Nucleus aka Dave Sims started djing in 1986 mixing and scratching hip hop and funk breaks after hearing double d and steinski;s lessons and grandmaster flash adventures on the wheels of steel, this inspired him to buy a 4-track tape recorder and start making break mixes and hip hop tunes with local rappers. In about 1988 started going to raves and clubs like the dungeon, telepathy and then later paradise club (awol) and getting into house and early breakbeat ,and djing at parties and raves staying with the music as it evolved through hardcore,jungle to drum and bass. In 1996 Nucleus started making tunes with Devparadox for nine bar records, made 2 12s and 1 album as noise and paradox. In 97 the duo started recording for th lengendery Reinforced records with a 12 Esoteric funk/places and spaces as Nucleus and paradox and a track past,present,future on the Enforcers Lp.Followed by another 12 this side of fore ever/decompositions.At the same time releasing a12 on 720 records(goodlooking) the nautilusand Nexus records(good looking) Project 2/Persistence of vision as Alaska and Nucleus. The duo worked on various remixes including 4-Hero for talking loud and James Hardway. The next 12 was who? What?/No spaced place for Reinforced in 2000.follwed by tracks as Nucleus on the deadly chambers Enforcers Lp and a 12 on Reinforced called Gravity point/ Flim flam and a track suspended animation on the Scattered Snares lp on Marc macs Twisted funk label. Over the years Nucleus has Djed at various events in Germany,France,Holland,Hungary,Australia,Switzerland,Norway and UK playing drum and bass,funk,jazz,hip hop,house,disco,breaks,broken beat etc.and had a couple of b-boy break mix tapes/cds out with Break dj Leacy. 2002 saw the return of nucleus and paradox with 12s on US label Offshore,Paradox music, the Esoteric funk lp on Reinforced, and the creation of "Esoteric", a label exclusively for Nucleus/ Paradox material. Esoteric is going strong with 7 releases,getting excellent reviews and regular plays by many of the scenes top djs. September 2005 saw Nucleus and Paradox debut 12 on Metalheadz ,12bit/Aragon. Future is set to be busy with american and european tours,and more releases on esoteric,paradox music and metalheadz.
