| Chocolate Puma | |
| Alias: | The Good Men (or The Goodmen) Zki & Dobre Klatsch! Rhythm Killaz Tomba Vira Riva Jark Prongo F-Action René et Gaston DJ Manta |
| Origin: | Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Genre: | House, dance, electronic |
| Years Active: | 1991 - present |
| Current Members: | Gaston Steenskist ("Dobre") René ter Horst ("DJ Zki") |
Chocolate Puma are a DJ and music production duo from Haarlem, North Holland, consisting of René ter Horst ("DJ Zki") and Gaston Steenkist ("Dobre"). Their stage names include "Zki & Dobre", "The Good Men", and "Riva".
Zki & Dobre have produced dance music under various group names since the early 1990s. Their most notable productions are "Give It Up" (1993) credited to The Good Men, "I Wanna Be U" (2001) credited to Chocolate Puma, and "Who Do You Love Now?" (2001) credited to Riva, and featuring Dannii Minogue. They also founded their own record label, Pssst Music.
As the Goodmen, their most notable production was "Give It Up", a 1993 house music track based upon samba-styled percussion and the simple, repeating vocal line of the song title. The percussion was inspired by a Sérgio Mendes recording.
The song rose to #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993 and made a brief appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #71. When re-released in late 1993, "Give It Up" reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
Horst and Steenkist are also known under many aliases including:
They also created JP Records and psst Records and finally Groove Alert founded by Dobre.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, they appeared in a new set of projects and monikers
Their best known monikers besides the early years' The Goodmen were Riva and Chocolate Puma:
In 1994, Gaston Steenkist (Dobre), one half of the duo Zki & Dobre was instrumental in discovering Filipino-Dutch DJ Laidback Luke after the latter forwarded a demo tape to him. Laidback Luke was signed to a recording contract by the management of Dobre. At the end of the year he has already released two albums on the label Groove Alert newly established by Dobre.[2] Laidback Luke went on to have a prosperous DJ and producing career.
In 1995, Simply Red sampled The Good Men's hit "Give It Up" for their UK #1 hit "Fairground". The Good Men were credited for the sample, and Mendes was also given credit as the performer of "Fanfarra", the original source of the Goodmen's track.
The duo's work has been featured on many DJ mixes from Hooj Choons, Global Underground, and Ministry of Sound.
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| NLD | AUS [3] | BEL [4] | GER | SWI | UK [5] | US | US Dance | |||||||
| 1993 | "Give It Up" | 6 | 65 | 18 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 71 | 1 | Father in the Bathroom | ||||
| 1994 | "Damn Woman" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "Huh | " | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Get Out of the Way / Wan Tu[6] (with Wiwek) |
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| Make 'M Bounce / Put It Down[7] |
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| Year | Single | Label | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | BEL [8] | FRA [9] | UK | ||||
| 2001 | "I Wanna Be U" | Cream Records | 65 | — | — | 6 | |
| 2003 | "A Star Is Born" | Pssst Music | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "4 Letter Word" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "Always and Forever" | 33 | 56 | 50 | 43 | ||
| 2008 | "Touch Me" (vs. Bingo Players) | Strictly Rhythm | 73 | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Disco Electrique" (vs. Bingo Players) | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Go Bang | " (with Firebeatz) | Pssst Music | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | "Gimme Sum" (with Gregor Salto) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Just One More Time Baby" (with Firebeatz) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013 | "2000 People" | Mixmash Records | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sausage Fest" (with Firebeatz) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "Step Back" (featuring Kris Kiss) | Mixmash Records | 48 | 83 | — | — | |
