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{{Short description|Australian band formed in 1993}} {{for-multi|the surname|Gerling (surname)|the German company|Gerling-Konzern}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gerling | image = GERLING3.jpg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Early 2000s | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Electronic music|Electronic]] * [[alternative rock]] * [[pop music|pop]] }} | years_active = {{start date|1993}}β{{end date|2007}} | label = {{flatlist| * Fellaheen * Reliant/Fiido/[[Festival Mushroom Records|Festival]] * [[Trifekta]] }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [[Jep and Dep]] * [[The E.L.F.]] * [[Darren Cross (musician)]] }} | website = <!-- {{URL|www.examplewebsite.com}} {{URL|www.examplewebsite.com|ExampleWebsite.com}} or if URL on Wikidata: {{Official website}} --> | current_members = | past_members = * Brad Herdson * Presser (aka Paul Towner) * [[Darren Cross (musician)|Darren Cross]] * [[Ben Lee]] * [[Burke Reid]] }} '''Gerling''' were an Australian [[Electronic music|electronica]], [[alternative rock]] trio formed in 1993. From early 1997 the members were [[Darren Cross (musician)|Darren Cross]] on guitar and lead vocals, Presser (real name Paul Towner) on drums and [[Burke Reid]] on guitar and vocals. Their second album, ''[[When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun]]'' (September 2001), reached the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]] top{{nbsp}}50. It provided a top{{nbsp}}50 single, "Dust Me Selecta" (August 2001). The group disbanded in 2007. ==History== Gerling were formed as a guitar pop trio in 1993 in western Sydney with the line-up of [[Darren Cross (musician)|Darren Cross]] (aka Darren E. Spielberg-Cross) on guitar and lead vocals, Presser (real name Paul Towner) on drums and Brad Herdson on guitar and vocals.<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'Gerling' |author-link1=Ian McFarlane |access-date=17 June 2016 |chapter-url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1045 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040830002412/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1045 |archive-date=30 August 2004}}</ref><ref name="Macgregor">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gerling-mn0000551634/biography | title = Gerling | Biography & History | last = Macgregor | first = Jody | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 17 June 2016 }}</ref> With only two guitars and drums, the group initially played cover versions of [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] material.<ref name="Rage Bio">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/1999/gerling.htm | title = Gerling Guest Program ''rage'' | work = [[rage (TV program)|rage]] | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | date = 22 May 1999 | access-date = 17 June 2016 }}</ref> Then they focussed on creating experimental guitar pop, with their debut single, "Sedatives for Dead Radars", issued in 1995 on Steven Stavrakis' Fellaheen label. It was followed by a seven-track extended play, ''A Day of Research'', in 1996.<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="NLA Day Research">{{Citation | author1 = Gerling | title = A Day of Research | publication-date = 1996 | publisher = Fellaheen Records | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9405742 | access-date = 17 June 2016 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> It reached No.{{nbsp}}13 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Alternative Albums Chart]].<ref name="ARIA Report 605">{{cite web | date = 30 July 2007 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue605.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | issue = 605 | pages = 2, 4β5, 7, 9, 11β13, 16 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue605.pdf | archive-date = 20 February 2002 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]], felt it was a "mix of early Pavement-style lo-fi guitar pop and idiosyncratic backing, it garnered widespread interest among the indie cognoscenti."<ref name="McFarlane"/> Some of its tracks received high rotation on national youth radio station, [[Triple J]].<ref name="McFarlane"/><ref name="Macgregor"/> Early in 1997 Herdson left to form Sonic Emotion Explosion, with Liz Payne from [[Spdfgh]].<ref name="McFarlane"/> He was temporarily replaced in Gerling by [[Ben Lee]] for their gig at [[Big Day Out]], Sydney, in late January.<ref name="McFarlane"/> Herdson's long-term replacement, on guitar, was Canadian-born, [[Burke Reid]].<ref name="McFarlane"/> In February 1998 the group issued a four-track 7-inch EP, ''Bachelor Pad'' on the [[Trifekta]] label.<ref name="McFarlane"/> The label had been partly established in the previous year by Towner. In October 1998 they issued, "Death to the Apple Gerls", on Festival's in-house indie label Reliant β which was set up by [[Bruce Milne]] (former CEO of [[Au Go Go Records]]).<ref name="McFarlane"/> In the following month they released their debut album, ''[[Children of Telepathic Experiences]]'', which peaked at No.{{nbsp}}21 on the ARIA Alternative Albums Chart.<ref name="ARIA Report 605"/> McFarlane noticed "an entertaining mix of Gerling's live punky-pop sound and a background of layered electronica." For the first time the group incorporated electronica in their music,<ref name="Macgregor"/> they also built a recording studio, Gerlog, in [[Alexandria, New South Wales|Alexandria]] where band members produced and remixed tracks.