Chocolate Puma - the innovative Dutch house masters exclusively sign to Defected Records.

“René and Gaston are a constant source of quality. For over a decade they have delivered a diversity of underground classics and crossover anthems....mostly under different monikers. It is time to join the dots for Zki and Dobre, Jark Prongo, The Good Men...aka Chocolate Puma!” - Simon Dunmore Defected head of A & R.

You could be forgiven for thinking that Chocolate Puma were a bizarre pair of confectionary trainers. In reality they are the highly respected headlining production duo Zki (René ter Horst) and Dobre (Gaston Steenkist) from Amsterdam. Known as the original Dutch house masters, they are best known for their huge 1992 crossover dance track ‘Give It Up’ under their ‘The Good Men’ moniker (one of many including Jark Prongo and René et Gaston). The track reached no.6 in the UK charts and was an international hit across the world despite being created in Gaston’s bedroom on a small mixer and broken speakers.

That year was the start of a long and glorious career in dance with big hitting follow up tracks including; ‘Movin Thru Your System’ (1998), ‘I Wanna be U’ (2001), ‘A Star is Born’ (2003) and ‘Always and Forever’ (2006).

From 1992 till now Zki & Dobre have released records like their lives depended on it with many of their productions first appearing on their own labels Fresh Fruit and Pssst. In total there are over 200 releases and 50 remixes for the likes of Roger Sanchez, Stereo MCs, Britney Spears, Bob Sinclar, Fedde Le Grand and Laidback Luke.

More recently they have shown off their production prowess with the release of ‘Touch Me’ (Strictly Rhythm) co produced with the Bingo Players which has sold over 10,000 downloads overall and is still going strong.

Chocolate Puma have now found a new home at Defected and are poised ready to deliver a steady stream of new productions and remixes.