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 produces the official remixes of Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now and Lady Gaga's Rain on Me.[3]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Soulmatic |
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EPs
- 2011: Sgt. Killer
- 2015: Purple Pianos
- 2015: RPMD (with Robosonic)
- 2015: Tank Drop
- 2016: Walls
- 2019: Emotion
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [4] |
AUT [5] |
FRA [6] |
ITA [7] |
POL [8] |
SWI [9] | ||||
| "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 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||
| "Exotica" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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.
- "Discographie Purple Disco Machine". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- "Classifiche - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "Hypnotized": "AirPlay Top: 21.11. – 27.11.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "Purple Disco Machine & Sophie And The Giants - Hypnotized - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "Hypnotized Certification FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2021" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Purple Disco Machine discography at Discogs
- Purple Disco Machine at Resident Advisor