<ref name="OMP">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/band/artistbde3.html | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/band/artistbde3.html | work = Oz Music Project β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | title = Gerling | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Their next single, "Enter, Space Capsule" (April 1999), provided four versions of the song, including one at Gerlog by band members and one mixed by [[Josh G. Abrahams|Josh Abrahams]].<ref name="McFarlane"/> McFarlane saw this as the group's "move deeper into the realms of abstract electronica."<ref name="McFarlane"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999]] Gerling were nominated in three categories: [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist β Album|Breakthrough Artist β Album]] and [[ARIA Award for Best Alternative Release]] for ''Children of Telepathic Experiences'' and [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist β Single|Breakthrough Artist β Single]] for "Enter, Space Capsule".<ref name="ARIA Awards list">ARIA Music Awards for the Gerling: * Search Results 'Gerling': {{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?view=list&text=Gerling |title=Winners by Year: Search Results for 'Gerling' |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=18 June 2016 }} Note: The 2016 ARIA site does not list one of their nominations in 1999: Breakthrough Artist β Single for "Enter, Space Capsule". * 1999 winners and nominees: {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015907/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1999 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1999 |title=Winners by Year 1999 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |archive-date=19 May 2011 |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} Note: The archive copy of the 2010 ARIA site does show all three nominations in 1999. * 2001 winners and nominees: {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235727/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2001 |title=Winners By Year 2001 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |archive-date=26 September 2007 |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} * 2002 winners and nominees: {{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |title=Winners By Year 2002 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=18 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211125021/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |archive-date=11 December 2011 |url-status=dead }} * 2003 winners and nominees: {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235713/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2003 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2003 |title=Winners By Year 2003 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |archive-date=26 September 2007 |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Another single, "Ghost Patrol", followed in September, which featured guest lead vocals by Naoko Matsumoto of Sydney-based group Funky Terrorist.<ref name="McFarlane"/> During 2000 they toured the United Kingdom where they recorded, "G-House Project", with lead vocals provided by [[Kylie Minogue]].<ref name="Macgregor"/> Gerling issued a single late in the year, "The Deer in You", which peaked at No.{{nbsp}}12 on the ARIA Alternative Singles Chart.<ref name="ARIA Report 598">{{cite web | date = 13 August 2001 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue598.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | issue = 598 | pages = 2β3, 7, 11, 13, 15β16 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue598.pdf | archive-date = 20 February 2002 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Cameron Webb of Oz Music Project described as "Hovering somewhere between the frantic mesh of screaming and guitars of 'Death to the Apple Gerls' and electro blips and beats of 'Enter, Space Capsule', 'The Deer in You' provides an enticing glimpse at their new recordings. The single doesn't suggest any great departure musically, just a reminder of what Gerling do best β pop music."<ref name="Webb">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews440a.html | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews440a.html | title = Gerling β 'The Deer in You' | last = Webb | first = Cameron (Cam) | work = Oz Music Project β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001]] they were nominated for Best Video for Paul Butler and Scott Walton's directorial work on "The Deer in You".<ref name="ARIA Awards list"/> Gerling's second studio album, ''[[When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun]]'', was released on 24 September 2001 after being postponed due to the [[September 11 attacks]] earlier that month and a title change to the less controversial, ''Headzcleaner'', for international markets.<ref name="Coppack">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews36f6.html?CD=1148 | url-status = dead | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews36f6.html?CD=1148 | title = Gerling β ''When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun'' | last = Coppack | first = Nick | work = Oz Music Project β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It peaked in the ARIA and [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]] Albums Chart Top{{nbsp}}50s.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="NZCharts">{{cite web | author = Hung, Steffen | url = https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gerling | title = Discography Gerling | publisher = New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}</ref> Oz Music Project's Nick Coppack felt it was a "stunning follow-up", which "blends the band's love for electronic sounds and dance music with fuzzy guitars and aggressive vocals, which stem from the band's early punk roots."