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written by the partae June 7, 2018
Ross From Friends announces debut album Family Portrait

Having recently made his inaugural outing on Brainfeeder with Aphelion EP, British producer Ross From Friends aka Felix Clary Weatherall returns with his debut album on Flying Lotus‘ label. Family Portrait is characterised by a perpetual desire to experiment and Felix’s obsessive attention to detail, somehow marrying an intricately layered production style with warm, heavily saturated sonics that elevate, rather than stifle his melodious funk. 

With a handful of revered 12″ under his belt via Breaker Breaker, Lobster Theremin, Distant Hawaii, Magicwire and a 10″ on Molten Jets. Family Portrait showcases his ability to shift and evolve, moving from the world of lo-fi to the world of FlyLo, he demonstrates a versatility exemplified by the ease in which he can switch between playing shows with Little Dragon, holding down a peak-time slot in Berghain‘s Panorama Bar and performing live at Maida Vale for BBC Radio 1.

The album title – Family Portrait – also nods to a very specific personal aspect of the record: the influence of his parents. Dance music has always been a feature in Felix’s life, with early memories of his dad producing music on his analogue set-up, or pumping out hi-NRG tracks on the turntable, he grew up discussing, sharing and learning about music from his dad. “My dad has been hugely influential to the whole thing,” he explains. However it was with the emergence of some old family VHS tapes, and the story of how Felix’s parents came to meet, that the true significance became clear.

Having build up a sound system in the 1980’s while playing at various squat parties around London Felix’s dad decided he wanted to get out of the capital and see some of Europe. He got his hands on a bus and started putting word out through a network of like-minded friends and acquaintances. At the time just a friend of a friend, the trip caught the attention of Felix’s mum-to-be who offered to document the whole thing in return for a seat, and in 1990 they loaded up the sound system and hit the road. Travelling through France, Belgium, West and East Germany (though returning through a unified one) and beyond, setting up in towns to share their passion for the sounds of hi-NRG dance, Italo disco and proto-techno through spontaneous parties in whatever venue they could find.

As integral to the Ross From Friends identity as the recorded music is the live show, the two having always existed in tandem. Enlisting the skills of two friends, John Dunk on sax and keys, and Jed Hampson on electric guitar, to build out his arrangements into a show which works as well on a festival stages as in a club. The band head out on a headline tour in September, with up recent shows at Primavera Sound, Field Day and Kala Festival.

Family Portrait by Ross From Friends is out Friday, July 27
on Brainfeeder via Inertia Music
Pre-order now:
 https://inertia.lnk.to/RFF_FamilyPortraitPR

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