All the way from Germany comes this little ditty from electronic dance outfit Purple Disco Machine—a slick, sexy, surefire dancefloor filler called “Dopamine.”

Released in September 2021 as a single from Purple Disco Machine’s second full-length album, Exotica (released Oct. 2021), and featuring a dreamy, urgent vocal by Dutch singer-songwriter Eyelar, “Dopamine” is a feel-good throwback that any time-traveling DJ can throw into the mix in the late 70s and early 80s without a single sideways glance from your audience.

As Eyelar belts out the chorus: “You make all the dopamine / In my bloodstream / The way you touch me / I’m loving the feeling of dopamine / In my bloodstream, let it control me / I’m loving the feeling,” it’s plain to see where this song belongs—on the dancefloor at the club, under the neon-colored fog. And just what is dopamine? Well, I kinda know what it is…but thanks to the internet, I have a more precise definition: “Dopamine is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain’s reward system,” says Harvard Medical School. And it’s impressive how closely Purple Disco Machine (real name Tino Piontek) comes to recreating that bodily chemical reaction in the form of music.

Piontek, who grew up in what was once known as East Germany, has come a long way since he started producing music in 1996 at 16 years old. After dropping five EPs over the past decade, he released his debut LP, Soulmatic, in 2017 through Sony Music Entertainment, leading to his producing of official remixes for Dua Lipa‘s “Don’t Start Now” and Lady Gaga‘s “Rain on Me,” two club-worthy dance hits. And because he’s not busy enough, he also hosts his very own SiriusXM show, “Purple Disco Tales.” His Columbia-released second LP, Exotica, was met with accolades as lead single “Hypnotized” (released April 2020) reached the Top 10 in four countries, topping the charts in Poland and landing at No. 2 in Italy.

“Dopamine,” the fifth single from Exotica, peaked at No. 5 in Poland and was a Top 20 hit in Belgium.

And if the ’80s influence wasn’t apparent enough with the sound, check out the sci-fi flavored promo video directed by James Fitzgerald for a wild, Back to the Future-esque disco trip back to 1982.