The Eureka project was founded by multi-instrumentalist Frank Bossert in 1997. Bossert had been singer, guitarist and bassist in a number of Hamburg based rock bands before moving to the North Sea town of Husum at the beginning of the 90s, where he built his own recording studio. His debut album, Eureka, saw the light of day in autumn 1997, featuring a musical mix of Celtic motifs, world music, folk, rock and symphonic sounds.