Darren Cross (musician)
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Darren Cross in Paris, 2017.
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| Background information | |
| Born |
3 November 1974 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, filmclip maker |
| Years active | 1992 –present |
| Labels | No Drums Records, Flying Nun Records, Festival Records, Trifekta Records, Sony Records, Fellaheen Records |
| Associated acts | Gerling Jep and Dep The E.L.F |
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Darren Cross (born 3 November 1974) is an Australian songwriter, musician, record producer, video maker. Cross is best known for his previous band Gerling he formed and founded in 1992, more recently his Folk-Noir duo Jep and Dep, solo under Darren Cross, releasing his debut solo album _Xantastic in 2016 and he is also known under his dance music side project the E.L.F.
Cross runs his own music and video production studio called Bernstein studios and currently performs live with Jep and Dep and as Darren Cross.
Cross has collaborated with many different and diverse artists over his career, including Cornelius, Kylie Minogue, The Avalanches, Jagwar Ma and Kool Keith. Over his 20 years as a professional musician, Cross has released a diverse output of music – writing and producing many different song styles and genres- from commercial house music, indie rock style detuned guitar pop, abstract electronica with Gerling to Americana style traditional Folk Music with Jep and Dep and solo. Cross also Co-wrote a song on the Jagwar Ma debut album Howlin
Cross founded Gerling when he was attending highschool in the Western Suburbs of Sydney at the height of Grunge. In the early days Gerling were influenced by Pavement, Sonic Youth, Boredoms , Beck and Mercury Rev writing with only two guitars and drums. The group initially focussed on creating experimental guitar pop, with its debut release, Sedatives For Dead Radars, being released in 1995 on Steve Pavlovic's Fellaheen label. This was followed by the mini-album, A Day of Research, in 1996. They moved to dance music and sampling. Gerling released four albums over their 16-year career. Cross contributed most of the vocals in the group and contributed most of the lyrics and conceptual ideas as well. From Gerling's 57 songs – Cross wrote the lyrics to 26 of them. Both he and drummer Presser (Paul Towner) created the groups album artwork and collages, calling themselves The Deli Bros.
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