Ross From Friends - Family Portrait

The culmination of almost two years of intense studio time, working 20 hour days, and often spending months perfecting just one aspect of a track. "I tried to be careful with every single sound” he explains, “Trying new things, making a bit more of an explosive sound”. The album also finds Felix recording his own voice for the first time, with the resulting tracks acting as snapshots of his personal life while recording. “Every time I went to make music the things which would really grab me are the emotional things, and while I’m in that place I felt I could really focus on the track. That was a massive part of this album, tapping into my emotions… into my emotional instability”.

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.

TRACK LISTING

Side A

1. Happy Birthday Nick
2. Thank God I'm A Lizard
3. Wear Me Down

Side B
1. The Knife
2. Project Cybersyn
3. Don't Wake Dad

Side C
1. Family Portrait
2. Pale Blue Dot
3. Back Into Space
4. Parallel Sequence

Side D
1. R.A.T.S.
2. The Beginning

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Ross From Friends
Label:  Brainfeeder
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Electronic
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  BF071
Released:  27 July 2018