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SBK X Fork and Knife - Bars (Free Download)

It’s been over two years since a 140 Single entered the free download series on the label, as fresh talent T!M joins the ranks with a flip of M.I.K’s ‘Ice Rink’. Cult hero of the Grime scene and the Family Tree member first released the vocal in 2014, and could be heard far and wide from the scenes top selectors, from radios to the dance. Now 9 years later, it’s had the Bristolian treatment with the young producer breathing new life into a classic of the 2010’s Grime era.

21 year old T!M started producing around two years ago and only released for the first time in August this year. Key influences such as Disclosure, MPH and Coki signpost his diverse taste for electronic music, which have lead to an accelerated learning curve and is already helping him carve out his own sound.  

With less than 6 months under his belt of releasing music he’s already played a number of venues around Bristol, released music on the likes of Deeprot, and had his music played at major UK festivals and leading underground radio stations such as Boomtown, Kendal Calling, Rinse FM and Reprezent.  

His debut release amassed 60,000 streams and since then has gone on to gather support from DRIAA, Danny Rankin, Saint Ludo and DJ Jackum leading him to be picked up by 1Forty, making it the perfect way to tee up 2024.

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Free Download

T!M - Ice Rink (M.I.K - Ice Rink Bootleg) [Free DL]

The first release of 2024 sees the return of Sketchi, 18 months after he brought the first official Dubstep single for the label ‘Osami’. He kicks off 1Forty’s year with a high octane Dubstep/Grime hybrid take of Flowdans infamous ‘Shell A Verse’ acapella that the ex Roll Deep member made available on Bandcamp in 2018, and has since seen new heights hit with Sammy Virji’s UKG Remix in 2023.

1Forty has featured a selection of artists on the Label from its home in Leeds and Sketchi is part of those very grassroots. Starting off his journey learning to mix and produce at the age of 14, growing up in the same area of Leeds a musical relationship was born with Mikey B thanks to their shared love for UK Bass music.

Taking inspiration from the early era of Grime and Dubstep along with the artists he follows across the bass music spectrum that have such a strong focus on low end sound design such as My Nu Leng, Taiki Nulight, S.P.Y, Dimension, Joker and Enigma Dubz, it is yet again on show here.

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Sketchi - Shell A Verse (Flowdan - Shell A Verse Bootleg) [Free DL]

Doc Zee returns to the label some 5 years since his last release, to put the cherry on the top of that release back in 2018. A VIP of his funky flip of Wiley’s eski-classic ‘Colder’. The original released back in 2006 as part of the ‘Eskiboy Da 2nd Phaze’ Mixtape. The bootleg in 2018 and subsequent VIP were given a name change ‘They Don’t Know’ due to the additional sampling taken from early Grime raves.

Starting out DJing from a very young age and jumping into production at the age of 16, despite never taking it seriously at the time it set him up for a future in music. Attending university to study music production in 2014 the music artistry started to flow. Since then he has released on a multitude of labels including fellow signee Ali Mck’s label Articulate Sound, My Nu Lengs label Maraki Records, Hyphos label Manuka and the legendary Four40 Records out of Birmingham to name a few. The Suffolk based producer has gathered support from My Nu Leng, Skepsis, Distro, Marcus Nasty, Murder He Wrote, TC4 & loads more.

The original version of bootleg ‘They Don’t Know’ saw huge support and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on Toddla T's Show back on the 8th November 2018, with the likes of JME spitting over it two years later in 2020.

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Doc Zee - They Don't Know VIP (Wiley - Colder Bootleg) [Free DL]

Yancey makes his debut on the label by taking Yizzy back to his 140 roots with a gritty Dubstep flip of his announcement to the Drill & UK Rap scene with ’Blue Freestyle’ that was first released in 2021.

