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NUCLEUS -- Mixtape Vol.79 - (ESOTERIC/METALHEADZ)

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We've got a true veteran of the bass music scene to feature for our 79th Friday Feature Mixtape, not many names come close to the sheer calibre and impressive collection of record releases and history inside the bass music scene then that of Dave Sims, aka Nucleus.

In 1989 he started going to raves and clubs such as Dungeon,Crypt, Telepathy and then later Paradise club. It was around this time when he started getting into house and early breakbeats music, DJing at parties and raves and staying one with the music as it evolved through hardcore, jungle and eventually to drum and bass where he has found his true flavour of music.

In 1996 Dave started making tunes with DevParadox, recording as “Nucleus “ where they released various 12" and LP tracks of dark 'jazzfunkbreakbeat' inspired dnb. Meanwhile he was also releasing deeper ambient tracks on various leading dnb labels including Reinforced, Goodlooking, Metalheadz, Offshore, Paradox music, Arctic music.

Dave also dabbles with HipHop production, in 2000 he released 2 BBoy break mixtapes with Break Dj Leacy which have since become classics in BBoy circles worldwide.

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

As well as djing drum and bass Dave always stayed with his roots playing and collecting funk, disco, b-beats, hip hop, house, jazz and almost every other spectrum of sound you can name. He 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 Breaking Even, FutureNature/Ctrl Alt Delete, Shift, Lasermagnetic and Funkasino/Let It Play..

Dave has a regular monthly night at the Square, Harlow with Dj Trax, and regular at Muddclub in Strasbourg ,France playing anything with the funk.

His new radio show, Catch a Groove-Nucleus and DjTrax features every 2 weeks on jungletrain.net, wednesday nights from 8-10pm gmt. Playing Jungle/DnB tunes from the past, present and future.
Shows archived here mixcloud.com/catchagroove RELEASES:
Nucleus & Paradox - Alzora' / 'Volcanism' - SMDE004 is now available on limited edition splatter vinyl.
SMG Store - found.ee/SMDE004
Bandcamp - found.ee/SMDE004BC Also forthcoming releases - Nucleus on the Rupture 10th Anniversary LP and Nucleus & Paradox 12"s on Esoteric and Metalheadz for 2017.

FB: facebook.com/dave.n.sims
SC: @nucleus

TRACKLIST:

Outer Heaven - Funky Bush Man - Dub
Forest Drive West - Turtle Break - Rupture
Nucleus & Paradox - Foundation - Esoteric
Outer Heaven - Allheadz VIP - Rupture Dub
Headgear - 5 in 1 (Davehoax VIP) - Danger Chamber
SB81 - Pache - Metalheadz
Seba - Inner World - Secret Operations
Nucleus & Paradox - Ubiquity - Esoteric
Peshay - On The Nile - Metalheadz