Born in Brazil and based in Amsterdam, Gian Grassi carries more than a decade of intense dancefloor experience before ever stepping behind the booth. An attentive clubber, researcher and selector by nature, it was in Progressive House that he found the sound capable of translating everything he had lived, and listened to, over the years.

His relationship with the genre was shaped by years of transformative experiences at clubs and festivals across Brazil and Europe. Being in the Netherlands deepened that connection further, placing him close to some of the most important stages the underground has to offer. Today, living at the heart of that same scene, Gian develops his identity with respect for time, process and narrative.

That authorial perspective is also reflected in PrinsenPalace, his personal space for telling stories through sound and mapping his path as an emerging artist, with monthly episodes recorded on the rooftop of his Amsterdam apartment. Each set follows that same logic: hypnotic grooves, melodic atmospheres and a gradual build of energy, where every track finds its place within a larger story. A record of someone who listened for a long time before beginning to speak.