High-Seas | Heidi Sabertooth, Underpass

HIGH-SEAS | Heidi Sabertooth, Underpass (John Barera & James Preston) -- Heidi Sabertooth ....pushing forth beautiful noise...from the delicate to the jarring. NYC-based singer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer Heidi Sabertooth has a serious love for hardware. Grit-laced drum loops, vintage acid and a tide of unruly sound clatters forth from her studio. She's been creating her unique brand of electronics since 2012, pushing out beautiful noise, from the delicate to the jarring. She is resident of Brooklyn-based Lost Soul Enterprises, host on The Lot Radio and curator of Bossa Nova Civic Club’s Techno Support Group party. Her highly lauded live hardware performances and vinyl-heavy dj sets have cemented her own place among NYC’s techno community and beyond. She has music releases on Bptich Control, Lobster Theremin, Earwiggle, UFO Inc., New York Haunted, Lost Soul Enterprises, Jacktone, Kraftjerkz, New York Trax, Throne of Blood, Dusk & Haze, Blankstairs, Serotonin, Oramics, Cultivated Sound and Motor Records (Seattle). Collaboration projects include synth-pop duo Zeta Sect with fellow Lost Soul Enterprises label-head R Gamble, experimental folk band Opal Onyx and recordings with Little Annie aka Annie Bandez for Tin Angel Records (UK). She is also the Co-Founder of Synth Library NYC, a lending library dedicated to democratizing access to music technology and synthesizers in New York City. John Barera (2MR/Allergy Season/Dolly/Sorry Records) ...is a DJ, Producer & Label owner based in NYC. His sound is rooted in techno and house’s most classic iterations: sturdy, barreling grooves, shimmering pads, deep liquid dubs and the occasional acid burn. 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. 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. -- James Preston James Preston is a session musician/DJ based in Brooklyn NY. James’s sound draws from the deep/melodic/minimal sides of house and techno. James and John Barera began doing weekly recording sessions during the extremely bleak winter of 2021. These sessions lead to the pair writing and recording an EP of instrument based house tracks as well as spending countless hours DJing together. Earthly Delights will be their first time playing under the moniker Underpass, a name the two Bostonians agreed was an appropriate nod to their hometown.