"Chenard Walcker is a French samplecore artist layering large slabs of pop music, obscure funk, soundtracks, etc. The site offers many albums worth of material as free downloads, as an anti-copyright stance. He also publishes the Free Sample Zone, which is all his material under several monikers...."

The 3 tunes are based upon a song by Philip Judd and sung by Chielie, lead singer of Yoghurt. Chenard Walcker brought some electric meat to fit the lyrics:

Kali is a destructive and creative aspect of God as the Divine Mother in Hinduism. She destroys only to recreate. Kalifornia, dedicated to Kali, was created on that very principle.

Her name seems to be a female version of the word 'kala' (Sanskrit for 'dark' or 'time'- time in this form being a euphemism for death); it also means Black Female, in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who is white; and Kali is the common name for Energy in her form as Shiva's wife, or Shakti. Kali is naked exept her skirt of human arms, and her necklace of fifty human heads. Fifty is the number of letters in the Sanskrit alphabet, from whose sounds Brahma created the world.

Kalifornia is sung by Tony Scott, Asha Bosle, Yogesh and Nida Fazli.

This imaginary vinyl album is meant to test your stereo pick-up equipment. Contrary to what the soft voice sugests to you all along, there is no passive listening.

'Testez...' was created by Chenard Walcker in march 2002, but it was only released in early 2005 by the Free Sample Zone.

Warning : These are metal replica collector toys. Not intended for use by children. As they may have sharp edges.

Helen Merrill would surely have felt funny about those 4 new versions of 'My Funny Valentine'. The voice was found on her delicious album 'A Shade Of Difference' (1968). Here, her voice meets some false funky drops orchestras buit up by the Sand, who you might also know as Chenard. Anyway, go out and buy the original lp's by Helen Merrill.

The Sand continues his series of ep dedicated to one and only tune. This time the song is Diamonds. The versions were performed by the Three Degrees with Chenard behind desks - one for each new year since 2001.

The Goof, The Bag and The Ugly are the three legs of The Socks. They went on some ultra classic trash r'n'b tunes to decipher wether a little good was to be found in the baad, or the contrary.

Please forgive them if they appear to you yummy or foolish, they are clumsy and shy but have there some pretty hot beats for ya!

Chenard's jazz-age funky cut-n-paste cubist appropriationist art urge the listener to step away from the computer and start dancing, or at least tap those toes. Funk, soul, jazz, and ethnic samples collide seamlessly and effortlessly in these groovy tracks, complemented by Chenard's equally groovy pop art cover graphics.

Originaly released on Webbed Hand Records in nov 2004.

'Vodoun' plays on the contrast between soulful voices from Benin and the porn grooves of Chenard Walcker. The sound is rough, close to saturation. So Faders up !

Chenard went to Benin (Western Africa) years ago. He bought there some tapes by two traditionnal singers, Le Roi Alokpon and Alekpehanhou. All the voices of 'Vodoun' were sampled from these two tapes.

Benin is where is practiced the rite of Vodoun. It's also historically the place from where the slaves were sent to America. That's how Vodoun was imported to Haiti, and it evolved to Voodoo.

Holes, holes, holes in the O, Michael Jackson, David Axelrod, François de Roubaix, Serge Gainsbourg, Nino Ferrer, Russ Garcia, Soundgarden - holes in the Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Bruno Nicolai, Ennio Morricone, G&M Angelis, Piero Piccioni - holes in a long list of songs with the word 'Hole' in their title... even including some by the Beatles. Shame on Chenard !

The soli on tracks 04, 08 and 09 were played by Remco Takken, Ditmer Weertman and Jelis Stam. They play together in an experimental band called Schors. They sent all their albums to Chenard. Many thanks to them.

The guy on the cover actually killed himself just after he had finished his painting on a Tel Aviv wall.

Captain Beefheart met Chenard for a short recording session. The cute pasty things that came out may be heard as some sort of musical anagrams... Breakbeat heartbreaking anagrams.

The two guys have already worked together once, and created a couple of songs, Tornado [fsz002] and Cruel [fsz004]. And for some more pain, the song Electricity was also released in january 2005 on the Comfortstand Recordings compilation People Doing Strange Things With Electricity Too.

We at FSZ are pleased to welcome a new oola-oop recycling artist who goes by the name of Run. Run is french. Run is cute - Da Doo Run Run - and he's a genuine encaustic tamer.

The music from Recycle was recorded with his combo 'les Tortues Sous Pression' ('Turtles Under Pressure') between 2001 and 2004. It is released here as an ecologic acoustic gesture. We think you should listen to his freak beats and follow his advice : sort to recycle.

CHENARD WALCKER CAN'T WALK; CHENARD WALCKER CAN'T TALK; HE'S A BUNNY MAN; ARE YOU WITH US? 'COS WE'RE THE ROBOTS; ROBOTS; R-O-B-O-T-S; AND WE'RE IN FOR CHENARD; C-H-E C-H-E C-H-E CHENARD; WE DROIDS HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY; C-H-E CAME ON OUR WAY; NO FEET NO TONGUE HE WAS OK; C-H-E C-H-E C-H-E ROBOT; NOTHING TO LOOSE; NOTHING TO SAY; WALCKER-WALCKER-WALCKER ROBOT; FATHEAD? OR GOOFBALL? OR BOZO? JACKASS? GOOSE? CUCKOO? TWAT? OR EVEN ZANY; THAT'S HOW HE'S CALLED C-H-E-N-A-R-D; BLIP-BLIP-BLIP COME ON; FEEL THE BLIP-BLIP-BLIP; WE ROBOTS ARE BIG FREAKS; C-H-E BIG FREAKS; STOP.

