Friction

British DJ and drum and bass record producer
Person human Q5205325
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Friction

Summary

Friction is a human[1]. He was born on January 1, 1977[2]. He worked as a musician[3], record producer[4], disc jockey[5], and composer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Friction was born on January 1, 1977[2].
  • Friction held citizenship in United Kingdom[8].
  • Friction worked as a musician[3].
  • Friction's professions included record producer[4].
  • Friction worked as a disc jockey[5].
  • Friction's professions included composer[6].
  • Friction is recorded as male[9].
  • Friction's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Friction's genre is drum and bass[11].
  • Friction's official website is recorded as http://thisisfriction.com[12].
  • Friction's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[13].
  • Friction's birth name is recorded as Edward William Keeley[14].
  • Friction's different from is recorded as DJ Friction[15].
  • Friction's start of work period is recorded as 1998[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: GB[18]

  • Began / founded: 1977-05[19]

  • Genre(s): drum and bass, electronic[20]

  • Community tags: drum and bass, electronic[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6bab48a1-c3e0-4160-b574-f99fc7dfad9f[22]

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Origins and Family

Friction was born on January 1, 1977[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include musician[3], record producer[4], disc jockey[5], and composer[6].

Why It Matters

Friction ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

What did Friction do for work?

Friction worked as musician[3], record producer[4], disc jockey[5], and composer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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