As is par for the course in the Motor City electro scene, identities are unknown, but the emphasis on precise drum programming and effects sounds barely a year or two removed from the classic electric-funk days of 1982. Dopplereffekt debuted in 1995 with a mini-LP for Detroit's Dataphysix label, then released two EPs for the label during 1997: Infophysix and Sterilization. The countless German references reflect the group's fascination with the classic Kraftwerk sound. Microsoft Works 4 5 Oem Gm. After 'Sterilization' was included on several mix albums, DJ Hell contacted Dopplereffekt and released the Gesamtkunstwerk compilation through his international Deejay Gigolo label in 1999. The alias Japanese Telecom emerged in late 1999 to release the Rising Sun mini-LP through the once Ann Arbor-based Intuit-Solar Records. Dopplereffekt are from Detroit.

Their electro-style resembles that of Drexciya, though it feels colder and the production is better (at least when compared to Drexciya's masterpiece 'The Quest' which was recorded rather poorly). The record feels cold and clinical though at the same time it can be very funny: 'We had to Sterilize the Population' said by a robot-voice ranks amongst my favourite lyrics in any genre!

Afv The Naughty Files. Dopplereffekt return with Cellular Automata, the first new album from the electro scientists since their Rephlex debut Calabi Yau Space ten years ago!!

The music obviously reminds me of Kraftwerk, though the emphasis in their lyrics or songtitles tends more towards sex or (alien) domination (through technology). The music is dark, minimal, cold and funny at the same time. They apply their few sounds like a surgeon cuts with his knife (or razorblade for that matter!).

Dss Player Keygenguru. Thus they achieve maximum impact upon the unwary listener. The music isn't fast as in 320bpm-fast, but it feels extraordinarily 'hard' and edgy. Strong stuff for sure.

But served with the right amounts of irony and cynicism to top it off. Their Gesahmtkunstwerk really is a perfect record and one of the few worthy! Extensions to Kraftwerk's own impressive catalogue.

Instant MP3 download with all Vinyl purchases. Dopplereffekt return with Cellular Automata, the first new album from the electro scientists since their Rephlex debut Calabi Yau Space ten years ago!! Having kept themselves locked in the lab for the past decade, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have been constantly and carefully crafting out the astonishing building blocks of Cellular Automata, the dynamic scope of crystal clear electro portrayed here makes us forgive the scarce number of releases from the project in the intervening decade since Calabi Yau Space.

In true to form Dopplerefekt style, Cellular Automata takes its title from a discrete model studied in computability theory, mathematics, physics, complexity science, theoretical biology and microstructure modelling. This thought process carries through to the music perfectly, the feeling of each track as a brilliantly honed experiment of which the mechanical makeup and mathematical equations far outrange any scope of human understanding. It's hard to escape the idea that the album has been produced to be seemingly frozen within time, as if it is to be left for future techno technologists to discover and dissect the cross-border haunted electro that makes up the core of the recording. With the ongoing reissue campaigns of past Dopplerefekt related projects such as Drexciya, Der Zyklus, Zwischenwelt. It's a true testament to the innovation and sonic wizardry of the artist sometimes known as Gerald Donald that after all these years his next project is often the most crucial.