Proton Kid is the stage name of Darius-Vlad Naicu, a drum-and-bass producer from Brașov, Romania, who also works as a graphic designer and graffiti writer. He began producing techno, old-school rave and breakbeat around 2000, then joined the drum-and-bass scene in 2005, making darkstep productions. His releases have appeared on Future Sickness, Ex Machina, Filter Movement, Mindocracy, Kinetik, Perkussiv and GIIDUP. He has collaborated with Section 63 and made the album Techvoluxion Lp with Bassinfected. He was a leading member of the Kriotek crew alongside Blast and Nufojah, and has collaborated, remixed or been remixed by Sinister Souls, Eiton, Mystification, Kaiza, Amex, The Sect, Freqax and Gancher.
His 2009 single The Avenger EP came out on Sochopatix Records. In 2023, he worked with Kriotek on Blinded, released alongside Kriotek’s Echoes of the Void. His other releases include World Ends / Fire & Ice with The Carnage Corps and Dimensions & You are not alone (1) with Insidion. He released Axial on DARKSTEP | IMPLANTANT in 2024, and Big Rig/Attrition with Tom Hostile on VIA in 2025.
In 2026, Proton Kid released the EP Cypher. That year, he also released Relentless LP (GIILP004) with Tom Hostile on GIIDUP Music.