1FFNG008 (Funky & Garage) welcomes back some familiar faces for its flagship genre release. Ghoulish enlists singer songwriter Lollie for his first original release, bringing with him lashings of bumpy sun-soaked goodness in ‘Voices’. Alongside is newcomer but just as well renowned name in the scene - Daffy, with another Speed Garage roller following a similar seasonal inspired theme, with Warwick and Tyrant both making their second appearances on the label to round off proceedings giving their expected contributions of breaks inspired 2-step and bass heavy UK Funky respectively.

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Ghoulish returns to the label for his first Genre Release feature bringing with him singer songwriter Lollie for a soothing taste of Summer, which screams sunset from the rooftops.

Adam Harper aka Ghoulish stormed onto the UK music scene in 2021 with his intricate and powerful dancefloor-shaking production style. In less than a year of releasing new music he's received regular support from the legends of the rave scene such as Skream, My Nu Leng Holy Goof, Notion, Sammy Virji and Riz La Teef to name a few as well as being coined a UKF ones to watch in 2022.

Further to his impressive production, Ghoulish cut his teeth in 2018 with the sounds of dubstep and drum and bass, which has helped him incorporate a fast-paced, energetic and unique style to his own productions and DJ sets. His DJ sets are regularly filled with his own productions as well as rare dubplates and unreleased tracks from his favourite producers, spanning from UKG, grime, breakbeats, 4x4, 140, jungle and everything in between which makes the Mancunians sets hard to put him in a box - just how we like it.

Ghoulish devises anything from UKG and Speed Garage/Bassline to the depths of Dubstep and Grime whilst also being able to turn his hand to euphoric breakbeats and up-tempo rave cuts with ease, usually taking inspiration from those combination of genres in part and fusing them together.

His 2-track vinyl release on ec2a (1999/Buss It Up) in 2021 sold out in less than 10 hours and has been hugely sought-after since, which is how he first landed on 1Forty's radar. Fast forward 9 months later and a submission to the 1Forty Acapellas #2 project landed in our inbox in 2022, taking Logan's patois vocal from his and Hamdis 'Bun Dem Down' and turning it into a speed garage warper for one of the biggest UKG records on the label.

Lollie is a singer songwriter from London, who mixes the eerie tones of psychedelic electronics with soulful RnB. Despite her main inspiration from artists such as 070 Shake, Cleo Sol and Yebba, she also has firm interest in the underground music scene. Having only worked on self releases thus far four years into her journey as a vocalist, she was found by Ghoulish who had been scoping out a “dreamy-esque” voice for this project in particular when he came across her music.

Lollie describes her approach to creating music as evoking the listener to relax their mind and get lost in thought, which makes perfect sense as to how Ghoulish arrived at her as the chosen collaborator. With gigs at the likes of Soho House and getting booked for her first festival (which can’t yet be revealed), and her first label release, 2023 is looking like the year the UKG gets to know about Lollie.

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Ghoulish Ft Lollie - Voices

Bristol based producer Daffy has been making noise for quite some time now but none more than the past 18 months. Producing for around 12 years now he’s finally getting his flowers with releases on Time Is Now, ec2a, Southpoint, Vivid and Hot Haus, and being called upon for the official remix of the iconic ‘Ripgroove’ by Double 99 earlier this year.

With things finally hitting full flow for over a decade after he started his journey into producing, support has come from the likes of Skream, DJ EZ, Redlight, Smokey Bubblin’ B, Emerald, DJ Q and plenty others. Furthermore, he’s connecting the dots for the triple crown of releases, support and shows, with appearances at the likes of Hidden, Motion, Lakota and Fabric pushing him firmly through the very noisy underground UKG scene as of right now.

With the scene seemingly taking a twist toward the original Speed Garage sound over the past year, theres no better person to step into the limelight than someone who’s looked up to the likes of Sheffields Big Ang for years as an inspiration, who’s recently been getting her own flowers after Interplanetary Criminal has been letting the people know with his new found fame.

As we approach the half way point of 2023, Daffy makes his entrance on 1Forty with a track entitled ‘Euphoria’ that follows suit of the Summary tones set by Ghoulish and Lollie on the lead track, but with that deep Speed Garage bassline we’ve all come to recognise from Daffy’s output.

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Daffy - Euphoria

Warwick makes his return to the label some six months later after making his introduction via 1FGRM008 with 'Redux', this time serving up some of his more familiar breaks inspired UKG for 'How Cold Is It Outside?'.

Welsh born producer Warwick started producing in 2016 across a plethora of genres before landing on his sweet spot somewhere between UKG, Bass and Breaks in 2019. Now based in London, he found himself swept along by the resurgence in said genres over the last couple of years releasing on Rinse FM, ec2a, Kiwi Rekords, Dansu Discs, Beastwang, GLBDOM and Haws which has lead to bookings in the capital, regular guest slots on Rinse FM as they continue to support him post release, and support from the likes of Bonobo, DJ EZ, Partiboi69, Emerald and UK #1 artist Interplanetary Criminal.

With quite an eclectic range of support from top tier artists tells you all you need to know about his approach to music. Incorporating one genre into another to infuse the two is the motivation that fuels his desire to create in the studio.

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Warwick - How Cold Is It Outside?

Another returning artist for 1FFNG008 is Tyrant, who brought one of the labels favourite Summer anthems 'Piffment' in 2019, this time mixing that same flavour with a wobbly UK Funky twist.

Tyrant based in East London, started out DJ'ing at 14 before moving to Leicester for university at 18 he soon got himself on the local circuit which led to a monthly residency on Mode FM just before moving to Bristol in 2014 where things started to get a bit more serious. Playing regularly at the likes of Lakota and Blue Mountain supporting the likes of Spooky, Woz, Cartier, OM Unit and even 1Forty’s very own Killjoy. It was at this time when Tyrant also got his hands on his first MacBook, downloaded Logic and has been consistently producing since.

2017 was Tyrants first stand out year as an artist with his first official label release via Low Pitched Records whilst in the same year reaching the pinnacle for any Bristol based artist - playing Motion’s Main Room. 2019 saw Redbull & Creamfields pick up ‘Ghoster’ for the Creamfields Aftermovie and his follow up release on Low Pitched Records with ‘Coach Clarter’ being one of his most successful release to date amassing support across BBC Radio 1, Rinse FM, Reprezent and Kiss, a track that's still doing the rounds now.

EPs have since ensued on Marcus Nasty's imprint 'Nasty Bros' as have further Motion appearances for the Mode FM resident, opening for the likes of Sir Spyro and D Double E which have continued to make him a mainstay in todays UK Funky scene.

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Tyrant - Night Flight

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"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)

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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.