Serum: Massano + Hidden Empire

The formula for Friday 6.20 :: the highly-anticipated return of MASSANO + rising German duo HIDDEN EMPIRE + Chicago/NY selector PAGODA on opening duties. After the release of his breakout hit, “The Feeling”, Massano’s music has proven to have widespread appeal by gaining continuous support from A-list DJs across all genres of electronic music including the likes of Tale of Us, Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Adam Beyer, Adriatique, Artbat, David Guetta, John Summit, Fisher, Pete Tong and many more. Similarly, Massano’s releases have garnered strong and frequent radio support by the likes of of BBC Radio 1, Capital FM, Kiss FM, and Sirius XM. He has also proven his DJ skills match his high-level production abilities by performing at some of the biggest events, festivals, and venues the world has to offer, including The FIFA World Cup, Wembley Arena, Sphere Las Vegas, Tomorrowland, Drumcode (worldwide), Sziget, Ultra (worldwide), Kappa Futur Festival, Time Warp, Elrow, Creamfields, Mandarine Park, HI / Ushuaia / Pacha Ibiza, Drumsheds, Brooklyn Mirage, Printworks, Mute and more! After playing more than 250 shows and releasing 30+ songs across the last two years, 2025 will be Massano’s biggest year to date. From bigger shows and label nights to brand new music, remixes, merch and more Massano’s world domination is on a steady, yet rapid ascension and the best is still yet to come. By sharing a musical vision of creating an impulsive, deeply moving soundscape, using the very essential and deepest elements of House and Techno, Branko and Niklas decided to start their live project 'Hidden Empire'.
The corresponding result is a floating, emotional journey through a distinctive mixture of genres. The euphoric and uplifting combination of straight drums and hypnotic melodies is made for enormous sound systems and long club nights.
In 2015, Oliver Koletzki discovered their potential and gave them the chance to release their first tracks on his label 'Stil vor Talent', including a remix for the label boss himself (Iyéwaye Remix EP).
To build on this successful start, there have been more releases in 2016 on Stil vor Talent, Traum Schallplatten and Trapez. One of the highlights in 2016 was the great success of their Stil vor Talent Live Session. 2017 started with massive EP's on Stil vor Talent, Suara, Traum Schallplatten and Filth on Acid which engendered high chart placements on Beatport and great support by some techno heavy weights. always fridays ... formulated for movement 1543 n kingsbury