Forca made his 1Forty entrance in April 2020 with Deadbeat UK. This time the label wanted to make a collaboration happen that would go down in Bassline history. Forca reached out with a 128mp3 instrumental he'd found deep in his hard drive from 2008 from no other than the Bassline King DJ Pantha and the project began with the engineer rebuilding it from the ground up to bring it into 2022.

Dudley’s DJ Pantha has been a leading pioneer of the Bassline scene since 2007 alongside Jamie Duggan and DJ Q. From ‘Candy Shop’ and the rest of his prolific catalogue over that 5 year period his mark is recognised far beyond the Bassline scene with a number of advocates from the wider UK scene such as JP (Editor-In-Chief, Complex UK), Toddla T and DJ Target who is always keen to remind listeners of his influence. The Midlands producer was invited back to BBC 1Xtra for a #BasslineTeamTakeover in 2021 with all the MC greats from the Bassline era such as Trilla, Bomma B, K Dot, Tez Kidd and Asher Bodr amongst others.

Since his nod back to music after his hiatus he has since had releases across Crucast and Shall Not Fade with his legendary status still seeing him regularly perform at 2:31 in Birmingham, Tank in Sheffield and Bassline Festival.

Forca is one of the select few MC’s on the bassline circuit that has enjoyed a stellar tour schedule with the rise of the scene and a solid discography to boot. 2015 saw his debut release on a Red Bull Studios EP with Spoils which was a resounding success. A number of hits followed including ‘Certain Beat’ and ‘Listen’ both alongside Deadbeat, and ‘Do This’ alongside Notion with a self released 7 track Grime EP coming in between those with production from the likes of the late Terror Danjah and Rapture 4D.

2019 was the most intense for the Sheffield MC, hosting for some of the biggest DJs in the bass scene - TQD, Jamie Duggan, Sammy Virji and Cause & Affect amongst others whilst playing some massive shows at the likes of Reading & Leeds Festival, Southbeats Festival, Bassfest, Tokyo World and Sector 6 at Boomtown as well as international shows in Lyon, Croatia (Outlook Festival) and Amsterdam (Spring Break Festival) with 24hr Garage Girls. All of this whilst other hugely more recent successful releases such as ‘Girls’ alongside Deppz, and ‘Nah Don’t Think So’ with Chip Butty Records head honcho Dr Cryptic have cemented his place as a mainstay at the forefront of the scene as MC, host, artist and DJ, but not only that as he’s bringing a whole generation of Sheffield talent through on his label Wub Club which only gained more and more traction throughout COVID with a string of highly reputable releases before making a splash once again when the clubs opened back up with ‘Gunfingers’ alongside Thorpey teeing up nicely for his first release of 2022 and the long overdue collab with DJ Pantha.

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"1Forty have made quite a name for themselves with their genre-themed compilation EPs." - Complex UK

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1Forty captures the authenticity of the UK's best underground genres, by showcasing established and upcoming talent, whilst engineering its own sound and identity through the music we release and showcase. Grime, Bass, Garage & UK Funky.

On the 21st October 2016 1Forty launched at one of the biggest nightclub brands in the country.. Mint, Leeds. Welcoming @CausenAffect, @ChampionDJ & @SkepsisProducer. Since then the label has had nights at a multitude of venues and welcomed the likes of @TheDJOneman, @SpookyBizzle @NotionDJ @HolyGoof_UK @DJSlimzee @Killa-P-Music @Preditah @SwiftaBeater @SammyVirji @NuBassOfficial @HamdiOfficialMusic @TheCocoUK @Snow667 @JokerKapsize @DJSharda @YGG @SicariaSound @DJSirSpyro @Neffa-T @MezYeah President T + more.

Since the launch of the Record Label (June 2017) and introducing its cycle of Genre Release compilations 1Forty has received coverage across publications including Red Bull, Complex UK, Mixmag, SB.TV, GRM Daily, DJ Mag & Trench Mag, major support on radio across BBC Radio 1 (inc. 1Forty Takeover w/ Toddla T), 1Xtra, Rinse FM, Beats 1, Radar Radio & Reprezent, and TV usage across Sky One, Sky Sports, BT Sport & BBC Three.