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Grime n tha' PT3

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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DJ Pantha x Forca - Reload

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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Killjoy makes a long awaited return to the label with his last original release coming in 2019, this time delivering his first Bassline release alongside new generational talent Manny Mashup both of whom are keeping the raw 4x4 Bassline sound alive and kicking with ‘Don’t Run’.

Having being a key player in Nottingham’s underground music scene over the past decade before emigrating to Australia, his productions have been duly rewarded with consistent releases on the likes of Champion’s Label - Formula Records, Time Is Now, Slimzos Recordings, Sector 7, Extra Spicy and last but not least Tumble Audio. The Label he has pioneered since starting out alongside his own venture - Joyride. His hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed over the years with productions for the likes of D Double E as well as mix’s for FabricLive & THUMP.

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 in the time since, he has becoming one of the most well known of the new generation producers of the original sound, with consistent output and a cult following on TikTok as we move into his 3rd 1Forty release.

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Killjoy x Manny Mashup - Don't Run

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My next release - Rocky / Poison out this Friday on Local Action!

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Rocky

Two of bassline house’s biggest ever anthems finally released.

Usually when press releases say long-awaited, it’s not justified – this isn’t the case with ‘Rocky’. It’s one of the biggest bassline house tracks ever made, and has been the climax of DJ Q’s sets for the best part of a decade. It’s been bootlegged, it’s been edited and we’ve never seen it not get a reload, but it’s not been given an official release until now – so we backed it with ‘Poison’, a similarly sought-after Q dub. File alongside T2’s ‘Heartbroken’, Piddy Py’s ‘Giggle Riddim’ and more in the instant bassline classic category.

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DJ Q - Poison

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J69 - Lemons

Royal-T x DJ Q x Flava D
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Comprised of Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D, t q d shouldn’t ever really be referred to as a ‘supergroup’ because the drive behind the project is simpler and a lot less contrived than that tag implies. Simply put, t q d is a project that features a trio of music making friends who’ve united under a single name to make jacking dancefloor music that's inspired by the sounds of classic UK garage and bassline. Since their first collaborative foray with ‘Day & Night’, which was released on Butterz in 2015, t q d have rather emphatically proven that their three way formula works; appearing in clubs and at festivals the world over they’ve been consistently shaking up scenarios with their high octane blends of (largely) their own music across 4 deck sets.  

Following memorable sets on the Boiler Room and live turns at Warehouse Project, Leeds Festival and Boomtown, Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D have been hard at work putting together their ten track debut album, ukg - a bolshy mission statement that encompasses the full spectrum of the garage sound. When you look at each party’s discography separately, whats immediately obvious is their shared love of a 2-step beat, a hellish hoover bass and all those cleverly edited vocal ticks. Their debut album is the culmination of that love, with t q d channeling everything from heady, energetic bassline (on ‘Vibsing Ting’), to ghostly Burial-scapes (on ‘Only One’) and lounge instrumentation (on ‘New Day’).

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