Le Grand Renard [Werner Baumgarten] was born on 17.09.1984 in Zerbst, thats a small town in the middle of Germany. He had a good childhood and enjoyed fishing. He attended high school and got an Abitur, and now he is currently studying physics in the 4th year.

Werner's musical carreer is a bit different! He was slipped into Dance / Trance music with Dune early on 1995 or so, and then in 1999 with Paul van Dyk, ATB & Co., it was big time for trance! He first listened to it and had some pretty bad projects (with Ejay and Fruityloops later on) when he was 16. Werner and a friend produced some music, but it wasn't sounding good and he let it be.

As time passed he was mainly interested in mixing music with computer programs (ableton, mixmeister) and "mixed" some sets for himself and friends, and he got involved in his music. For almost a year now he has a regular Radio Show (Afternoon Trance Delight), and a monthly show on afterhours.fm in collaberation with XiJaro (Within the Realm Of).

XiJaro is from the Netherlands and inspired Werner to become more professional. He had some good times doing Guest Mixes for his show. They also have a nice vocal track in petto, to be done in 2009.

Werner plans to become a producer and wants to work more with XiJaro, who he regards as a father figure when it comes to musicproduction and mixing.

His musical favorites are Gabriel & Dresden, Armin van Buuren, Dj Tiesto, Above & Beyond, John Huijbers, and ATB. He loves progressive music too and some harder Trance (Hennes & Cold, Dumonde, Cosmic Gate).