| "Rubberband Lazer" (featuring Maikal X) | Dim Mak Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Can't Understand" (with Firebeatz) | Spinnin' Records | — | 116 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Chicago Disco" (with Tommie Sunshine) | Size Records | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lost Your Groove" (with Junior Sanchez featuring Arama) | Dim Mak Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Could Be Wrong" | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Snap That Neck" (with Laidback Luke) | Mixmash Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Max" (featuring Kris Kiss) | Dim Mak Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Scrub the Ground" (with Tommie Sunshine featuring DJ Funk) | Heldeep / Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Popatron" | Spinnin' Deep | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Jegog" | Spinnin' Premium | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Listen To The Talk" | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lullaby" (with Firebeatz featuring Bishøp) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Space Sheep" (with Oliver Heldens) | Heldeep Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Raise Your Hands Up" (with Sander van Doorn) | Musical Freedom / Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Steam Train" (with Hi-Lo) | Heldeep / Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Take The Ride" (with Tommie Sunshine) | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "The Stars Are Mine" (with Pep & Rash) | Spinnin' Deep | — | — | — | — | |
| "Rising Up" (with Bart B More) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hippo" (with Moksi) | Heldeep / Spinnin'Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Gotta Get Away" (featuring Chateau) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tear This Mother Down" (with Tommie Sunshine featuring MX2) | Heldeep / Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bump"[10] (with Cartac featuring Kris Kiss) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blackout"[11] (with Firebeatz) | Musical Freedom / Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Together Forever"[12] (with Pep & Rash) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "The Same Way"[13] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Zhong"[14] (with Carta) | Axtone | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lazerx999"[15] (with Hi-Lo) | Heldeep Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blam | "[16] (with Antranig) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | "Soul Fifty"[17] (with Firebeatz) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Megablast"[18] | Tonco Tone | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Are My Life"[19] (with Mike Cervello) | Axtone | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Me Up"[20] (featuring Chateau) | Spinnin' Records | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rebels on the Run"[21] (featuring Grace Tither) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||
| Year | Track | Artist | Label | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Umbungo (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | The BeatThiefs | Big & Dirty | ||
| 2013 | "In Da Jungle (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Orlando Voorn | |||
| "Atmosphere (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Ultra | ||||
| 2014 | "Bassline (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | GotSome featuring The Get Along Gang | Defected Records | ||
| "Revolution (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | R3hab & NERVO & Ummet Ozcan | SPRS | |||
| 2015 | "Treasured Soul (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Michael Calfan | Spinnin' Remixes | ||
| "Eclipse (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Hardwell | Revealed Recordings | United We Are Remixed | ||
| 2016 | "Selecta (Chocolate Puma Edit)" | Kryder | Spinnin' Records | ||
| "Lullaby (Chocolate Puma Balearic House Mix)" | Firebeatz & Chocolate Puma featuring Bishøp | Spinnin' Remixes | |||
| "Trouble (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | offaiah | Virgin EMI Records | |||
| 2017 | "Where U Iz (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Fatboy Slim | Southern Fried Records | ||
| "Yeah Yeah (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Bodyrox | Spinnin' Records | |||
| "Ibiza 77 (Can You Feel It) (Chocolate Puma Remix)" | Oliver Heldens | Heldeep Records | |||
| 2019 | "Step Back (VIP Mix)"[22] | Chocolate Puma featuring Kris Kris | Mixmash Records | ||
| 2020 | "Badam (Chocolate Puma Remix)"[23] | Hardwell and Henry Fong featuring Mr. Vegas | Revealed Recordings | Revealed 10 Year Anniversary: Remixed EP 01 |
| Year | Single | Credited to | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | BEL | UK | |||||
| 1993 | "Oh Boy" | Klatsch | 25 | — | — | rowspan="9" | |
| "Vallée de larmes" | René et Gaston | 41 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "God Save the Queer" | Klatsch | 42 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Let's Get Closer Baby" | F-Action | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Movin' Thru Your System" | Jark Prongo | — | — | 58 | ||
| 2001 | "Sweet Little Thing" | Jark Prongo | 87 | — | — | ||
| "Wack Ass MF" | Rhythm Killaz | — | — | 32 | |||
| "The Sound of: Oh Yeah" | Tomba Vira | — | — | 51 | |||
| "Who Do You Love Now?" (Riva featuring Dannii Minogue) | Riva | 26 | 10 | 3[24] | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||