United KingdomWho Friction is
Edward Keeley (born 20 May 1977), better known by his stage name Friction or FineArt, is a British drum and bass record producer and DJ from Brighton, South East England. He runs his own record labels, Shogun Audio & Elevate Records, and has formerly presented a regular overnight show on BBC Radio 1.
Biography from the Friction article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Friction, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Your LoveAfter Dark · 2022532
Never Know (Love You So)Friction · 2025563
StayFriction · 2026554
Never Too Old - Friction RemixNever Too Old (Friction Remix) · 2024535
By Your SideFriction · 2020536Good to MeAfter Dark · 2022507
Teardrop - Friction & Subsonic RemixTeardrop (Friction & Subsonic Remix) · 2026518
Set Me FreeFriction · 2021509
Step Into The Rave (feat. shadxwgirl)Friction · 20255010
Closure - Friction RemixClosure (Friction Remix) · 202633Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Closure (Friction Remix)2026 · singleStay2026 · single
Holding On2026 · singleTeardrop (Friction & Subsonic Remix)2026 · single![I NEED A RHYTHM (feat. ROZZZQWEEN) [Friction Remix] cover art](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02fc2b6a5270ff2cca4ed161f8)
I NEED A RHYTHM (feat. ROZZZQWEEN) [Friction Remix]2025 · singleNever Know (Love You So)2025 · single
Let Him Go (Friction Remix)2025 · single
Interstellar2025 · single
Real Life2025 · single
Legends (feat. P Money)2025 · single
Shoot2025 · single
Set Me Free (T & Sugah Remix)2025 · singlePost this ranking
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Friction in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Friction have?
Friction has 871,400 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Friction's world ranking?
Friction is ranked #433 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Friction from?
Friction is from United Kingdom, where they rank #75 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Friction make?
Friction is categorised as Drum & Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as drum and bass, liquid funk, bassline.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.