Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the rise of electronic dance music, Rene Löwe immersed himself in the records he found at the Hard Wax record store. When Detroit artists began frequenting Berlin in the early '90s to collaborate and DJ, Löwe became close with Eddie Fowlkes in particular, who helped him set up his own studio. It was at this time that Löwe took on the French name Vainqueur. After having met the two men behind the Hard