Format Records was started in the UK in 1996 as a new label of 100Hz, a groovy and up beat dance music.
The first release was number 03 'Sunshine State E.P.', FORMAT 01 and 02 were released on 'Disruptive Pattern'.
Format was the follow-up for the small label Optimism Records, which was the foundation for the first releases of Lee Renacre in 1989 and 1990.