Focus Paris

With millions of music compilations sold and venues opened throughout the world, Buddha-Bar has set itself as the Lifestyle benchmark for Zen & chic. After a hundred of compilations, several enchanting music travels, it was about time to focus on the creation of the myth, the origins. Buddha-Bar XXI celebrates Buddha-Bar Paris and features the DJs that made the reputation of the venue, Ravin and Sam Popat - the legendary residents. CD1, "Dinner" has been selected by Ravin, true Master of Lounge music and talent spotter of "World" music since 1996. CD2, "Party" has been mixed by Sam Popat, an emblematic figure of ethnic-electronic music and of thrilling and heady tribal sounds. Buddha-Bar XXI marks a return to the roots and to the unique values that made the venue a mythical place.

Muse have stormed into the public eye in recent years with albums offering an onslaught of guitars, keys and drum riffs that hark back to the days of 1970s prog-rock. Hullaballo shows them at their best, within an energetic live performance of the kind that first drew them to the public and media's attention. Filmed towards the end of their intense 2001 tour at Le Zenith, Paris, this gig is full of high-powered chords and dramatic instrument torture as the lads pump through songs from their three albums including tracks from the B-side album Hullaballo, released to coincide with the DVD.