<ref name="Coppack"/> Australian music journalist [[Ed Nimmervoll]] declared it his Album of the Week, "[they are] forging a new path for contemporary music by embracing technology to go where technology is leading, but at the same time using the freedom technology brings to head off into other areas of interest."<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web | url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en4/gerling/cd1.htm | title=Gerling - ''When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun'' | first1=Ed | last1=Nimmervoll | author-link1=Ed Nimmervoll | website=HowlSpace | date=7 September 2001 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120321155134/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en4/gerling/cd1.htm | archive-date=21 March 2012 | access-date=22 November 2023 | url-status=live }}</ref> The band became increasingly electronic they had success in the dance scene and mainstream charts with the earlier single, "Dust Me Selecta" (August 2001), which reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top{{nbsp}}50.<ref name="ARIA Report 598"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> Lou Lou of Oz Music Project praised it as "Keeping it fresh and funky... just when youβve got your head around this disco funk, the booming synth voice jumps in, slaps you in the face and reminds you that it is indeed Gerling @ the controls."<ref name="Lou">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews2f62.html?CD=1549 | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews2f62.html?CD=1549 | title = Gerling β 'Dust Me Selecta | last = Lou | first = Lou | work = Oz Music Project β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2002]] they received three more nominations: [[ARIA Award for Best Dance Release|Best Dance Release]] and Best Video (directed by Jolyon Watkins) for "Dust My Selecta", and Producer of the Year for ''When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun'' (by Gerling and [[Magoo (Australian producer)|Magoo]]).<ref name="ARIA Awards list"/> On 18 August 2003 they released their third studio album, ''[[Bad Blood (Gerling album)|Bad Blood!!!]]'', which peaked in the Top{{nbsp}}60.<ref name="ARIA Report 705">{{cite web | date = 25 August 2003 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031006140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031007-0000/Issue705.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 705 | pages = 2, 5, 9, 11 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue705.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2003 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> They had recorded it at Gerlog with Magoo producing.<ref name="ARIA Report 705"/> Oz Music Project's Semone Maksimovic felt the group were "dipping their hand into the increasingly popular electro clash, disco punk bucket to fill their hands with both dirt and glitter to throw our way... [it is] more indicative of their capricious live shows, danceable, loud, catchy, energetic and easy to digest, it's a record that will go down well in clubs or to help liven up a party, even a good driving record, but one rule remains, it has to be up loud!"<ref name="Maksimovic">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews02ce.html?CD=4562 | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviews02ce.html?CD=4562 | title = Gerling β ''BadBlood!!!'' | last = Maksimovic | first = Semone | work = Oz Music Project -β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The album marked a return to form as guitars returned to the mix, whilst still retaining an electronic edge. The lead single, "[[Who's Ya Daddy? (Gerling song)|Who's Ya Daddy?]]" (March 2003), reached the Top{{nbsp}}100.<ref name="ARIA Report 705"/> Maksimovic described it as "a mighty fine slice of sexy, trashy disco punk for us all to enjoy... [it] brings to mind The Detroit Grand Poobah's 'Sandwiches' am"<ref name="Maksimovic 2">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20050807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewse774.html?CD=4222 | url = http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewse774.html?CD=4222 | title = Gerling β 'Who's Ya Daddy? | last = Maksimovic | first = Semone | work = Oz Music Project β Australian Music Resource and Webzine | archive-date = 6 August 2005 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Their fourth studio album, ''[[4 (Gerling album)|4]]'', was released on 20 March 2006, which reached the Top{{nbsp}}100.<ref name="ARIA Report 838">{{cite web | date = 27 March 2006 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060409140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060410-0000/issue838.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 838 | pages = 2, 6, 9 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue838.pdf | archive-date = 9 April 2006 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The original recording was carried out in the function room of the [[Annandale, New South Wales#Music|Annandale Hotel]], Sydney, before being re-recorded and mastered in Los Angeles.<ref name="ARIA Report 838"/> It was produced by Ethan Johns, who also worked on ''[[Aha Shake Heartbreak]]'' with [[Kings of Leon]]. "Turning the Screws" was the [[iTunes]] featured download of the week in February 2006. The band have been on an indefinite hiatus since September 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oystermag.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=25&task=show&action=view&id=87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929170143/http://www.oystermag.