When I've first heard it on German radio a few days ago, it immediately reminded me of the great music of Miami Vice, Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine from the 80s. Like a blast from the past:
Hypnotized
Then I've researched it, the resemblance is no coincidence:
wdr.de/radio/1live:
wdr.de/radio/wdr2:Purple Disco Machine comes from Dresden and has been celebrating international success as a DJ, with remixes and his own tracks. With Sophie and the Giants he gets a young band from Sheffield for "Hypnotized". [...] Purple Disco Machine came to music through his father, who influenced him early with funk sounds from the 70s and 80s.
(The quotes above are machine translations.)Behind the deep-funk project Purple Disco Machine is disco house producer Tino Piontek. The name of his prestige project was not chosen by chance, because for the 40-year-old Dresdener it is a kind of homage to Gloria Estefan's Latino dance combo "Miami Sound Machine" and the funk sounds of US singer Prince. It creates a delicious mixture of 80s disco, funk and synth-pop.