As a teenager Friction was busy playing and promoting events in Brighton when he began collaborating with local producers Stakka & K-Tee who were heavily involved in Andy C's Ram Records label.
Soon he was releasing tracks on renowned labels such as Valve,[2] Tru Playaz,[3] Trouble On Vinyl,[4] 31 Records,[5] Hospital,[6] Charge[7] and Renegade Hardware[8] alongside his own Shogun Audio imprint.
He is not to be confused with London-based Skam Artist DJ/producer Fricktion, who specialises in open format genres, or Bobby Friction of the BBC Asian Network.
Friction also collaborated with English electronic musician Skream in the 2013 song "Kingpin" (featuring UK grime MCs Scrufizzer, P Money and Riko Dan from Roll Deep).
Elevate Records later expanded to release music from a variety of dance-floor drum & bass artists, including Turno, Kanine and Macky Gee.