 Nukleuz was established as the new offshoot of Italian record label by UK Media Records boss Peter Pritchard in 1996.The very first releases on the label were more focused around the funky house genre but within a couple of years the label was releasing its first UK hard house productions.Their production output developed pace considerably towards the end of the last millennium and in 2001, Nukleuz won the "Dance Label of the Year" award at the "Music Week" 's annual awards.