United KingdomFriction is a Drum & Bass act from United Kingdom, ranked #554 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 918,900 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #91 in United Kingdom and #28 in Drum & Bass among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 6% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 864K to 919K. Their tracked peak was 926,600 in Sep 14, 2026. They have 128,449 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 55/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Your Love”.
Who 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
22 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
The Block2026 · single
Lead Dem2026 · singleClosure (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 · singlePost this ranking
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 927K in the week of Sep 14, 2026.
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Acts at a similar level in drum & bass, and the biggest names from United Kingdom.
Friction vs the field
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Friction in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Friction have?
Friction has 918,900 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Friction's world ranking?
Friction is ranked #554 of 4408 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 #91 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.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.