The Good Men, Riva, René et Gaston, Klatsch!, Jark Prongo, Zki & Dobre en Tomba vira. Zomaar wat pseudoniemen van Gaston Steenkist en René ter Horst. Tegenwoordig zijn ze ook wel bekend als Chocolate puma. Dit duo scoort hit na hit en voorlopig zijn ze nog niet klaar. En maar goed ook! Housejunks.com interviewde één van de grootste spelers in de Nederlandse housegeschiedenis. (more…)

Our friends at Mojuba released an EP with two of our older Jark Prongo tracks.

Joe at Random Circuits wrote a nice article about it. Thanks Joe!

 Jark Prongo are Gaston Steenkist & René ter Horst a Dutch duo specialising in House & Techno who have been releasing music via there own label [Pssst Music] since the mid nineties. The pair have a extensive back catalogue ranging from from house & techno to everything else in between including a large number of aliases one of which is Chocolate Puma who you may remember them for releasing “I Wanna Be U” the year 2000 which was a commercial sing a long smash hit and gained lots of radio play. If the thought of another “I Wanna” physically repulses you, well don’t stress, as the ”Spadet” EP which has been reissued for the excellent [Artless] label is a million and then some miles away from the pop house vibes of Chocolate Puma. (more…)

“The Amsterdam Dance Event is the worlds biggest club festival with over 700 DJ’s and acts performing in 40 of Amsterdam’s finest venues, DJ cafés, record stores, lounges and art galleries. Now in its thirtheenth year, the ADE has grown into a business conference that attracts 1900 key professionals and a club festival audience of 72.000 people.”

On Saturday October the 25th you can catch us spinning at the 2008 ADE twice.
From 00:00 till 01:30 we’ll be spinning in the main area of club The Mansion.

After that we will be heading to The Escape Theatre to join Defected In The House, shaking up the Strictly Rhythm Room. Playtime 03:00 till 04:00.

As usual, expect us playing only our own productions, remixes, exclusive unreleased material, dubs and bootlegs.

http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/festival/more-info/1379
http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/festival/more-info/1372

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.

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

defected.com

‘Touch Me (acapella)’, ‘Boom!’ and two of our brand new tracks ‘Wohaddrums’ and ‘Morning Rain’ will appear on Defected In The House – Goa 09. Check defected.com for more info.