Born and raised in New Zealand & now residing in Bristol, Yancey has built a name for himself in his homeland's underground music scene & beyond, known for his eclectic sound & unique performance style drawing inspiration from the rich history of hip-hop, jungle/drum & bass & their many contemporary offshoots. His music has been released & featured by notable labels including Noisia Radio, Quality Goods Records, & Sony Music NZ, played on Rinse FM, BBC Radio 1 & regularly on GeorgeFM in his home country, & supported by the likes of Tsuruda, Cesco, Klinical & Sepia. This notoriety has led him to perform at renowned showcases for the likes of 1985 Music, SWU:FM & Redbull.

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Yancey - Blue Freestyle (Yizzy - Blue Freestyle Bootleg) [Free DL]

9TRANE makes his return to 1Forty some 4 years after his last release alongside Logan on ‘Evil Side’. Having been part of the Label since Day 1 when he laid down a statement of intent with lead track ‘Compute Riddim’ Ft Killa P & Badness on the debut release when the Label arm was formed - 1FGRM001. We couldn’t be happier to welcome him back with his first track to enter our Single’s Free DL series with a UKG take of Danny Weeds iconic ‘Salt Beef’, one of 9TRANES favourite Grime instrumentals of all time from the producer and member of Roll Deep.

9TRANE’s rich history with 1Forty is woven with his unique trademark sound yet versatile approach including ‘Assault’ on 1FGRM002, and ‘Appletize’ which made ripples throughout the scene. Toddla T latched onto the Norwich talent through these releases and gained regular support on his show on BBC Radio 1 over a number of years before his exit from the station. 1Forty’s mainstay also tinkered with some UK Funky collabing with Arridim now also known as Criticals' Particle for ‘Plazma’ and the follow up ‘Plazma VIP’ both still receiving regular plays some 5 years later.

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9TRANE - Salt Beef Tool (Danny Weed - Salt Beef Bootleg) [Free DL]

1FGRM001 - Free Download

Signed to Indelible Agency, 9TRANE (@9-TRANE) is a producer you seriously need to know about. Producing all things 140bpm his unique take on grime has raised a number of eyebrows in recent months. 
 
It has led him to receive regular radio support on Radar Radio, BBC 1Xtra, Reprezent Radio, Mode FM & Trickstar with Grime’s top DJ’s Spooky, Slimzee & Riz-La-Teef all giving him spins on a number of occasions. Having played at Outlook Festival 2016 on the Boom Bap Boat Party for Killa P, Irah and more it catapulted him into regular bookings in his hometown of Norwich playing alongside the likes of Frisco, AJ Tracey, Logan Sama and plenty more. With the recently announced ‘Trajections Festival’ to look forward to playing alongside half of the grime scene he’s stacking tracks ready to unload. Killa P hooked him up with this unreleased ‘Nuh Failer’ vocal alongside Badness to create this dance ending track for the debut 1Forty Release.. Compute Riddim.

1 year after the launch of 1Forty with 3 heavyweight events in Leeds making waves around the country, the time has come to engineer our identity and sound further through releasing music under our own Record Label, orientated around the underground genres we represent. Grime, Bass, Garage & UK Funky. We have scoured the country to bring you the finest upcoming producers from each of the genres we will be showcasing through our releases. The format will operate in a cycle of 3 Genre-specific, colour coded, EP sized compilation releases. Grime (Red), Bass (Blue), Garage/Funky (Orange). These first 3 releases that will span over the course of the year and will be completely free to download as a thankyou for all the support so far.

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1FGRM001

9TRANE - Compute Riddim Ft. Killa P & Badness Nuh Failer [Free DL]

Arridim puts a unique spin on this timeless track by Ms Dynamite & Redlight. Having being picked up by the likes of Skepsis, Shapes, Mr V & FooR this Bootleg isn't to be taken lightly.

Originating from South London, Arridim quickly made his way onto the Bass scene, securing sets in highly regarded clubs such as Fabric, XOYO, The Arch and The Nest within his first year.

