Purple Disco Machine
Purple Disco Machine (Tino Schmidt and also known as Tino Piontek, born 1980 in Dresden) is a German disco and house music producer and DJ.
Career[]
Tino Piontek grew up in the German Democratic Republic. Through his father he got to know western rock music at a young age. In 1996 he started producing with the program Cubase and some synthesizers, at the same time he discovered house music in the Dresden nightlife.[1] 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. 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 Italian singles chart, receiving the double platinum certification.[2] In the same year he produced the official remixes of Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now and Lady Gaga's Rain on Me.[3] He has his own SiriusXM show on Studio 54 on Friday's called Purple Disco Tales.https://blog.siriusxm.com/hear-dance-classics-during-purple-disco-machine-studio-54-show/
Discography[]
Albums[]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Soulmatic |
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EPs[]
- Sgt. Killer (2011)
- Purple Pianos (2015)
- RPMD (with ) (2015)
- Tank Drop (2015)
- Walls (2016)
- Emotion (2019)
Singles[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [4] |
AUT [5] |
BEL (FL) [6] |
FRA [7] |
ITA [8] |
NLD [9] |
POL [10] |
SWI [11] | ||||
| "Let It Whip" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Encore" (featuring Baxter) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love for Days" (with Boris Dlugosch and Karen Harding) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "In My Arms" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "Hypnotized" (with Sophie and the Giants) |
11 | 23 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |||
| "Exotica" (featuring Mind Enterprises) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fireworks" (featuring Moss Kena and The Knocks) |
2021 | 32 | 34 | 48 | — | 43 [18] |
— | 5 | 83 |
| |
References[]
- ^ -deep / Interview at djtimes.com
- ^ "Purple Disco Machine goes platinum with 'Hypnotized'". defected.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "Purple Disco Machine talks disco revival, remixing Dua Lipa and Gaga". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "Discographie von Alicia Keys". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop 50". ultratop.be. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Purple Disco Machine". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Classifiche - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Purple Disco Machine & Sophie And The Giants – Hypnotized". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "Hypnotized": "AirPlay Top: 21.11. – 27.11.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "Fireworks": "AirPlay Top: 17.04. – 23.04.2021" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Purple Disco Machine & Sophie And The Giants - Hypnotized - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2021" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Albums and singles certified Gold in 2021" (in German). BVMI. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Hypnotized Certification FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2021" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in German). . Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2021" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 19" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Hypnotized Certification FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
External links[]
- Official website
- Purple Disco Machine discography at Discogs
- Purple Disco Machine at Resident Advisor
- People from Dresden
- 1980 births
- German house musicians
- 21st-century German musicians
- Living people