "Trail Of Dawn"
4. Loopless - "Pink Blue Hotel"
5. Télépopmusik - "Breathe (Banzai Republic's X-Hale remix)"
6. Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)"
7. Bliss - "Manvantara"
8. Baul Dimension - "Baul Dimension"
9. Afterlife - "Sunrise"
10. PQM - "Nameless (feat. Pilgrim Soul)"
11. Casa Flava - "De Mome De (Paris & Sharp Remix)"
12. Perfect Sense - "Bumba (Stereo Sax Mix)"

[edit] Volume 7

2005

[edit] CD1

Sarod

1. Bliss - "Breathe"
2. My Phuong Nguyen & Thierry David - "Huong Viêtnam"
3. Riccardo Eberspacher - "Light Signs"
4. Al-Pha-X - "An Indian Summer"
5. Afterlife - "Take Me Inside (feat. Dannii Minogue) (Christophe Goze Mix)"
6. Ustad Sultan Khan - "Aja Maji (Sacred Rhythm Version by Joe Claussell)"
7. Bigtétény's Finest - "Lovasok A Szakadék Felé"
8. Federico Aubele - "Postales"
9. Vargo - "The Moment"
10. Salif Keita - "Moussoulou (Remixed by Charles Webster)"
11. José Padilla - "Light My Heart"
12. Bebel Gilberto - "Aganjú (John Beltran Remix)"
13. Ramasutra - "Magma Mama"
14. Peppe Barra - "Core Noir (Azoia Remix)"
15. Da Lata - "Distracted Minds"
16. Laidback - "Happy Dreamer"

[edit] CD2

Sarangi

1. Kirpi - "The Song"
2. Sainkho - "Ohm Suaa (Remixed by Martin Morales)"
3. Lonesome Echo - "Spirit of Drums (feat. Mutabaraku) (S.U.M.O. Afrobounce Remix)"
4. DJ Nasha - "Flute Fantasy"
5. Ryukyu Underground - "Mo Ashibi (Jason Bentley Remix)"
6. Luciano Supervielle - "Perfume (Remixed by Campo)"
7. Mambayaga Project - "Joy On A Stick"
8. Oba Funke - "Uzoamaka"
9. Phatjak vs. DJ Hamoodi - "Ritmo Caliente"
10. Harem - "Medusa"
11. Mo' Horizons - "Drum'n Boogaloo (Full Vocal Mix)"
12. Mambayaga Project - "Clockwork (Shantel vs. Mahala Rai Banda Remix)"
13. Tito Rodriguez - "Mama Guela (Stuhr Remix)"
14. Les Négresses Vertes - "Sous Le Soleil De Bodega (Bodega Di Moko)"

[edit] Volume 8

2006

[edit] CD1

Paris

1. Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - "Korana"
2. Naomi - "White"
3. Alihan Samedov - "Son Nefes (Deep Mix)"
4. Punjabi Hit Squad - "Hasdi Hasdi (Hit Squad Mix)"
5. Antaeus - "Palm of the Prophet"
6. Out Of Phase - "Desire (Tiger Mix 2006)"
7. Yasmin Levy - "Madre, Si Esto Hazina"
8. Pompon Finkelstein - "Lost In Reflection (La Forza Del Destino by G. Verdi)"
9. Shubha Mudgal - "The Awakening"
10. Shpongle - "Once Upon The Sea Of Blissful Awareness (Esionjim Remix)"
11. Sam Popat & Alexandre Scheffer - "Golden Ring"
12. Nomadix - "Chura Liya"
13. Elkin Marin - "Wallanwala"
14. Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikola - "Tagama"
15. Alhoeverah - "Tan Cani"

[edit] CD2

New York

1. Angel Tears - "Mystic Desire"
2. Vasilisa - "Oblak / Cloud"
3. Ensemble Ethnique - "Asilah"
4. Jerk House Connection - "Mother Blues"
5. Belladonna - "Ebatule"
6. Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - "Balkan Vocals"
7. Alberto Beto Una - "Angels In The Desert (Original Profundo Mix)"
8. Bongoloverz - "La Esperanza (Hope and Faith)"
9. Dan Marciano - "Good Morning Paris (Dr. Kucho! Remix)"
10. Kirpi - "My Name Is Kirpi"
11. Orient Expressions - "Istanbul 1:26 AM"
12. Biber - "Turta"
13. Sam Popat & Alexandre Scheffer - "Dil Mera"
14. Yves Larock - "Nomadic Knights"
15. Schiller - "I Feel You"