His production, often defined as 'unique' and 'genre-breaking' has gained him attention from pioneers of the bass scene such as Marcus Nasty, securing him his first Rinse play back in March for Arridim's single 'Pompeii', which was picked up by Southpoint's sister label 'Southpoint: Introducing'. In addition to this release, Arridim's fusion of Breaks, Drum & Bass and House styles has landed his production releases on Pack London, Certified and Articulate. He was then picked up by MB Artists who now represent him alongside the likes of Youngtsa & Hatcha.

Arridim's presence has been ever growing, gaining him radio slots on stations including Trickstar and Reprezent, as well as supporting artists such as Cause & Affect, Taiki Nulight, Inkline, Skepsis and Darkzy.

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1FBSS001

Redlight Ft. Ms Dynamite - What You Talking About (Arridim Bootleg) [Free DL]

Where Have You Been?

Moscow

Heading up the lead track of 1FBSS002 is the rising star of the bass scene right now, Sammy Virji.

Making up 1⁄6 of Tremor Music Management, Sammy Virji has firmly imprinted his distinctive sound into the UK Bass and Garage scenes, particularly over the past year. With support from Holy Goof, TQD, TS7 and many more, he has landed himself regular DJ sets at renowned clubs and events across the country including Printworks (London), Tank (Sheffield), his residency at World Headquarters (Newcastle) as well as being welcomed onto Chris Lorenzo’s Bass Mentality Tour.

His releases with Chip Butty Records & Off Me Nut Records really put him on the map and has since amassed hundreds of thousands of plays thus leading him to sign with UAA Agency.. The Teeside based producer recently announced his ‘Tremor Presents: Sammy Virji Show’ on the third Friday of every month from 11pm-1am on Reprezent Radio. Sammy’s reputation is only set to continue growing in the coming months with appearances coming up at the likes of South West Four Festival and his debut 1Forty release on the way.

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1FBSS002

Buy/Stream

Sammy Virji - Punctuation

DONATE: The artists taking part in this release wanted there to be an option to donate to charity with giving away their tracks for free. The artists have chosen collectively to donate to a charity called Free Your Mind - a charity that supports & actively battles the stigmas of mental health, domestic violence & PTSD. http://www.freeyourmindcic.com/donate/

The first track on 1FFEM001 is the rising star of experimental electronic grime and dubstep music, L U C Y.

The Bristol born producer now based in London has been producing for 6 years and in that time has honed her unique sound and stamped her authority across the underground and is recognised across different scenes for her original electronic sound. Having played at Bandulu, Fabric & Motion to name a few as well as Keep Hush apperances she is also on the opening night line-up for 13 Weeks of Flava D at XOYO alongside Flava D, Skepsis & Sharda. She’s supported artists such as Swamp 81 boss Loefah, Bandulu’s Khan & Neek and Hi5 & Boofy as well as Murlo. The Bandulu crew have been supporting her music regularly.

With releases on Trapdoor, Astral Black and Femme Culture she also won 2017 the South-West heats of Red Bull’s Riddim Rally in 2017 as well as competing earlier this year in the Beat Boss Qualifiers and hosted various music workshops for Red Bull, Apple and Saffron Records.

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www.twitter.com/lucyproducti0n

Females Of 1Forty

L U C Y - Shook [Free DL/Charity]

DONATE: The artists taking part in this release wanted there to be an option to donate to charity with giving away their tracks for free. The artists have chosen collectively to donate to a charity called Free Your Mind - a charity that supports & actively battles the stigmas of mental health, domestic violence & PTSD. http://www.freeyourmindcic.com/donate/

Nina Wilde has been putting in the work for the Midlands for over 10 years. Based in Wolverhampton she started DJ’ing in 2000 and jumped into production in 2004. Over her career she has played up and down the country and overseas in the likes of Norway but recent highlights include BoomTown, Beatherder and a number of appearances in Sheffield at the likes of Tank & The Night Kitchen. Releases have spanned across Champion’s Formula Records, FooR’s Yosh, Saucy Records, Hot Cakes & loads more.

