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Purple Disco Machine @ Glitterbox Hï Ibiza
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYPwUxAGLQ
Tino Piontek alias Purple Disco Machine ist ein deutscher Disco- und House-Produzent, DJ und Remixer, der 1980 in Dresden geboren wurde, wo auch seine Laufbahn begann – und wo er nach wie vor lebt. Mittlerweile ist er aber international gefragt: Stars wie Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga und Elton John vertrauen auf seine Remix-Künste. Purple Disco Machine ist der erste Sachse, der einen Grammy gewann: 2023 für seinen Remix von Lizzos „About Damn Time“.
... "Mitte der 2000er habe ich viele erlebt, die nach Berlin gegangen sind. Die haben sich verwandelt, ihre Identität verloren, sind im Berlin-Sumpf versackt. Und keiner von denen ist so richtig wieder rausgekommen. Rückblickend würde ich sagen: Dresden war meiner Karriere förderlich. Ich habe mich von Hypes nicht verbiegen lassen – ich hab sie nicht mal mitgekriegt. Von daher konnte ich immer das machen, was mich berührt.
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In diesem ganzen Dschungel von neuer Musik ist es schon cool, wenn DJs dir was zeigen, das besonders cool ist. Ich bin früher in den Club gegangen, um Sachen zu hören, die ich vorher noch nie gehört hatte. Das hat sich heute etwas geändert: Heute wollen viele das hören, was sie auf dem Weg zum Club schon 20 Mal in der Dauerschleife gehört haben. Heute halten Leute den DJs Handys hin, Titelnamen drauf. Man muss eine Balance finden. Von daher: Gib den Leuten das, wovon sie selbst noch gar nicht wissen, dass sie es wollen!"
www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/musik/purple-disco-machine-der-grammy-gewinner-aus-ost-deutschland-li.315498
Recent Grammy winner Purple Disco Machine hit the big time thanks to his accessible, irresistible take on house music with a disco twist. But his journey has been far from conventional. ... about his early years in the underground, his love of disco, quitting music to become a school teacher, and how his return to the scene with a more relaxed attitude has fuelled his journey to the top:
“It’s all the ’80s. Everyone has a connection to the ’80s, from your childhood or your parents — everyone is linked up for some reason through the ’80s. It’s like a special feeling that’s playful but genuine. Other genres have become so serious over the years. EDM got so aggressive, with the build-up and the dirty drop. On the other side, tech-house is also quite serious, dark, and moody.
“Purple Disco Machine stands out among the other sounds,” he continues. “When I play the main stage at these festivals in the middle of all the EDM and tech-house guys, this is the only sound that is bright and joyful. We’re all together in the sunshine, even if the sun has already gone down.”
Despite not being very interested in the German techno giant Sven Väth’s actual music, Piontek spent a good amount of time following him around to absorb his technique. “I think he’s one of the best DJs there ever was in terms of telling a story, bringing the energy up and down, and shaping the experience of a crowd,” he says. “His collection of tracks was perfect for what he was doing. I didn’t love his music. I totally got it, I’ve just never taken drugs in my life. But I would watch everything he did, and learned so much.”
“By the end of the 2000s, house was dead. No one booked me as a DJ. Everyone was playing hardcore EDM or minimal techno,” he says. “My agent told me I would have to play more EDM if I wanted to keep going. I said, ‘I can’t do it, I just hate this music’. I was struggling a lot. I couldn’t pay my bills. I had to make a decision. So I actually retired. I said, ‘OK, that’s it’. I stopped playing shows at the end of 2008. I worked as a teacher in an elementary school to get by. I was a bit frustrated, to be honest. I took ghost production jobs for dance and pop music artists, I wrote advertising music, but I didn’t play any gigs or release any of my own music.”
I kept producing songs, this time following my own instincts. In 2012, a song called ‘My House’ got signed by OFF Recordings — it changed everything. I got so many booking requests, so much positive response.”
https://djmag.com/cover-features/purple-disco-machine-grammys-miami
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