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What is Doppler Effect?
Doppler Effect has been a creative force in music for almost 30 years. Doppler Effect's founders began making music together in 1979. Since then Doppler Effect has had a long history of collaboration with a wide range of unique and talented musicians.
Doppler Effect's discography, spanning decades, is diverse. Over the years Doppler Effect has incorporated many styles and technologies in their recordings. From it's earliest live experimental music to the latest state of the art productions Doppler Effect has always been about boundless spontaneous musical and lyrical expression. In addition to Doppler Effect's own recordings, members of Doppler Effect have been involved in the productions of many other musicians.
Who are Doppler Effect?
Doppler Effect was formed August 14, 1980 by Kol Marshall, Nick Kane and Bob Plotlin, with the recording of "Sheesh Recorded Live". Doppler Effect credits John Cale as an honorary founder. Cale helped us decide upon the name Doppler Effect, and performed with us as his "back line" at our first live performance on November 27, 1981 at a club called Stillwend in lower Manhattan, along with Emory Anderson and Angela Guethlein. It was an honor and a privilege to perform with Cale, and an inspiration to us all.
Doppler Effect's founding
members are:
Kol
Marshall performs and sequences keyboards, plays guitar and bass,
as well as other odd instruments and found objects, and vocalizes.
Kol produces and engineers for Doppler Effect as well as for many
other artists, labels, recording studios and corporate clients. Visit
Kol's website at:
www.kolmarshall.com
Nick
Kane vocalizes, programs drum machines, plays guitar, plays odd
instruments and makes found audio samples and sound effects. Kane
has authored many of the Doppler Effect lyrics.
Bob
Plotkin performs Violin, synthesizer, and vocalizess on many releases.
Bob has written
an ode to Splurge, submitted for our 20th anniversary.
Emory
Anderson plays Tabla Drums, Bass, and performs Backing Vocals
on many early Doppler Effect recordings. Emory also wrote lyrics and
music for several songs which first appeared on the Hard Core
1984 album. Visit the History page where Emory
tells the story of how Doppler Effect got it's name.
Angela
Guethlein performed on many early
Doppler Effect recordings playing keyboards and bass. She was also
co-author of several songs from the 1984 era and performed bass and
backing vocals during live performances.
John
Cale led the first live performance by Doppler Effect
with Emory Anderson, Kol Marshall, Bob Plotkin and Angela
Guethlein as his supporting backline at a club called Stillwend
in lower Manhattan in November of 1981. Cale was also responsible
for helping choose the
name "Doppler Effect".Here's a link to his web site http://www.john-cale.com/
DISCOGRAPHY:
CLICK LINKED SONG TITLES FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!
PSYCHOACOUSTIKA
Released 2002
1. Caving
In
2. The
Bardo
3. Rivulets
4. Chant
Of Sin
5. Soma
6. Obscured
by Haze
BARREL
OF MONKEYS
Released 2002
A "best of" collection
1. Scary
Pants
2. Fear
Is Fun
3. Vacuum
Head
4. In
Love Not Friends
5. Paint
Chipped Ponies
6. 66
Fingers
7. Talk
To The Hand
8. Peeping
Tom
9. Moondoggie
Goes Berserk
10. Eight
Track Baby
11. Waitress
At Heart
12. Play
Doctor
13. Andropov
Dropoff
14. Grt
Stupid
15. Heart
On A Chain
16. Mental
Dissorders
17. Soma
DUPLICITOUS
VORTEX
Released 2001
1. Down
Below
2. Vacuum
Head
3. Smoking
Car
4. Dollar
Bill
5. Paint
Chipped Ponies
6. 66
Fingers
7. Bye
Bye My Pretty
8. Moondoggie
Goes Berserk
9. Hot
Chick Picnick
10. Hold
On Tight
SHEESH
REUNION
AUG 14 2001
LIVE AT THE MANOR
13 original and completely
spontanious live jams recorded at
The Manor in Brooklyn on the 21'st
anniversary of the very first
Doppler Effect session.
featuring: Nick Kane, Kol Marshall,
Bob Plotkin, Java Jel, Dennis Cleasby,
Ben Waller and more!
CONFABULATION
Released 1997
1. Dark
Skies
2. Eight
Track Baby
3. Confabulation
4. In
Love Not Friends
5. Waitress
At Heart
6. Spinning
7. Energy
Rollercoaster
8. Ties
9. Talk
To The Hand
10. Where
Are The People
11.