DJ Q highlighted Nina as one to watch in his interview with Fabric in 2017 and its not hard to see why. As well as her long list of reputable labels she has released on she has gathered support from Herve, TS7, Kissy Sellout, Mike Delinquent and My Nu Leng who used one of her tracks on their Fabric Live promo mix. Marcus Nasty has also heavily supported her through playing her music on his radio show on Rinse FM as well as welcoming her for on their for a Guest Mix.

Whilst working on the track for this project she was on the hunt for some vocal stabs which she shouted Champagne Bubbler for. He sent a full vocal over which he recently wrapped up and after hearing it Nina decided to use the full version on the track.

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Nina Wilde Ft Champagne Bubbler - Make Money [Free DL/Charity]

DONATE: The artists taking part in this release wanted there to be an option to donate to charity with giving away their tracks for free. The artists have chosen collectively to donate to a charity called Free Your Mind - a charity that supports & actively battles the stigmas of mental health, domestic violence & PTSD. http://www.freeyourmindcic.com/donate/

Bamz, the 22 year old programmer/producer & DJ hailing from South-West London. With a love for music from as young as 6 beatboxing before jumping into production at the age of 10 it seems music is ingested in her DNA. Pursuing various musical ventures through secondary school soon after leaving she met rapper - Nadia Rose. 5 years later she now has the privilege of being Nadia’s right hander both in the studio and as a DJ spinning for her at major UK Festivals such as Wireless, Glastonbury, Love Saves The Day, Bestival as well as international appearances at Sweden, Ibiza & Brazil where they performed at the 2016 Olympics.

The last couple of years has seen her pursue her own productions as well as assisting Nadia focusing specifically on Funky House. She hosted her own show on Radar Radio until recently before dropping her long awaited self released Buggin’ EP on Bandcamp which received a huge reception. Flexy shows her raw talent and various influences from different genres she has been following over both her younger and teenage years.

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Bamz - Flexy [Free DL/Charity]

DONATE: The artists taking part in this release wanted there to be an option to donate to charity with giving away their tracks for free. The artists have chosen collectively to donate to a charity called Free Your Mind - a charity that supports & actively battles the stigmas of mental health, domestic violence & PTSD. http://www.freeyourmindcic.com/donate/

The final track on the all female release comes from K Minor. Based across the Thames from Bamz in North West London she started producing in 2013. Although playing instruments from a young age of 8 including piano and guitar gave her a real understanding for music theory. Having also hosted workshops for Native Instruments and Red Bull on electronic music production.

Since taking up producing more seriously in the last 4 years she has been self releasing her own UK Garage music with support coming from DJ Cartier, Mike Delinquent, Marcus Nasty as well as a feature from Complex UK. Funnily enough it was the Prince of UKG himself Conducta who recommended K Minor for this release after coming up short on our hunt for a female UKG producer.

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Females Of 1forty

K-Minor Ft 3Will - I've Been Thinking [Free DL/Charity]

Ripped from @cr_label Circadian Rhythms (NTS)- CR 17-01-19 w/ Jook
@jook pls release this heater

Peverelist - Roll With The Punches (Unknown Remix Ft. AJ Tracey) [Jook CR Mix]

Last year Bukkha and Subtle Mind brought their relaxing dub-orientated sound to Infernal Sounds for a first time. For IFS016 Bukkha returns to Manchester's finest and comes through solo with his newest vocal-heavy "Badda Den Dem" EP.

Read our review → http://duploc.com/ifs016
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IFS016

Read our review

Bukkha ft. Killa P - Badda Den Dem [duploc.com premiere]

What better way to announce the addition of paid singles to the format of an established Northern based Label, than signing a track from three pioneers of underground music all hailing from Manchester, with a rich history spanning across Grime, Dubstep, Garage and Drum & Bass. ‘Dance Dun’ welcomes a vintage Grime vocal structure of 16 bars for 16 bars between Slay and Trigga over a rolling bass driven instrumental landing somewhere between Grime and Dubstep. When you think of Zed Bias it isn’t a sound that has resonated with his discography in recent times, but has rolled back the years with an absolute masterpiece.

