Magazine Open-Air Presents – Purple Disco Machine: The Pre-Party Playlist
Magazine Open-Air is an outdoor summer event series and roofless dancefloor located on the Greenwich Peninsula, on the Magazine London site. Set on the banks of the River Thames, the venue offers direct views of the Canary Wharf skyline, the River Thames, The Millenium Dome and also overhead plans from London City airport. It’s also created and produced by Broadwick Live (the team behind Printworks and Drumsheds).
Purple Disco Machine is the undisputed king of modern nu disco, expect the signature high energy house grooves that have made him a global name, woven with the warmth and shimmer of 70s and 80s nostalgia. From euphoric builds to rolling basslines and disco soaked vocals, this is a soundtrack built for dancing from first light to golden hour. For a taste of what’s to come, listen below:
Mylo, Claptone – Drop The Pressure (Purple Disco Machine Remix): Blends infectious nu-disco aesthetics with a driving, club-ready house framework. It enhances the original indie-dance vocal hooks of Mylo’s track with heavy vocoder processing, filtered sweeps, and dynamic atmospheric tension builders.
Purple Disco Machine – Disco Cherry (Extended Mix): an Ibiza-inspired nu-disco and house anthem crafted specifically for his Pure Pacha residency. The track is heavily built around a central sample from Kasso’s 1980s Italo-disco classic Walkman. Its production fuses late-’70s nostalgia with high-fidelity, modern club mixing techniques
Shakedown – At Night (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix): A masterclass in converting a moody, late-night 2000s house classic into a bright, funk-fuelled, high-energy nu-disco weapon. Released via Defected Records, the remix keeps Terra Deva’s iconic vocals fully intact while entirely restructuring the instrumental foundation
Purple Disco Machine – Body Funk (Extended Mix): an algorithmic-grade dancefloor weapon that combines high-energy, early ’80s electro/Hi-NRG with heavy French-touch house production. Rather than relying on simple loops, the track acts as a clever sonic mashup. It bridges specific elements from legendary synth-pop and disco classics
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me (Purple Disco Machine Extended Mix): A peak-time nu-disco and house reimagining of the definitive 1981 synth-pop classic. Released to mark the original track’s 40th anniversary, the production retains Philip Oakey and Susan Ann Sulley’s iconic vocal duet while replacing the cold, stark Linndrum and analog synth grid of the original with warm, funk-driven dancefloor energy
