John Barera
Barera has been active as a DJ for over 15 years and has been releasing music since 2011. Resident Advisor called him one of the "New York techno scene's hardest-working DJs.” He is the co-founder of JACK DEPT, the techno/acid label with Volvox, co-founder of Supply Records, member of B-Tracks and an internationally touring DJ. He runs his own label called Cross Street Music.
With his informed DJ style and insatiable appetite for new and old music of all kinds, Barera has forged a career that has taken him all over. This has included sets at some of the most iconic clubs including Hot Mass, Fabric, Smart Bar, Razzmatazz, Panorama Bar, Tangent Gallery Detroit, Tresor Berlin, Public Works & Space Miami's Floyd. At his core Barera is a club DJ, a diehard music head, and someone who knows how to do a proper set at an open air event.
Barera’s productions have appeared on labels including Allergy Season, BOUND NYC, 2MR, Basement Floor, Sorry Records & Dolly. His tracks have been supported by top tier DJs and praised by outlets like Pitchfork and RA. John’s collaborative album with Will Martin, ‘Graceless' was released on Steffi’s Dolly label in 2014 after a successful track on her Panorama Bar mix. Their second album ’Proceed to the Root’ was released on 2MR in September 2017 and a follow up EP for the same label called "Life, the Heavens and Earth" arrived in 2019. In 2020, Barera released his debut self titled solo album on Cross Street Music and his album "Wild Going Forward" was also released there in 2021.
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In 2022 he dropped the Re-Enforcers EP alongside Paul Morse on Dutch label Patron records. He also dropped a solo 12 inch on NYC's Off Track Recordings and a colab EP on Sorry Records with Brian Abelson. In 2022 he scored his first film, "Marc17 in the House" , it had its first sneak peak screening at a sold out Dancing on the Charles event in his hometown of Boston that July.
In 2024 he released his album "Forever Anyway" on Planet 9 Records followed by a remix pack featuring Panooc, True Yorker, Black Cadmium, Love Letters & Chris Patrick Remixes of his music. Support and feedback was huge amongst very respected and well known selectors on both sides of the Atlantic.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on Dirt Crew Recordings, Ortloff, Dolly, Jack Off, Supply Records, Let's Play House, Episodes, Argot, Soul Clap Records and Heist Recordings. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sat 1 AugMillion Goodsfirst time
- Sat 18 JulTBA - Willows - 64-18 Fresh Pond Rd, Ridgewood, NY 11385
- Sat 30 MayWillowsfirst time
2025 — 6 nights
- Sun 28 Dec 2025Jupiter Discotheir 2nd night · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Thu 28 Aug 2025Earthly Delightstheir 4th night
- Thu 26 Jun 2025Jupiter Discofirst time · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Sun 6 Apr 2025Bossa Nova Civic Clubfirst time · Sorry Records
- Thu 20 Mar 2025Earthly Delightstheir 3rd night
- Thu 16 Jan 2025Earthly Delightstheir 2nd night
2024 — 1 night
- Wed 2 Oct 2024Earthly Delightsfirst time
2023 — 3 nights
- Fri 13 Oct 2023Sundownfirst time · Left Hand Path, PhreakOut
- Sat 12 Aug 2023Nowadaysfirst time
- Sat 5 Aug 2023Mansionsfirst time
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- Earthly DelightsOct 2024 – Aug 20254 nights
- Jupiter DiscoJun 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
Once each: Million Goods, Willows, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Sundown, Nowadays and Mansions. One of the 13 listings never named a room, and is not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
Underpass and Phreakers have stood on 1 and 2 of these bills. They are the two people John Barera is, so they are named here rather than counted as company. — their aliases on Resident Advisor
- ByldEarthly Delights ×3, and 2 more rooms · Jan 2025 – Dec 20255 nights
- Heidi Sabertoothan unnamed room ×1, Earthly Delights ×1, and 1 more room · Oct 2024 – Jul 20263 nights
- TeeyamEarthly Delights ×1, Mansions ×1, and 1 more room · Aug 2023 – Jan 20253 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography and the labels are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.