Once upon a time, there was a place, and its music guru : Hotel Costes and
Stéphane Pompougnac.Two names definitely linked to each other, identified
all over the world. Stéphane, started out in Paris as a waiter in "Café Costes"
during the day and playing house music all night, at " Diable des Lombards"
at " le Queen ", but also at "le Privilège ", where the mythic endless afters-
parties of "le Palace", used to take place. When le Palace closed, he moved
on to " Les Bains " where he encountered Claude Challe who broadened his
music scape to new horizons.
In the meanwhile , he met up again with Jean-Louis Costes, who asked him
to mix for a residency at his new hotel - restaurant. This was back in 1997.
Little by little,Stéphane started leaving his musical mark in the hotel.
The customers hooked into his universe, asked him about his music and mix.
The musical atmosphere became an element of the place. This sparkled the
idea of a compilation, to "spread the spirit" of the hotel.
Today, the compilations mixed by Stéphane Pompougnac have already spun
round the earth, drawing more than four millions passengers aboard this
"parisian night-flight".Stéphane is one of the most required Dj spreading the
music "à la française" all over the world.
From Tokyo to New York,in Djakarta,in Beijing, Dubaî, Ibiza or Rio,Stéphane
is forever between planes.Mixing jet lags and music, he now looks at his tra-
jectory with humour,feeling that this whirlwind is a little to much.He doesn’t
want to get pegged under the heading of "Dj who launched lounge music.”
That would be a far too narrow way of grasping what he’s about. As a fulfil
musician, he gets away now and then from the waves of hype by composing
and producing his own songs . After two albums : "Living On The Edge" and
"Hello Mademoiselle" (2003)(2007),and side to the Hôtel Costes compilations
to which he still provides his talents with volume 12th and " Costes Decade"
(a double cd best of) , Stéphane has now created his own label : " S P P "
uptempo grooves and surprises to be released during 2010.
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