UK based Fractious (Stephen Garrett) has firmly fitted himself into the international techno community, providing his own unique blend of groove based techno. Having caught the attention of Christian Smith, he immediately signed him to his powerhouse label Tronic and a few months after selected for the annual Tronic Allstars VA. Kevin Saunderson followed suit signing Fractious to his KMS Records, Uto Karem's to Agile Recordings, Ramon Tapia to his Say What? Records and lately his release on Kaiserdisco's label KD RAW seen big support from Carl Cox in multiple sets, Truncate and Tiger Stripes on his Drumcode Radio mix on top of the track smashing the Beatport Techno Hype Charts at no. 5!! Fractious has seen a string of top 10's over the last few years which is a testament to his hard work and passion for techno!!
The success of these signings can be seen by the support from Ramon Tapia, Sam Paganini, Karotte, Slam, Paco Osuna, Markantonio, Mr. C, Pan-Pot, Just Be, Axel Karakasis, Kaiserdisco, Paco Osuna and Richie Hawtin having played his collaboration with Irregular Synth at the Enter closing party in Space and for a continued 6 months.
Fractious can be regularly found on other well-established labels such as Trapez, Orange Recordings, Transmit Recordings, Loose Records, Gem Records, Comade Music, Night Light to name a few and his own RAW WORX label.
Fractious is in high demand when it comes to being remixed, with people such as Mr. C, Secret Cinema, ROD, Luigi Madonna, Frankyeffe, Steve Mulder, Richie Santana, Danilo Vigorito, Remy Unger, Petter B, Mars Bill, Matt Minimal, Dani Sbert, The Yellowheads, Alen Milivojevic, M. Fukuda, Peter Bailey, Etai Terazi all jumping at remix requests and always being approached by big labels and podcast sites.
Fractious is kept busy in the studio and his gig calendar rarely empty with bookings around the globe, having played in cities such as Helsinki, Paris, Oslo, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Dublin and with close relationship with London based MiSFiT promoters, you can find him playing regularly in London's top underground clubs and releasing on their fast rising label M!SF!T!!
