Friction

Friction is a high-energy punk artist from United Kingdom. Friction's catalogue here runs a wide 80-149 BPM band (median 93). Harmonically the catalogue spreads across 22 of 24 keys, with an even split of major and minor, most often 3B, 11A, 3A. The overall sound is dark and driving. The catalogue is largely vocal. The tracks here span 1982 to 2025. Since 1982 the typical tempo has eased from 103 to 87 BPM. The catalogue traces a label journey from Ministry of Sound to Valve Recordings. Slower than 97% of the directory.

Groove:

less groove-driven than 97% of the directory

Energy:

more energetic than 90% of the directory

Plays across 22 of 24 keys, 48% in minor, most often 3B, 11A, 3A. Genre DNA leans 87% Drum N Bass, then Electro.

Evolution

Median tempo and energy of the analyzed tracks, year by year.

B2B pairings

Artists who play the same keys at a matching tempo and energy. A back-to-back that mixes cleanly.

• S.P.Y21 keys · 96 BPM · NRG 91
• Voltage19 keys · 92 BPM · NRG 89
• Culture Shock17 keys · 90 BPM · NRG 91
• Logistics22 keys · 92 BPM · NRG 88

Set builder

A set arc from Friction's own catalogue — picked by measured energy, tempo and groove.

Signature tracks

The defining cuts from Friction's catalogue.

• Best known

  

  Step Into The Rave (feat. shadxwgirl)

  9A · 56/100 popularity

• Hardest

  

  The Bleeps

  9B · energy 100/100

• Latest

  

  Interstellar

  3B · 2025

• Deepest cut

  

  DEFENCE

  11B · 149 BPM