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Ross from Friends
Birth nameFelix Clary Weatherall
BornJune 1993 (age 31)
Colchester,Essex,England
GenresElectronic music,dub techno,vaporwave,house
Occupation(s)DJ, record producer
Years active2012–present
LabelsBrainfeeder
Websiterossfromfriends.net

Felix Clary Weatherall(born June 1993),[1]known by his stage nameRoss from Friends,is a Britishelectronic musicproducer andDJ.He is signed to theBrainfeederlabel, and released his debut albumFamily Portraitin July 2018, being noted as "one to watch" byThe Guardian.[2]

Weatherall began to make music under a number of different names before settling on Ross from Friends in 2012. The name was chosen because a TV in the studio he was using had a DVD ofFriendsstuck inside it, and so would only play episodes ofFriends.[3]

Career

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Weatherall's first releases came on small UK electronic labels, such as Magicwire and Lobster Theremin.[4]His 2015 release "(Talk to Me) You'll Understand" was described by XLR8R as "a hazy lo-fi number with woozy synths and classy vocal samples."[3]This breakthrough track has around nineteen million streams onYouTube.[5][6]

Mixmag published a joke article on 1 April 2018, suggesting thatDavid Schwimmer,who played Ross in the TV sitcomFriends,was suing Weatherall.[7][3]

His debut albumFamily Portraitwas released in July 2018.Mixmagdescribed it as combining various electronic influences like "the vibrancy of hip hop, Japanese boogie, and house music". Weatherall rejects the use of the term 'lo-fi' for his music "because of the connotations of it."[5]

In August 2019, Weatherall releasedEpiphanyonBrainfeeder,a three track EP with artwork designed by the skateboarderChad Muska.[8]

Live show

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Weatherall tours his live show with his band members and friends, Jed Hampson and John Dunk.[9]The live set has a unique setup "combining saxophone and keys with Ableton-led beats and basslines".[10]The three bandmates have taken their live show to festivals and venues such asGlastonbury,Coachella,TheRoundhouseand Sonar.[11]

Personal life

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Weatherall was born and grew up inBrightlingsea,[5]nearColchester,Essex, in a musical family. His father was a designer of electronic sound systems for live shows,[4]and played "Hi-NRG and nascent techno music at squat parties".[12]

Weatherall's first music video "Pale Blue Dot" is composed of archival homemade footage taken by his mother, telling the story of the spontaneous raves his parents set up with his father's homemade soundsystem on a bus around Europe in 1990.[13][14]

Discography

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Albums

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Extended plays

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  • David Crane's Amazing Tennis(2013)
  • Alex Brown(2015)
  • You'll Understand(2015)
  • Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes(2017)
  • The Outsiders(2017)
  • Aphelion(2018)
  • Epiphany(2019)

Remixes

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  • "Wallflower" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2015)
  • "Halfway to Nowhere" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2017)
  • "Edison" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2018)
  • Thundercat– "Friend Zone" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2018)[15]
  • FlumefeaturingLondon Grammar– "Let You Know"(Ross from Friends Remix) (2019)[16]

References

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  1. ^"Felix CLARY WEATHERALL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)".Find-and-update pany-information.service.gov.uk.Retrieved3 December2020.
  2. ^Kalia, Ammar (2018-07-18)."One to Watch: Ross from Friends".The Guardian.Retrieved2019-11-18.
  3. ^abcXLR8R Staff."20 Questions: Ross From Friends".XLR8R.Retrieved2018-12-18.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^abKalia, Ammar (2018-07-14)."One to Watch: Ross from Friends".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2018-12-18.
  5. ^abc"Ross From Friends navigated a whirlwind of hype to emerge on a world famous label".Mixmag.Retrieved2018-12-18.
  6. ^"Ross From Friends - Talk To Me You'll Understand".YouTube.
  7. ^"David Schwimmer is suing Ross From Friends for" defamation of character "".Mixmag.net.Retrieved2018-12-18.
  8. ^"Ross From Friends Returns With New EP 'Epiphany'".Clash Magazine.Retrieved2019-09-09.
  9. ^"Ross From Friends navigated a whirlwind of hype to emerge on a world famous label".Mixmag.Retrieved2019-08-27.
  10. ^"Ross from Friends: How I Play Live".DJMag.2018-10-21.Retrieved2019-09-09.
  11. ^"Selected By Ross From Friends".Notion.
  12. ^"Ross From Friends – Biography".The List.2020-07-19.Retrieved2024-04-22.
  13. ^"Ross From Friends: Pale Blue Dot".Nowness.Retrieved2019-09-09.
  14. ^"Ross From Friends shares new video for" Pale Blue Dot "".The Fader.
  15. ^"Listen to Ross From Friends remix Thundercat's" Friend Zone "".The Fader.
  16. ^Levin, Harry (2019-08-26)."Ross From Friends puts a minimalist touch on Flume's 'Let You Know' [Stream]".Dancing Astronaut.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-09-04.Retrieved2019-09-04.
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