Tino Piontek, born in dresden and still working there, which is not a city that shows up often on a page like this. the name is a joint tribute, prince on one side and gloria estefan's miami sound machine on the other. allmusic files the sound as house, neo disco and dance pop, and his own label copy has settled on deep funk.

Hypnotized with sophie and the giants, out on positiva on 8 april 2020, is the one that went everywhere. it went platinum in italy and reached number ten on the global shazam chart, and it is still his most played track by a long way.

the albums run Soulmatic in 2017 and Exotica in 2021, both for sweat it out, the australian label that also released dom dolla, rüfüs du sol and crooked colours further up this page, then Paradise for columbia in september 2024 with nile rodgers, shenseea, metronomy, jake shears and roosevelt on it. a club companion, Club Paradise, followed that december and a bonus edition in april 2025. the newest thing is the Disco Cherry single, out on 8 may 2026.

the remixes are their own career. he has reworked dua lipa's Don't Start Now, the shapeshifters' Lola's Theme and, in may 2022, lizzo's About Damn Time. that last one won best remixed recording at the 65th grammy awards in february 2023, which per the recording academy's own database is his only nomination and also his only win.

this summer he has the thursday night residency at pacha in ibiza, pure pacha, running from july through to a closing party on 1 october. in denver he plays the day trip block party at the junkyard on 26 september, a one in the afternoon start, on a bill with ZHU and lp giobbi.