NUCLEUS

Influenced by early hip hop culture Dave Sims started djing in 1986 mixing and scratching hip hop and funk breaks after being influenced by DJ Cheese,Double D and Steinski;s lessons,Grandmaster Flash adventures on the wheels of steel etc, this led on to buying a 4-track tape recorder and creating break mixes and hip hop tracks with local mc's,and playing at local parties.

In about 1989 started going to raves and clubs like the Dungeon,Crypt, Telepathy and then later Paradise club (AWOL) and getting into house and early breakbeat ,djing at parties and raves staying with the music as it evolved through hardcore,jungle to drum and bass

In 1996 started making tunes with DevParadox recording as “Nucleus “ releasing various12" and lp tracks of dark jazzfunkbreakbeat inspired dnb.,and deeper ambient tracks on various leading dnb labels including Reinforced, Goodlooking ,Metalheadz,Offshore,Paradox music,Arctic music

Also staying with hiphop in 2000 releasing 2 BBoy break mixtapes with Break Dj Leacy,which have become classics in BBoy circles worldwide.

2002 saw the creation of "Esoteric", a label exclusively for Nucleus/ Paradox material.which is going strong into its 12th release getting excellent reviews and regular plays by many of the scenes top djs including Goldie,Flight,Marky,Marcus Intalex.,Loxy. .

As well as djing drum and bass Dave always stayed with his roots playing and collecting,funk,disco,hip hop,house,jazz,broken beat ,afro,latin,etc,and has played at various events in Germany,France,Holland,Hungary,United States,Russia,Croatia,Australia,Switzerland,Norway,Estonia,Finland and can also be found playing more of a deep house/disco sound at various clubs/bars/parties in London,including FutureNature/Ctrl Alt Delete,Lasermagnetic,Funkasino/Let It Play

2007 saw the creation of Styles@The Castle in London,Nucleus and Dj Trax monthly all nighter in london,featuring a freestyle mix of anything with the funk



www.virb.com/nucleus.

davenucleus@hotmail.com.



DISCOGRAPHY



1: 1992 :RAW AND READY EP - (TRACK B2 'I CANT STOP'UNCREDITED)-BRAIN RECORDS



2: 1996 :NOISE AND PARADOX - SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 10TH PLANET/A TIMELESS EXISTENCE -NINEBAR RECORDS



3: 1996 :NOISE AND PARADOX - TRANSMOGRIFICATION/SUDDEN IMPACT - NINEBAR RECORDS



4: 1997 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - ESOTERIC FUNK/SPACES AND PLACES - REINFORCED RECORDS



5: 1997 NOISE AND PARADOX - TRANSMOGRIFICATION LP - NINEBAR RECORDS



6: 1997 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - PAST,PRESENT OR FUTURE - TRACK ON ENFORCERS 'BEGINING OF THE END'LP -REINFORCED RECORDS



7: 1997 :ALASKA AND NUCLEUS - PERSISTANCE OF VISION/PROJECT 2-NEXUS RECORDS (GOOD LOOKING)



8: 1998 :ALASKA AND NUCLEUS - NAUTILUS/NAUTILUS REMIX-720 RECORDS (GOOD LOOKING)



9: 1998 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - THIS SIDE OF FOREVER/DECOMPOSITIONS-REINFORCED RECORDS



10: 1999 :NUCLEUS- RETURN TO FOREVER ,TRACK ON ENFORCERS 'DEADLY CHAMBERS OF SOUND,LP-REINFORCED RECORDS



11: 2000 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - WHO? WHAT? / NO SPACED PLACE-REINFORCED RECORDS



12: 2001 :NUCLEUS - GRAVITY POINT/FLIM FLAM-REINFORCED RECORDS



13: 2001 :NUCLEUS - SUSPENDED ANIMATION - TRACK ON 'SCATTERED SNARES'CD-TWISTED FUNK RECORDS



14: 2003 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - FUZZY SOMETHING/SWEETBACK-ESOTERIC



15: 2003 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - FUNKATIVITY-PARADOX MUSIC



16: 2003 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - NEOTERIC/EXOTERIC-ESOTERIC



17: 2003 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - THINK ABOUT IT/SOUL MESSAGE-OFFSHORE RECORDS



18: 2004 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - ESOTERIC FUNK LP/CD- REINFORCED RECORDS



19: 2004 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - TELL ME THE TRUTH/PARATERIC-ESOTERIC



20: 2005 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - LOVE HER/DILLATENTES-ESOTERIC



21: 2005 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - ARAGON/12 BITS- METALHEADZ



22: 2005 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - ARCANE/ORPHIC-ESOTERIC



23: 2005 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - LABYRINTHINE/DELPHIAN-ESOTERIC



24: 2006 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - ILLUSION THEME/MUSIC BOX-PARADOX MUSIC



25: 2006 :NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - LOVE HER (VERSION)/ESOTERICSM-ESOTERIC



26: 2006 ;NUCLEUS AND PARADOX - CLINT VAN CLEEF/DILLATENTES (VERSION)-ESOTERIC



27:2006: NUCLEUS AND ALASKA- AZURE/ILLUSION THEME (VERSION)-PARADOX MUSIC



28:2007: NUCLEUS AND ALASKA- DESCENDANTS-PARADOX MUSIC



29:2007:NUCLEUS AND PARADOX- ETYMOLOGY/CABALISTIC-ESOTERIC



30:2008:NUCLEUS AND PARADOX- B-BOY ASCENDANCE/ZENITHS CORE-ESOTERIC



31:2008:NUCLEUS AND ALASKA- AUFEIS/ATKA-ARCTIC



32:2008:NUCLEUS AND PARADOX- LSD JAZZ/ROCKSTEADY-ESOTERIC



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