[ed.note: may the troll suffer one hundred deaths. may his deeds come back to him ten-fold.]

'Blue Oranges' is the first collaboration between Chenard Walcker And Roy 'Chicky' Arad for the Free Sample Zone / But they already did one together for Comfort Stand / So color the dancefloor with these erotic tunes / A new track was added in early august / It was recorded while Chenard was in Tel Aviv for the second time / It's called 'Black' / The music is to be played loud / And not though computer speakers if possible /

The title 'I Vanunu' is in reference to Mordechai Vanunu, the world's first nuclear hostage, who did 18 years of jail for having revealed to the London Times, in 1986, that Israel was making nuclear weapons. More infos on him here.

The album was recorded in one shot and mixed just afterwards. It wasn't planned, and wouldn't have been done without Ram Orion, who proposed Chicky and Chenard to use his recording skills - and his studio - as they were at a terrasse driking black coffees in Tel Aviv. Back to France, Chenard overdubbed some soli and did artwork after Chicky's suggestions. 'I Vanunu' was also released as plastic by Israeli label Pit/Kit on the 1st of august, just three months after it was recorded. Check out the translation of Chicky's poems.

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This short cut-and-paste album is dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991). It is credited to Nelson, even though made by Chenard Walcker, because all the samples he used here were taken from the Gainsbourg's discography only.

Lyrics like 'Poum-Pa Poum-Pa Poum Doo-Bi-Doo' sure won't hurt anyone. So, you'll probably ask : what's the point? Well, just burn the music on CD and eat it.

Let'z zelebrate ze firzt anniverzary of Free Zample Zone wiz zome out-of-rhyzm zit by Zenard / It'z called Zyne

Zyne is a florida bar board certified immigration and naturalization lawyer who is listed in the best lawyers in america / Zyne is active in normal body temperature and in different acidity levels / Zyne is an independent design service specializing in high / Zyne is the hypertext russian literary magazine started in april of 1995 with the intention of exposing aspiring russian writers to more readers while these / Zyne is / Zyne is the foundation's business manager / Zyne is also good against parasites / Zyne is the hypertext russian literary magazine started in april 1995 with the intention of exposing aspiring russian writers to more readers / Zyne is a great song that gives us a link to our past and at the same time brings us into the present / Zyne is my het / Zyne is from a pig's pancreas / Zyne is going to get 10

Chenard and his crew got back together for a week-end after one year spent apart. They recorded these 5 songs with one idea in mind : Prevent panic!

As the title suggests it, this album is meant to be played in case of emergency only, with the LOOP mode on. LISTENERS IN THEIR REGULAR STATE ARE STRONGLY ADVICED NOT TO LISTEN TO THIS. So just wait for the right occasion, like a plane-crash, hijacking, or any catastrophe you might experience. It may also be useful in Europe with the probable panic over bird flu outbreak.

It all began one manic night in late march 2006... Moo is one of the creepiest, wild pumping thingy cut-and-pasted by Chenard Walcker. This is an album with fuzz guitar riffs, heavy swirling organs, hapsichord, flutes, saxophone, smooth voices, horns, weird synthetizers effects, dissonent pianos, sitar, loud basses and a handful of FAT BEATS!

Though it is a perfect match for the amphetamine and speed culture of the junkies that live in Chenard's neighbourhood in Paris, you won't have to take any drug to enjoy this moosika. You might even shout "MOOOOOOO" as a horny camel.

The Sand was already working on the C-side when Chenard came by. They first did overdubs on a unfinished cut from the Moo sessions, Butterflying, but soon landed and dived deep into the C for the next three tracks. 'One-Armed' is based on guitar patterns recorded by Geoffroy Vincens.

This is the sound of C. The sound which creates a new dimension. This is a new style of music?!!??#

Two books touched me in my childhood : "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak and "The Giving Tree" of Shel Silverstein. I had made a track inspired by the first (in the Comfortstand Recordings album Middle), here is a free variation inspired by the second. These two children's books are absolute poetry.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Chenard publishes at last his first long play in a long time! You've got here some strange groovy tracks that melt together Fuzzed Out Hardrock, Blues, Funk, Psychedelia, Soul, Folk, Progressive and Heavy Rock. The Pusher was made out of 500 obscure gems from the 60's/70's area.

The Street (Haifa-Beirut 2006) is a poem that Chicky wrote against the war in Lebanon. He bought a new 3 Euro microphone and tried to record it louder. He sent the recording to Chenard Walcker, who added music. Chenard also did a version of The Owl. Check out the translation of Chicky's poems.

Roy Chicky Arad is an Israeli poet who has already published three books. He recorded two albums with Chenard Walcker. Chicky also runs the art magazine "Maayan". Check its web version here.