Information about the members of Dopplereffekt is scarce; active since 1995, the group has never been interviewed. They rarely play live. And what we do know, we can break down for you fairly quickly: the founding, and initially sole member of Dopplereffekt (they’ve been a duo since 2003) is generally thought to be Gerald Donald, AKA Rudolf Klorzeiger, once half of the pioneering electro group Drexciya. Sundry Germanic references populate many of the group’s early recordings, and as such it may not surprise you to learn that the music, most of which was collected on 1999’s Gesamtkunstwerk, is essentially a minimal electro homage to Kraftwerk. more ›

Confession: we want to date half of Ladytron. Take that how you will, considering the group is equal parts femme and homme and there's a healthy amount of us here in the music section salt mines who fantasize about this group. Who else really makes such tall, dark, and sexy music? more ›