Dopplereffekt (German for 'Doppler effect') is an electronic music act from Detroit which has been active since 1995, and whose main member is producer/artist Gerald Donald (also one half of the band Drexciya with James Stinson).
While the musical style and the act's image changed radically during a non-release period from 1999 to 2003, two steady characteristics are the display of a thematic affiliation with science and the obvious use of pseudonyms and the hence rumored but unconfirmed identities of the members.
[citation needed] The group also has political influences, with the cover of Gesamtkunstwerk featuring a white hammer and sickle on a black background.
In an interview, Gerald Donald stated that the album cover was intended to pay homage to socialism as an ideal political concept in theory.
[3] The act has played gigs regularly across the globe.