Ross from Friends

Felix Clary Weatherall (born June 1993), better known by his stage name Ross from Friends, is a British electronic music producer and DJ. He is signed to Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label, and released his debut album Family Portrait in July 2018, being noted as "one to watch" by The Guardian.

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 YouTube.

Mixmag published a joke article on 1 April 2018, suggesting that David Schwimmer, who played Ross in the TV sitcom Friends, was suing Weatherall.

His debut album Family Portrait 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 Chad Muska.

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 Glastonbury, Coachella, The Roundhouse, Sonar and many more.

Personal life
Weatherall was born and grew up in Brightlingsea, near Colchester, Essex, 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.

Albums

 * Family Portrait (July 2018, Brainfeeder)
 * 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)
 * Thundercat – "Friend Zone" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2018)
 * Flume featuring London Grammar – "Let You Know" (Ross from Friends Remix) (2019)