Island Of The Dead
12. The
Night
13. Splurge
HARDCORE VOLUME 2
Released 1993
1. Fear
Is Fun
2. Corporate
Clowns
3. Cowboy
Ronnie
4. Peeping
Tom
5. Jesus
Loved You
6. Treat
Me Right
7. Whine
and Whine
8. Satan's
Poor Public Image
9. Merry
Christmas
10.YB-
(Why Be Negative)
11. Andropov
Dropoff
12. Heart
On A Chain
13. Shoe
Box
COUNTDOWN
TO POWER
Released 1991
1. Countdown
2. Ignition
3. Play
Doctor
4. Room
Negative Ion Generator
5. New
York
6. Get
Stupid
7. Con
Games
8. Scary
Pants
9. Equation
10. Mental
Disorders
11. Output
Power
METALOPLASTIKA
Released 1989
1. Rippin
& Rappin
2. Where's
Da Girls
3. Hairy
Legs
4. New
York
5. Get
Stupid
6. Moat's
Art
7. Con
Games
8. Child's
Play
9. Children
Are Stupid
10. Self
Activation
11. Hi
Tech Lo Fi
12. Metaloplastika
11:11
Released 1987
1.
11:11 (an audio experience)
running time: 11:11
SCREAMS
IN SPACE
Released 1986
Disc 1:
1. Island Music
2. Schizophrenic Space Bubbles
3. Electric Bach Shock
4. Life of a Space Junky
5. Sector 584
6. Opera of the Dead
7. Requiem for the Lower Level
8 The Unified Field Theory
9 Upper Level Frustration
Disc 2:
1. Beyond The Valley of the Dead
2. Little Wind Up Children
3. Cryogenic Karma
4. Fear of Glass
5. Fear of Glass 2
6. Relentless Oppression
7. Left to the Machines for the Dismal Finale
FIND FOCUS
Released 1985
Featuring Kol Marshall on guitar and lead vocals, Michael Henegan on Bass and Kevin Baetz on drums.
SPLURGE
VOLUME 1
1979-1984
1. Block Island Blues
2. Dr. Who
3. RIP #2
4. Questions To Consider
5. Cry Of The Wolves
6. WOH! WOH! WOH! WOH! WOH!
7. Nicky Read
8. Mr. Roger's Gay Neighborhood
9. Free Fall
10. Waterslide
11. Sex Connection
12. Rain And Machines
13. Red Shift
14. Snowblind
15. Star
SPLURGE
VOLUME 2
1986-1990
1. Island Music
2. Beyond The Valley Of The Dead
3. Fear Of Glass
4. Humd Rumdata
5. Just Babies
6. Satyrica
7. Electric Scotsman
8. Nebuli
9. Rapture and Sorrow
10. Wind Spirits
11. Frere Jaqua
12. The Scroll
SPLURGE
VOLUME 3
1990-1992
1. Lost And Found
2. Prodigy One
3. Paper
4. Nostalgia
5. Ambient Frequencies
6. Chant Of Sin
7. Life Of A Space Junkie
8. May
9. Winter Splurge
10. Electric Bach Shock
11. Aftermath Before Science
12. People Are Electric
13. Why Do Kids Ask Why?
HARDCORE
1984
Released 1984
1. Fear Is Fun
2. Corporate Clowns
3. Cowboy Ronnie
4. Peeping Tom
5. Jesus Loved You
6. Merry Christmas
7. Treat Me Right
8. Hammerfall
9. When Jam
10. Andropov Dropoff (live)
11. Energy Rollercoaster
12. Satan's Poor Public Image
13. Shoe Box
14. When
15. Andropov Dropoff
16. What Is It?
NOW AND THEN ANTHOLOGY
Released 1984
1. Ancient Shit
2. Countdown
3. Trash You Eddie
4. Cowboy Ronnie
5. Ramscoop
6. Scarlet Letter
7. Nicky Read
8. White Umbrella
9. Ramscoop Live
10. Satan's Poor Public Image
11. Spastic Machine
12. The Ambient Frequencies of Metalic Liquid Substances
LIVE
AT HOME
November 27, 1983
1. Introduction by Margie Schnibbe
2. Arrival Before Image
3. Equasion
4. Bent Out Of Shape
5. Countdown
6. Play Doctor
7. Peeping Tom
8. Fear Is Fun
9. Corporate Clones
10. Cowboy Ronnie
11. Jesus Loved You
12. Shoe Box
13. Heart On A Chain
14. Caught In My Eye
January 7, 1984:
15. Arrival Before Image
16. Equasion
17. Bent Out Of Shape
18. Countdown
19. Peeping Tom
20. Play Doctor
21. Andropov Dropoff
22. Cowboy Ronnie
23. Fear Is Fun
24. Caught In My Eye
SHEESH
RECORDED LIVE
August 14, 1980
1. Countdown
2. Ignition
3. Play Doctor
4. Room Negative Ion Generator
5. Output Power
6. Uncle Ernie
7. Caress
8. Emergency Test
9. Star Trek
SPLURGE 1979 BLOCK ISLAND BLUES
Released 1979
1. Block Island Blues
2. Mattel Concerto
3. Planned Splurge
4. Flying Scotsman
5. Wolves Part 1
6. Cry Of The Wolves
7. WOH! WOH! WOH! WOH! WOH!
8. Fettish
9. Resin Splurge
10. 3 Hand Fantasy
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