1FBSS007 (Bass) sees the first genre release of the year bringing forth another first time collaboration of two of bassline's most prolific artists past and present in DJ Pantha and Forca alongside The Phat Controlla, J69, Lil Milly & Manny Mashup showing off once again that the underground bassline sound is still at the top of its game.

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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.

@DJ-Pantha
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@ForcaUK
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DJ Pantha x Forca - Reload

The Phat Controlla returns for the third consecutive year and makes his debut appearance on the BSS format with his Speed Garage and Bassline roots firmly inspiring his latest addition to the 1Forty discography 'You're Mine'.

The Phat Controlla is another unearthed gem of the Kiwi Records label who started producing in 2017. Having kept a relatively low profile only sending out finished works to a very select few, The Prince Of UKG - Conducta soon picked him up for the the Kiwi shows keeping its promise of highlighting the NUKG talent, firstly at Kiwi Hush (Keep Hush) followed by three legs of the BK2SKL Tour in Autumn 2019.

Since then he has gone on to appear on Rinse FM on numerous occasions, including alongside the Kiwi camp for the Kiwi Records: Christmas Special as well as releases across Mangoes + Melons and Strictly House & Garage. Alongside Conducta’s heavy handed support he has amassed support from the likes of DJ Q, Sammy Virji, Sharda, and the icing on the cake.. his main inspiration and UKG icon Todd ‘The God’ Edwards.

The Phat Controlla made a splash on the label for the first time in 2020 with his take on ‘Ignited Flows’ from BBC Three’s UK Rap Game Champion - Graft. Exactly a year on we welcomed him onto the FNG series last summer for his first official release with a four-to-the-floor speed garage warper channeling his inner northern roots for ‘IMSONORF’.

@ThePhatControlla
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The Phat Controlla - You're Mine

J69 has been a staple in the 1Forty schedule since day one, giving the underground some of the best bassline releases in the scene over the three years especially. This time he returns with a record that was produced back in 2019 and one that we've actually been sat on for 18 months 'Take It Back'. Paying homage to the female vocal era of Bassline this one hits like it was 2008 all over again.

Having been an invisible pillar to the scene at times over the past 10 years with coming after the golden era of Pantha, Burgerboy and co, J69 never went quiet. Through COVID alone we saw ‘Back Like’ Ft MNT & SG, ‘Lemons’ via Killjoy’s Joyride imprint, ‘Footwork’ with MNT, ‘Alien Dawg EP’ on Sheffield's iconic Off Me Nut Records as well as ‘Ya Fool’ and now of course the VIP that dropped last month he is Sheffield's fine wine that only gets better with age. 2021 brought his first independent release 'Provide The Vibe' linking up once again with SG, MNT, Trilla and for the first time - Screama.

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J69 - Take It Back

Two fresh faces round of 1FBSS007 in the form of Lil Milly and Manny Mashup, both of whom have two very different journeys in Bassline yet both have a sound that capture the original sound some 10-15 years later as proven with their first official collab together for 'The Steppa'.

Lil Milly started producing in 2003 which explains why his sound his so authentic. Like DJ Pantha he was also from Dudley in the Birmingham area so was very much part of the Bassline boom in the late 2000s, also working together on a number of occasions. However it wasn't until two years ago when he decided to start taking releasing music seriously after seeing the success of his peers. His first official release 'Bumbafunk' went viral pre release when a clip from TRC and Murkz playing it on a livestream in lockdown exploded on Twitter. That release went on to set the groundworks for his near two decades of producing off the bat going on to play shows in Sheffield and Birmingham alongside the likes of Nasteeboi and Thorpey. The release also saw massive support from Bassline legends like DJ Q and DJ EJ.

Manny Mashup was somewhat only exposed to underground music after moving to Manchester Met in 2017. Immediately getting the bug after regular visits to Antwerp Mansion he started DJ'ing and securing regular slots on the infamous Bloc2Bloc. By the time he finished uni he had become very invested in learning production and two years on he's had releases across Tumble Audio and ProjectAllOut amassing support from the likes of Killjoy, Deadbeat and even the likes of Window Kid after he latched onto his debut EP on Instagram bumping it on his socials regularly. Taking masses of amounts of inspiration from the Birmingham Bassline producers such as Swifta Beater, DJ Pantha and Lil Milly its safe to say his debut on 1Forty is somewhat of a full circle moment putting out his first ever collab with Lil Milly with DJ Pantha heading up the release.

@LilMillyBassline
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@JowensFlows
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Lil Milly x Manny Mashup - The Steppa

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