At 25, Nicolas Chaix had already developed a deeply personal universe through intensive listening to Paris free radios (Aligre, Libertaire, Nova, FG), and frantic scrutinizing of all things graphic-related not mentioning his obvious frequent participation in Paris’ burgeoning rave and free party scene. After sending several demos to Gilb'r, at the time one of Radio Nova's main sound-programmers, Chaix signed to the newly founded Versatile and produced the label's first release, Disco Cubizm, under his I:Cube nickname.