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=25&task=show&action=view&id=87 | title = One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Trash... I Mean Treasure! | last = Cross | first = Darren | author-link = Darren Cross (musician) | archive-date = 29 September 2007 | work = [[Oyster (magazine)|Oyster Magazine]] | date = 29 September 2007 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}</ref> ==Post-hiatus== After disbandment, Cross spent four years (from 2007 to 2010) as [[the E.L.F.]], writing and performing dance music. From 2012 he turned to [[Folk music|folk]] and [[alt-country]] traditional song writing structures and styling,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/jep-dep |title=Jep And Dep | Beat Magazine |website=Beat.com.au |date=2011-01-18 |access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref> releasing and touring as a solo artist. He received a positive review from ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' for his album, ''No Damage''.<ref name="Aphotos">{{cite journal | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141111054624/http://nodepression.com/album-review/darren-cross-no-damage | url = http://nodepression.com/album-review/darren-cross-no-damage | title = Album Review: Darren Cross β ''No Depression'' | last = Aphotos | first = Harrison | journal = [[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]] | archive-date = 11 November 2014 | date = 14 August 2014 | access-date = 18 June 2016 }}</ref> He also performed and recorded in a folk [[Film Noir|Noir]] duo, [[Jep and Dep]] (2012β2019), with Jessica Cassar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebrag.com/music/jep-dep |title=Jep And Dep | Brag Magazine |website=Thebrag.com |date=2014-05-27 |access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timberandsteel.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/interview-darren-cross-jep-and-dep/ |title=Interview: Darren Cross, Jep and Dep | Timber and Steel |website=Timberandsteel.wordpress.com |date=13 June 2013 |access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref> Jep and Dep's debut album, ''Word Got Out'' received 4 out of 5 stars from ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''{{'}}s [[Bernard Zuel]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Bernard Zuel |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-shortlist-album-reviews-november-713-20141101-11dn9n.html |title=The Shortlist album reviews: November 7β13 |website=Smh.com.au |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/jep-and-dep-word-got-out/905 |title=Rolling Stone Australia β Jep and Dep - Word Got Out |website=Rollingstoneaus.com |date=2014-11-26 |access-date=2016-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117062616/http://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/jep-and-dep-word-got-out/905 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2024, Cross has released five instrumental guitar albums under the moniker D.C Cross, ''Ecstatic Racquet'' (2019),''Terabithian'' (2020),''Hot-wire the Lay-low'' (2022),''WIZRAD'' (2023) and ''Glookies Guit'' (2024) .<ref name="Kimpton">{{cite web|url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/03/dc-cross-hot-wire-the-lay-low/ |title=D.C Cross ''Hot Wire the Lay-Low'' |first=Glenn |last=Kimpton |website=folk radio |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=27 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302172556/https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2022/03/dc-cross-hot-wire-the-lay-low/ |archive-date=2 March 2022 }}</ref> ''Tone Deaf''{{'}}s Tyler Jenke observed "''Terabithian'' is a high watermark of instrumental music".<ref name="Jenke">{{Cite web |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/d-c-cross-terabithian-review/|title = D.C Cross' 'Terabithian' is a high watermark of instrumental music |first=Tyler |last=Jenke |date = 30 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204021717/https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/d-c-cross-terabithian-review/ |archive-date=4 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://klofmag.com/2024/06/d-c-cross-glookies-guit/ | title=D.C Cross β Glookies Guit (Album Review) | date=6 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>https://beat.com.au/if-youre-feeling-a-bit-broken-dc-cross-will-sort-you-right-out/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> In 2012 Cross also launched music and film production company, Bernstein Studios (Sydney)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bernsteinstudios.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/introducing-bernstein-studios-a-music-production-company-run-by-darren-cross/ |title=Bernstein Studios : a music company run by Darren Cross. | |website=Bernsteinstudios.wordpress.com |date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2016-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225005749/https://bernsteinstudios.