[edit] Volume 9

April 16, 2007

[edit] CD1

Royal Victoria

1. Bardo State – "Sospiro"
2. Mystic Diversions – "Flight BA0247"
3. Amanaska – "Sleep"
4. Hess Is More – "Yes Boss"
5. Koop – "Koop Island Blues"
6. Eccodek – "Mongolia On The Line"
7. Serafim Tsotsonis – "Wood Street"
8. Existence – "Heart Beat Of Life"
9. The Lushlife Project – "Essence Of Our Origins"
10. Michalis Koumbios – "Astradeni"
11. York featuring Asheni – "Iceflowers"
12. David Lowe’s Dreamcatcher – "I Know Jayne"
13. Nikonn – "Sunday"
14. Kenneth Bager featuring Julee Cruise – "Fragment Two – The First Picture"
15. Burhan Ocal – "Bugu Jazz"

[edit] CD2

Barons court

1. Sunset Blvd. – "Mrs Daisy May"
2. Cosmic Orient – "La Pila"
3. Djuma Soundsystem – "Les Djinns" (Trentemøller Remix)
4. Carmen Rizzo featuring Grant Lee Phillips – "As The Day Breaks" (Montreal Remix)
5. Massivan – "Daydream"
6. Cirque Du Soleil – "Africa" (Quicksound / Alain Vinet Remix)
7. Rocco – "Roots 4 Acid"
8. Passion Of Percussion – "Last Chance"
9. Novalima – "Machete"
10. Parov Stelar – "Chambermaid Swing"
11. OMFO – "Choban In Space"
12. Otros Aires – "Amor que se Baila"
13. Naked Rhythm – "Gypsy Majik" (Gypsy Lounge Vocal Remix)
14. Blank & Jones – "Loneliness"
15. Bahramji featuring Mashti – "Indusufi"
16. DJ Ravin featuring Karma Sound Collective – "Karma Busta Rhythm"

[edit] Criticisms

Certain groups of Buddhists may have criticisms regarding the use of the Buddha statue in the bars.

• Some Buddhists may find the usage and exploitation of Buddha statues in a bar which is serving mainly alcoholic beverages and meat to be utterly offensive and provocative, because, it is claimed, Buddha stressed the importance and benefits of vegetarianism and abstinence from alcohol.
  • A minority of Mahayana Buddhists strongly oppose meat-eating on certain scriptural grounds. However, the majority^{[citation needed]} of schools of Buddhism reject such a claimed need and most Buddhists do in fact eat meat. See also: Buddhist vegetarianism
  • Pancasila, the fundamental code of Buddhist ethics, which is willingly undertaken by lay followers of Gautama Buddha on logical, rather than supernaturally derived grounds, and are to be undertaken voluntarily rather than as "commandments" from a supernatural or mundane authority has at one of its points to undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicant which lead to carelessness.
• The placement of a sitting Buddha statue at Paris Buddha Bar's entrance has been highly regarded as an offense by some Buddhists due to the fact that patrons to the bar usually love to place coins on the laps of the Buddha statue, as if the statue is a mere donation box or wishing well. It is claimed that only fresh flowers may be placed on Buddha's laps.
• As diners are upstairs, the dining is above the level of the statue's head. This may be a taboo to some, due to the fact that it is taught by certain Buddhist paths that "no one can ever sit above Buddha's head".

It is not certain if the preceding two points apply by all Buddhist schools or if they are only criticisms of a minority of Buddhist schools. The admonition not to eat meat is, for example, only the opinion of a minority of followers of a certain school because of certain scriptural grounds. Scriptural grounds may also be the cause for the other criticism regarding "sitting above Buddha's head" and only fresh flowers on Buddha's lap.

[edit] External links

• Buddha Bar official site
• David Visan official website
• Official website of Claude Challe
• Buddha Bar compilation CDs at amazon.com
• Armen Chakmakian Official website for Armen Chakmakian, Grammy-nominated keyboardist and Buddha-Bar & Buddha-Bar IV recording artist.