Purple Disco Machine

Purple Disco Machine
Background information
Birth nameTino Piontek
Also known asTino Schmidt
Born (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 (age 44)
Dresden, East Germany
Genres
Occupations
Years active2012–present
Websitepurplediscomachine.com

Tino Piontek (born 12 February 1980), also known as Tino Schmidt and best known by the stage name Purple Disco Machine, is a German nu-disco and house music record producer and DJ.[1][2][3]

Early life and career

Tino Piontek was born in Dresden on 12 February 1980, and grew up in East Germany until 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down and both parts of Germany subsequently reunited.

In 1996, he started producing with the program Cubase and some synthesizers; at the same time he discovered house music on the Dresden nightlife scene.[4] He became active as a DJ himself and in 2012 his first productions appeared. From then on, international DJ performances began and in 2017 his debut album was released on the label Sony Music Entertainment.[5]

He 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 the Italian singles chart, receiving double platinum certification.[6] In the same year he produced official remixes of Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now", Kylie Minogue's "Magic" and Lady Gaga's "Rain on Me".[7] He has his own SiriusXM show on Studio 54 on Fridays called "Purple Disco Tales".[8]

In 2023, he won a Grammy Award under the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for his remix of Lizzo's "About Damn Time".[9]

Personal life

Piontek lives in Dresden with his wife and two children. He is a supporter of Bayern Munich.[10] His father was a record collector and introduced him to the funk music of the 1970s and 1980s.[11]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[12] 		AUT
[13] 		BEL
(FL)
[14] 		FRA
[15] 		ITA
[16] 		LIT
[17] 		NLD
[18] 		SWI
[19]
Soulmatic — — — — — — — —
Exotica[20]
  • Released: 15 October 2021
  • Label: Columbia[21]
  • Format: LP, digital download, streaming
 8 30 45 65 29 71 45 28
Paradise
  • Released: 20 September 2024
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 11 15 26 — 49
[24]		 — — 13

Remix albums

Title Details
Club Exotica[21]
  • Released: 17 December 2021
  • Label: Positiva
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Compilations

Title Details
Discotheque[25]
  • Released: 19 April 2021
  • Label: Glitterbox
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

Extended plays

  • Sgt. Killer (2011)
  • Purple Pianos (2015)
  • RPMD (with Robosonic) (2015)
  • Tank Drop (2015)
  • Walls (2016)
  • Emotion (2019)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[12] 		AUT
[13] 		BEL
(FL)
[14] 		FRA
[15] 		ITA
[26] 		NLD
[18] 		POL
Air.
[27] 		SWE
[28] 		SWI
[19]
"Let It Whip" 2012 — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Need Someone" 2013 — — — — — — — — —
"My House / These Sheets"
(with James Silk) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Move or Not" — — — — — — — — —
"People" (with Teenage Mutants) 2014 — — — — — — — — —
"Something About Us" — — — — — — — — —
"Musique" — — — — — — — — —
"Get Lost" (with Teenage Mutants) 2015 — — — — — — — — —
"Soul So Sweet"
(featuring Natalie Conway) 		— — — — — — — — —
"L.O.V.E."
(with Boris Dlugosch) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Set It Out"
(with Boris Dlugosch) 		2016 — — — — — — — — —
"Sambal" — — — — — — — — —
"Counting on Me"
(with Airplane featuring Aloe Blacc) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Body Funk" 2017 — — — — — — — — — Soulmatic
"Devil in Me"
(featuring Joe Killington and Duane Harden) 		— — — 88 — — — — —
"Dished (Male Stripper)" 2018 — — 36 — — — — — — Non-album single
"Encore" (featuring Baxter) — — — — — — — — — Soulmatic
"Love for Days"
(with Boris Dlugosch and Karen Harding) 		— — — — — — — — —
"In My Arms" 2020 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Hypnotized"
(with Sophie and the Giants) 		11 23 9 61 2 7 1 — 18 Exotica
"Exotica"
(featuring Mind Enterprises) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Fireworks"
(with Moss Kena & The Knocks) 		2021 32 34 15 — 42 — 5 — 83
"Playbox" — — — — — — — — —
"Dopamine"
(featuring Eyelar) 		34 52 12 192 97 25 5 — —
"Rise"[35]
(featuring Tasita D'Mour) 		— — — — — — — — —
"In the Dark"
(with Sophie and the Giants) 		2022 12 26 3 76 68 3 2 — 40
"Twisted Mind"
(featuring Agnes) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Substitution"
(with Kungs featuring Julian Perretta)[36] 		2023 18 18 2 26 47
[37]		 19 3 — 19 Paradise
"Bad Company"[39] — — — — — — — — —
"Paradise"
(with Sophie and the Giants)[40] 		— — — — — — — — —
"Something on My Mind"
(with Duke Dumont and Nothing but Thieves)[41] 		— — 4 — — ―[A] — — —
"Beat of Your Heart"
(with Ásdís)[43] 		2024 50 — 11 — — — 8 — —
"Higher Ground"
(featuring Roosevelt) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Honey Boy"
(with Benjamin Ingrosso featuring Nile Rodgers and Shenseea)[44] 		— — — — — — 6 2 —
"Heartbreaker"
(with Chromeo) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Die Maschine"
(with Friedrich Liechtenstein [de]) 		— — — — — — — — —
"All My Life"
(with the Magician) 		— — 14 — — — 55 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

  1. ^ "Something on My Mind" did not enter the Single Top 100, but peaked at number seven on the Single Tip chart.[42]

References

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  27. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
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