Darren Cross

Darren James Cross, previously known as Darren E. Spielberg-Cross, is an Australian songwriter, musician, guitarist, record producer and video maker. Cross is the founding mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist of alternative rock group Gerling (1992–2007). He started the E.L.F. project in 2007, which issued an album, Plankton Icke and Tina Turner David City Limits (2010). His folk noir duo Jep and Dep were formed in 2012 with his domestic partner, Jessica Cassar on co-lead vocals, which have issued two albums. Under his own name he has released five studio albums, _Xantastic (2016), Peacer (2018), Keeping Up? (2020) and Distorder (2021). The artist's instrumental folk guitar project, D.C Cross has released seven albums, Ecstatic Racquet (2019), Terabithian (2020), Hot-wire the Lay-low (Australian escapist pieces for guitar) (2022), Wizrad (2023),Glookies Guit (2024), D.C Cross - Live at the Red House (2025)Open Guitar - Volume One (2025) and Open Guitar - Volume Two (2026). In October 2026, Cross released his debut duo album with Andrew Tuttle called AT/DC on the Someone Good / ROOM40 label.

Cross has collaborated with other artists, the Apartments, Kylie Minogue, the Avalanches, Jagwar Ma and Kool Keith. The musician has worked in diverse genres from commercial house music, indie rock-style detuned guitar pop, abstract electronica with Gerling to Americana-style traditional folk music. Cross has a music and video production studio, Bernstein studios and performs live in Jep and Dep and as Darren Cross or D.C Cross.