Felix Clary Weatherall (born June 1993), better known by his stage name Ross from Friends, is a British

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producer and DJ. He is signed to

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label, and released his debut album ''

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'' in July 2018, being noted as "one to watch" by ''

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''. 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 of '' Friends'' stuck inside it, and so would only play episodes of ''Friends''.

Career

Weatherall's first releases came on small UK electronic labels, such as Magicwire and Lobster Theremin. 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." This breakthrough track has around nineteen million streams on

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. Mixmag published a joke article on 1 April 2018, suggesting that

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, who played Ross in the TV sitcom '' Friends'', was suing Weatherall. His debut album ''

'' was released on 27 July 2018. Mixmag described 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." In August 2019, Weatherall released ''Epiphany'' on Brainfeeder, a three track EP that features artwork designed by the professional skateboarder

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Live show

Weatherall tours his live show with his band members and friends, Jed Hampson and John Dunk. The live set is most notable for its unique setup 'combining saxophone and keys with Ableton-led beats and basslines'. The three bandmates have taken their live show to many high-profile festivals and venues around the world such as

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, The Roundhouse, Sonar and many more.

Personal life

Weatherall was born and grew up in

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, near

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, in a musical family. His father was a designer of electronic sound systems for live shows, and played "Hi-NRG and nascent techno music at squat parties". 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.

Discography

Albums

* ''

'' (July 2018,

) * ''Tread'' (October 2021, Brainfeeder)

Extended plays

* ''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

*"Wallflower" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2015) *"Halfway to Nowhere" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2017) *"Edison" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2018) *

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– "Friend Zone" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2018) *

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featuring

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– " Let You Know" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2019)

References

{{Authority control 1993 births Living people English electronic musicians English record producers English DJs Electronic dance music DJs People from Brightlingsea