Purple Disco Machine

Hypnotized, Fireworks, Feel My Needs, Praise You, Rain On Me

German DJ, producer, and remixer Tino Piontek’s Purple Disco Machine alias has achieved club and radio success with its infectious, groove-heavy blend of house, disco, funk, and synth pop. First making an impact on the club world with underground hits like 2013’s “My House,” Purple Disco Machine released the collaboration-heavy full-length Soulmatic in 2017, and hit the mainstream with the 2020 European chart smash “Hypnotized” (with Sophie and the Giants), in addition to remixes for stars like Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Elton John, and many others.

Piontek was born in Dresden in 1980, and started making music and frequenting clubs as a teenager. In 2005, he started releasing tech-house and electro-house tracks as Stereofreak and the more prolific alias Stereofunk, then established the Purple Disco Machine project in 2009. Incorporating more disco elements than his earlier work, the project released singles on labels like Klang Gymnastik and Gris Musique before 2013’s OFF Recordings-issued “My House” became a club hit. Singles and EPs followed on Nurvous Records, Defected, Kittball, and Spinnin’ Deep, as Piontek collaborated with producers like Boris Dlugosch, Aeroplane, and Robosonic, with Aloe Blacc guesting on 2016’s “Counting on Me.”

On latest news, Purple Disco Machine celebrated his greatest success so far in August 2020 with the song “Hypnotized”, which he recorded for the vocals together with Sophie and the Giants, which peaked at number two on Italian singles chart, receiving the double platinum certification. In the same year he produced the official remixes of Dua Lipa’s Don’t Start Now and Lady Gaga’s Rain on Me. ~Paul Simpson (Allmusic.com), Wikipedia