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At 2:08 PM 4/26/96, Matthew J. Lehrer wrote:

quoted 3 lines Ob313: Ummm...anyone with the new Dopplereffekt news? C'mon, don't be shy

> >Ob313: Ummm...anyone with the new Dopplereffekt news? C'mon, don't be shy >now.... ;)

OK, I guess it's time to review it :) I believe this is out now, Seventh City is distributing it. Dopplereffekt _Infophysix_ EP Seven (short) tracks. Once again, the odd (anti-)marketing is in effect -- plastic bag, photocopied liner notes, etc. Check the enclosed flyer for a _photograph_ (really!) of Kim Karli and "Dr. Rudolf Klorzeiger", in full Ultravox-circa-"Vienna" mode -- skinny ties and everything! [new wavers with nothing to hide :) ] So, anyway, the iconography is totally correct, and so's the music -- kind of a four-way car crash between Drexciya, Kraftwerk, Soft Cell's _Non-Stop Erotic Cafe_ and a busted TI Speak n' Spell. :) The first sound on the record is a Speak & Spell saying "That is incorrect. Try again" , which leads into the opening track, "Voice Activated" The sounds are simultaneously murky and crispy, with those funhouse farts and trills we all know and love. The next track, "Speak and Spell", skips along with a bobbing drum track, heavily chopped up vocal sample, and some severely cool analog warbles. The next track "Denki No Zuno" (can any of our Japanese speakers decode that one?) sounds like it could be an outtake from the Elecktroids LP. "Die Radiometre" closes out side 1 with a bobbing, shuffling beat and some menacing sounds. Side 2 kicks of with the prize of the EP, "Pornoactress" -- simultaneuously, corny, kinky, and slamming. It's got one of those thoroughbred burbling riffs, and these completely cool dueling male/female nerdy/kinky vocals "watchin' you on the screeeeen...." The next track, "Infophysix", may get you reaching for your Howard Jones records. "Pornovision" closes the EP with our pornoactress from track B1 telling us that she likes to watch pornographic movies over bouncy little synthpop burble. Highly recommended. -d.w. safety dancer