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/introducing-bernstein-studios-a-music-production-company-run-by-darren-cross/ |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has co-written songs with [[Jagwar Ma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/thedoctor/blog/s3781295.htm |title=Jagwar Ma slinking on into your ears | The Doctor | triple j |website=Abc.net.au |date=2013-06-13 |access-date=2016-04-05}}</ref> Towner produces visual art under the moniker, Dead Galaxy,<ref>{{cite web|title=Featured Artist: Dead Galaxy|url=http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/blog/2010/02/featured-artist-dead-galaxy/|work=The Finders Keepers|access-date=10 October 2012|date=11 February 2010}}</ref> and Reid has a career in music production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Burke Reid Pt 1: 'I'm There For The Artist'|url=http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/4320978|work=Mess and Noise|publisher=Mess+Noise Proprietary Limited|access-date=10 October 2012|author=Doug Wallen|date=31 August 2011}}</ref> ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite Ryan|page=113}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Children of Telepathic Experiences]]'' | * Released: 1998 * Label: Reliant (NC17-0003) * Formats: [[Compact Disc|CD]] | β |- ! scope="row"| ''[[When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun]]'' | * Released: September 2001 * Label: [[Festival Mushroom Records|Festival Mushroom]] (33441-2) * Formats: CD, CD-ROM | 41 |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Bad Blood (Gerling album)|Bad Blood]]'' | * Released: August 2003 * Label: Festival Mushroom (33675-2) * Formats: CD, CD-ROM | 57 |- ! scope="row"| ''[[4 (Gerling album)|4]]'' | * Released: March 2006 * Label: [[Warner Music Australia]] (5101-12774-2 F) * Formats: CD, digital | 78 |} ===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of EPs, with selected details ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Sedatives for Dead Radars'' | * Released: 1995 * Label: Fellaheen (JacK 034β7) * Formats: LP |- ! scope="row"| ''A Day of Research'' | * Released: 1996 * Label: Fellaheen (JacK 042β2) * Formats: CD |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:30px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AusCharts">Australian (ARIA) chart peaks: *Top 50 peaks: {{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gerling | title = Discography Gerling | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien | access-date = 18 June 2016 }} *Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=113}} *"Enter Space Capsule": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/k5T9YwF.png|title=ariaNET The Chart! Top 100 Singles β Week Commencing 5th July 1999 (71β100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 488)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|access-date=2 May 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak achieved.</ref> ! style="width:30px;"| [[Triple J Hottest 100]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?context=artist&search=gerling&yearrange=1989%3B2013&alltime= |title=Hottest 100 Archive | triple j |website=Abc.net.au |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1998 | style="text-align:left;"|"Bachelor Pad" | β || β | rowspan="6"|''Children of Telepathic Experiences'' |- | style="text-align:left;"|"Death to the Apple Gerls" | β || β |- | rowspan="2"|1999 | style="text-align:left;"|"Enter, Space Capsule" | 57 || 45 |- | style="text-align:left;"|"Ghost Patrol" | β || β |- | rowspan="3"|2000 | style="text-align:left;"|"Children of Telepathic Experiences"<br /><small>(UK only)</small> | {{n/a}} || β |- | style="text-align:left;"|"Suburban Jungle Sleeping Bag"<br /><small>(UK only)</small> | {{n/a}} || β |- | style="text-align:left;"|"The Deer in You" | β || β | rowspan="3"|''When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun'' |- | rowspan="2"|2001 | style="text-align:left;"|"Dust Me Selecta" | 47 || 24 |- | style="text-align:left;"|"Hot Computer" | 95 || β |- | rowspan="2"|2003 | style="text-align:left;"|"[[Who's Ya Daddy? (Gerling song)|Who's Ya Daddy?]]" | 77 || 78 | rowspan="2"|''Bad Blood!!!'' |- | style="text-align:left;"|"Get Activated" | β || β |- | 2006 | style="text-align:left;"|"Turning the Screws" | β || β | ''4'' |} ==Awards== ===ARIA Music Awards=== The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. Gerling were nominated for ten awards.<ref name="Dncerls">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-dance-release|title=Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999|1999]] | rowspan="2"| ''Children of Telepathic Experiences'' | [[ARIA Award for Best Adult Alternative Album|Best Adult Alternative Album]] | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Album|Breakthrough Artist - Album]] | {{nom}} |- | "Enter, Space Capsule" | [[ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single|Breakthrough Artist - Single]] | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001|2001]] | Paul Butler and Scott Walton for Gerling "The Deer in You" | [[ARIA Award for Best Video|Best Video]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2002|2002]] | "Dust Me Selecta" | [[ARIA Award for Best Dance Release|Best Dance Release]] | {{nom}} |- | Jolyon Watkins for Gerling "Dust Me Selecta" | Best Video | {{nom}} |- | Gerling and [[Magoo (Australian producer)|Magoo]] for Gerling ''When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun'' | [[ARIA Award for Producer of the Year|Producer of the Year]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]] | "Who's Ya Daddy?" | Best Dance Release | {{nom}} |- | Paul Butler, Scott Walton & 50 / 50 Films for Gerling β "Who's Ya Daddy?" | Best Video | {{nom}} |- | Gerling and [[Magoo (Australian producer)|Magoo]] for Gerling ''Bad Blood!!!'' | Producer of the Year | {{nom}} |- {{end}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{Gerling}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Musical groups from Sydney]] [[Category:Flying Nun Records artists]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1993]] [[Category:1993 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Fellaheen Records artists]]
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