Purple Disco Machine has teamed up with actor, writer and cultural icon (in Germany at least) Friedrich Liechtenstein on a new single, Die Maschine, which is the last to be released before his new album, Paradise, lands on 20 September.
According to Purple Disco Machine, aka Tino Piontek, the new single is his first in the German language, admitting that he “never wanted to do a song in German because I thought I would be limiting myself. But with the collaboration with Friedrich Liechtenstein, who is a real icon in Germany [check out his iconic ad for supermarket chain Edeka here], it just felt right.
“So, the idea was to end the album with another Paradise themed song (of which there are a couple throughout) – a song that has the message that we should care a little more about our own idea of paradise. We were looking for lyrics that describe a little bit about what we are doing to our planet, ‘our paradise’, without being too political.
“We tried to find a way to say this in a more ironic way and Friedrich did an amazing job with that. He basically came to my studio and just improvised, and the result was perfect.”
The track samples disco classic Hills of Katmandu, which Dresden native Piontek admits has featured in his DJ sets for some time.
“But now, with Friedrich’s vocals on it, it’s just on another level. As much as I love for my music to be fun and bring happiness to the people, it was also really important to me to include a song that’s a bit more political, but still fun to listen to and I believe we achieved that with Die Maschine.”
Purple Disco Machine’s forthcoming album, Paradise, features collaborations with the likes of Nile Rodgers, Metronomy, Jake Shears, Duke Dumont, Sophie and the Giants and Nothing But Thieves. Die Maschine is the 15th song on the album, and the closing track. You can pre-order the album here.
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