Ross From Friends, also known as Felix Clary Weatherall, returns to Brainfeeder under his new alias, Bubble Love, infusing new energy into two classic tracks: ‘Love Divide’ from the 2021 album Tread and ‘The Knife’ from his 2017 debut Family Portrait. Bubble Love was originally conceived as a way to bridge the gap between the high-energy Ross From Friends live shows and the late-night club DJ sets Weatherall enjoyed playing. The initial Bubble Love music was written spontaneously and quickly, in stark contrast to the meticulous production of the main Ross From Friends output, often being played out to fans the same day it was written.
On ‘Love Divide (Bubble Love Remix)’, Weatherall retains all the emotional heft of the original while ramping up the four-to-the-floor elements, delivering a peak-time remix that elevates the track from its status as a highlight of his live shows to something equally at home on a packed-out dancefloor, as evidenced by its use as the opener for his recent Boiler Room show. The release is backed with ‘The Knife (Bubble Love Remix)’, recorded live in Newcastle, UK, where Weatherall takes a more radical approach, transforming the downtempo original into a 160 BPM jungle-infused roller. This remix also references vocals from another Ross From Friends live show fan-favourite, ‘The Daisy’.
Weatherall shared: “As I started making more and more stuff like this, that digital character started to become clearer and clearer. It started gaining actual characteristics, a voice, a personality. Whenever I’d make a creative decision I’d quite literally imagine this little character carrying out these tasks for me, and it just became more and more vivid. As the character kept growing, that hollowness associated with making music in this disposable way started to lift, and it actually started to gain all this meaning. It’s like I could now allow myself to enjoy making music in this way if I imagined it wasn’t me doing it. It’s easier to picture this digital geezer just pressing all the buttons instead.”
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