19 December 2004

Chenard Walcker : Vize VerzeChenard Walcker : Vize Verze [wm006]

An album made out of dutch samples only released on the dutch netlabel WM recordings. Well, as i don't speak dutch, this funny project is a kind of cadavre exquis. And pull ... two, four ... to the floor !



18 December 2004

The Fuzz : God Bless The RadioThe Fuzz : God Bless The Radio [fsz001]

This is release number 001. God Bless The Radio is the favorite ep of Chenard Walcker for 10 years now. The Fuzz allowed him to release it under a Creative Commons licence. Hip Hop'n'Roll !!!



17 December 2004

Free Sample ZoneFREE SAMPLE ZONE STARTS TODAY with already 20 albums hosted @ archive.org. Some were available on the net since early 2003, but Chenard also published the lost episodes : about 50 tracks he did between 2001 and 2004.

Chenard Walcker : EcholalieChenard Walcker : Echolalie [fsz020]

This album is about memory, as Chenard almost lost it while working on the songs of "Echolalie". It was created using the immediate, stereotyped and involuntary repetition of words or musical phrases just sung/played by others - dozens of them at the same time.

Updated : two tracks droped, clicks removed in six and two reworked plus a new playlist order



Chenard Walcker : X RaysChenard Walcker : X Rays [fsz019]

The way some tracks were created could be compared to a gang-bang - everybody's fucking with one another... Here are porn horn, fuzzy bass, dirty lyrics and sesso matto drums for your free sex parties.



Chenard Walcker : OddioChenard Walcker : Oddio [fsz018]

This EP was created in the first days of july 2004 for Katyana at Oddio Overplay, after she asked me to do a track for a net-compilation that is now released on her site. K chose Io & Oddio Overplay. That's Chenard and her now.

Updated : one song droped and two reworked in january 2006



Chenard Walcker : Magirus DentzChenard Walcker : Magirus Dentz [fsz017]

Magirus Dentz was inspired by a 8mm film seen in a found footage installation in Paris. This amateur film showed brand new german red fire trucks demonstrating their capabilities. But the brand of the trucks isn't 'Magirus Dentz' but 'Magirus Deutz'. Chenard often swaps letters, but here he put one upside down.



Oscar and the Jets : Brown BabyOscar and the Jets : Brown Baby [fsz016]

All the songs from Brown Baby are based on the voice of one only beautiful tune of the same name that Oscar Brown Jr originaly recorded for his album Sin & Soul (1960).



Chenard Walcker : Rock'n Roll BoyChenard Walcker : Rock'n Roll Boy [fsz015]

A weirdo funky stuff featuring some of the hottest dum dum boys, like Shooby Taylor or Louie Louie. But the fuzz here comes from Jaune Soufre, a poem of Malika Said, on which was added some kinda surrealist happy funk, with unknown instrument soli and rolling bass that contrasts a great deal with the dark poem Malika wrote. The following track, Shooby Taylor, is a sonic stew development of Jaune Soufre with fat drums, heavy guitars soli and loads of insanity !



Chenard Walcker : Le Football De CollageChenard Walcker : Le Football De Collage [fsz014]

This is the kind of sport you should try - a Dada gymnastic for the mind. Fill silence while training with a couple of demento disco tracks, a late fado diva and even A COLONIAL PARACHUTIST INSTALLED IN THE CENTER OF MARRAKECH WHICH WANT TO EAT THE WHOLE WORLD (RIP L´NSARANI). You're gonna sweat !

Updated : two songs droped, two were reworked, clicks removed in nine and new playlist order



Les Rapeurs Sans TeteLes Rapeurs Sans Tete [fsz013]

At the beginning of 2004, Sylvie Bouvier worked with her pupils (7 to 9 years old Adama, Zacharia, Rojin & Swell) on writing some rap lyrics as it seemed to be the very way they would learn to read and write french.

Chenard knew Rojin, Zacharia and Adama for having already worked with them. He found the result so nice, so astonishaly personal, that he proposed the guys to record them while toasting their text, and to make a track for them.



Oscar & the Jets : Nelson's MelodyOscar & the Jets : Nelson's Melody [fsz012]

Two tracks dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg's masterpiece, Melody Nelson (1971). It was created by request of Oopswhoops, for a french radio show he wanted to do on Gainsbourg. He broadcasted track one.



Chenard Walcker : L'OmeletteChenard Walcker : L'Omelette [fsz011]

Customers of the Merkury bar (Poland) say that this one is their favorite. Maybe it's because some voices i've embezzled here are quite recent. Or maybe this is only due to alcohol...

Updated : two songs droped and four were reworked plus clicks removed in ten songs and a new playlist order



Chenard Walcker : UtopiaChenard Walcker : Utopia [fsz010]

Well, i guess these tunes will take you in the ups and downs of utopia. Anyone interested ? Maybe you'll find notable to know that Force Centripete featured here is my favorite track. Please follow me ! I'm your sound servant. CW



Chenard Walcker : Ecossaise 133Chenard Walcker : Ecossaise 133 [fsz009]

Jesus is a mountain of cheese, according to Saint Augustin. But here, the voices of Cheese are... Oscar Brown Jr, Nina Simone, Mireille Matthieu, Zap Mama, Jimmy Lewis, Garnet Mimmus, Ginger Baker, Irma Thomas, and of course Jeannie Vassoir...

Updated : one song droped / one song reworked in january 2006



Chenard Walcker : BlessedChenard Walcker : Blessed [fsz008]

A smart set of half-dummed tunes. Voices are taken from the blues and other blessed chants, visiting various religious shrines with an internet network cable herbs affiliate ! Blessed thistle consists of the leaves and flowering tops of Cnicus benedictus. And then you are Blessed !



The Sand : WishThe Sand : Wish [fsz007]

The Sand had made a single for the chistmas of 2002, but it took them two years to have it released. It's now in the Free Sample Zone for your 2004 (and following) christmas hip parties.



Chenard : Haut Le CoeurChenard : Haut Le Coeur [fsz006]

What about a kind of weird orchestra gathering together early 80's hip-hop with gregorian chants, organs, bossa nova, diamonds, loud bass, soul singers, 7 trumpets and space suits ?

Updated : four song reworked and clicks removed in january 2006



Chenard Walcker : LChenard Walcker : L [fsz005]

This is the "L", my only friend the "L", that same old godamn letter i've been stuck to for a while. But not anymore. So, listen to the "L" and look into the eye of the Ludicious Speed.



Chenard Walcker : Le FouChenard Walcker : Le Fou [fsz004]

"Give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth" said the poet. A fat lot of good that is ! Chenard has 7 masks. The thing is : you won't see him, so please listen to him. Le Fou is supported by several singers from Ethiopia, France, USA and UK. Origins of the musicians are even more varied.

Updated : one song removed, five were reworked



The Walcker Crew : Les Veines NoiresThe Walcker Crew : Les Veines Noires [fsz003]

Don't be upset by this first cut-up set that Chenard and his crew created in one shot on 17 march 2002. Those funky tunes last a bit more than 2 minutes for once, and were only intended for use with headphones and a phat blunt.

Updated : The crew reworked the whole thing 4 years later (cut all the fat, deplaced some passages, etc.)



Chenard Walcker : L'Ane Vetu de la Peau de LionChenard Walcker : L'Ane Vetu de la Peau de Lion [fsz002]

First attempts with the technique of cut & paste. The title means "the donkey dressed with the lion's skin" in french. Deceptive is what this music is all about.