Premiered by Complex UK on 13th August 2019.
https://www.complex.com/music/2019/08/premiere-slay-dance-dun-feat-trigga-produced-by-zed-bias

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Dance Dun

Slay Ft Trigga - Dance Dun (Prod. Zed Bias)

‘They Don’t Know’ brings together two of the Labels key members in Killa P and Fork And Knife to deliver an authentic modern day dubstep gem for the lead track of 1FGRM004. A system punishing sub and a back and forth lead that can only resemble heavy machinery, paired with the classic combination of Killa P’s ragga influenced Brixton accent on vocals is the recipe for a track that has the Outlook Festival aura written all over it.

A renowned MC in the Grime & Dubstep world. Killa P’s acclaimed for his unique patois style and hard lyrics. Killa became known as one of the UK’s prolific MCs while he was a member of one of the UK’s founding grime crews, Roll Deep. His style and flow led to commercial success and earned him a new generation of fans through his 2008 collaboration with The Bug on the seminal track ‘SKENG’. Fast forward a few years to 2016 where he released the biggest track of the year with Sir Spyro, Teddy Bruckshot & Lady Chann on Deep Medi along with other successful releases, including ‘Rate Us’ which was his 2nd Release under 1Forty on 1FGRM002. This will be his third and fourth track respectively as he is the first MC on the Label to come with a double header on a single release.

The man behind the production of this is fellow Londoner - Fork And Knife. Based in North East London has carved out a sound that pays homage to the underground scenes that have shaped him as a person over the past decade. More recently spreading his wings into Grime and Garage he’s applied techniques from producing different genres over the years with the result being unique structures with injections of sharp sound design using square wave basses and an often frantic yet stellar selection of drums. It’s not hard to see why his sound is so original with 10 years of production under his belt.

This is Fork And Knife’s first time appearing on a Genre Release after his debut single with the label ‘Real Monsters’ which gathered support from the likes of Toddla T on BBC Radio 1, and its follow up ‘Real Monsters VIP’ for the ‘2 Years Of 1Forty’ Release, the latter earlier this year in June. Like Killa P, the versatile producer is also contributing to not just one track on this release, as the long awaited link up with 9TRANE rears its head on the same tracklist.

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1FGRM004

Killa P - They Don't Know (Prod. Fork And Knife)

The next MC to step into a 1Forty Release feels like he has been around the grime scene for a while, yet amazingly is still only a teenager. SBK came to prominence on the now defunct Radar Radio, whilst also being brought through by Novelist on a number of occasions. Funnily enough the scene hasn’t welcomed a shining talent so young since the 2018 Mercury Prize nominee first broke through on to the scene with The Square 5 years ago.

The Stevenage native has already tore down the likes of 1Xtra, Rinse FM, Boiler Room, Kiss, Pyro and more than held his own amongst MCs twice his age at Grime Originals. The past 12 months has seen him light up a ton of sets across the UK biggest platforms, released works with the likes of Mez amongst a number of self releases, and of course featuring on a key moment in the Grime calendar - Lord Of The Mics 8. Clashing T Roadz and then of course all the promotion that came with it, such as coverage on each participant by Sir Spyro, the compilation release alongside the likes of Grime royalty Roll Deep and Wiley, and the launch party with the likes of Skepta showing love.

1Forty being 1Forty.. we paired the standout MC of the next generation of Grime artists, with one of the labels most versatile and original producers in Fork And Knife, and the outcome is a Funky/Grime hybrid Single releasing 19th November.

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Bars

SBK x Fork And Knife - Bars [Free DL]

Events // 2016 - Present

Record Label // 2017 - 2024

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

"I find it quite hard to find a lot of modern Grime with that weight it originated with, and its similar with the Funky but 1Forty seem to be finding these records and putting them out, keeping that flame alive." - Toddla T (BBC Radio 1)

Founded by @LOCKT1Forty

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.