Hardcore Techno producer and DJ from France.
In 1993 Daniel Tecoult started producing extreme electronic music with a friend from school. In 1994 they decide to give their project a name and
Micropoint is born. Also Daniel starts a solo-DJ career as
Radium.
The first
Micropoint vinyls are released on B.E.A.S.T. Records and Epiteth Rec. in 1995.
1996,
Radium starts Audiogenic and his first own label called Psychik Genocide and with 2 other producers from Paris,
Micropoint starts Dead End Records.
In 1999
Laurent Hô, owner of [l3758], decides to release a
Micropoint CD Album called
Neurophonie. Due to the huge success of this album
Micropoint and
Radium are booked at many big French events as
Boréalis,
Heliocolors,
Astropolis, the final of
Paris’ Techno Parade in 1999 and in famous clubs like
Rex and
Arapaho.
Micropoint and
Radium also get the chance to release records on other labels like the German Super Special Corp. and [l1383], the French Xunk the Italian Head Fuck Records, the Dutch Cunt Records and also Deathchant and Rebelscum from the UK.
In 2000, after
Radium releases the Mix-CD
Inhuman (A Hardcore Techno Mix),
Micropoint releases their second album
Anesthesie International which includes guest artists as
E.HB (singer of the French alternative band
LTNO),
DID.S (drummer of rock band
Treponem Pal) and
Manu Le Malin.
They tour all french concert halls with a new show including a drummer and a MC.
Radium also plays outside of France: Switzerland (Odissey), Italy (Hardcore Nation), UK (North), Germany (FuckParade & Resident E), USA (Millenial Dawn).
After
Micropoint splitt up at the end of 2001,
Radium returns with a brand new album:
Paranoia Performance,
with different sides of his hardcore sound.
This album get’s followed up soon with another album called
In Extremist which is also released on 2 vinyls. This album means the real breakthrough for
Radium in Holland.
He even get’s bookings for several editions of Hellbound in Amsterdam (Holland).
In 2003
Radium decides it’s time for a new label for his less industrial sounding tracks. He starts the label Arena and a new project as
The Nihilist, which turns out to be a success.