On saturday the 10th of july Defected is throwing a party at one of the most legendary clubs in the world, Pacha, Ibiza, and they invited us to play some tunes. We think that’s awesome.
Also spinning that night is this dude called Bob Sinclar.
An Ibiza night out is not complete without a proper pre-party, so you can check us dropping sunset tunes at Café Mambo from 10 till 11 pm.

We had a little chat with the guys from Defected about our single ‘Back Home’.

You know a Chocolate Puma track from the first moment it knocks you around the head with its absurdly punchy beats. A ridiculously catchy vocal will follow soon after and that’s it; it’ll be in your head from when you first hear it, throughout the rest of the day or night and probably for a few days afterwards. You’ll either love it or hate it (although we’ve found most people sit firmly in the former camp) but regardless of which it is, it’ll bounce round inside your head for a considerable time.

Now, the Dutch duo have dropped a new track that’s set to follow in the addictive footsteps of its predecessors and attach itself to your brain like a house-loving limpet. We caught up with them to find out more…

Guys..this track is banging! What’s it all about?

For us this track was about taking our classic Chocolate Puma sound to the next level; making it tough and powerful but still trying to have as much soul and funk in it. And a bit of nanana, naturally.

Tell us about the vocalist Colonel Red…

We got introduced to Red by the guy who featured on our Dub Of Boom track. He is an amazing soul/jazz singer, originally from the UK, currently living in Rotterdam, Holland. You might know him from his Sweet Liberation album and his own Ruff Language label. The cool thing is that he is a genuine soul/jazz guy but at the same time knows everything about acid house, clubbing and Robert Owens.

You have a very distinctive, punchy sound…any production tips you’d like to share with us?

Choose the fattest sounds you can find. Use sounds with different characters and layer them. For example, using an analog synth sound, combined with samples from an old scratchy record, and live recordings from your kitchen ware gives you much more depth than just staying ‘in the box’. Also don’t think you need much equipment. ‘Cause you don’t. We just use Logic and use the standard plug-ins. That’s all. Oh, and good ideas don’t hurt either. Also, we just started giving production tips on our website chocolatepuma.com. We already got some features about eqing and compressing, so you definately should check that out.

The artwork for the single is also fantastic…who did the design?

The artwork is done by Dutch multitalented artist Marc Sokpolie aka Zwazi. We had a cool brainstorm session with him about all kinds of things we’re digging. After a few weeks he came up with this great illustration of us floating in space, with in the background the debris of the ring of Saturn replaced by wrecks of all the cars we like. The artwork for this single is actually a fragment of this bigger illustration. We even have made t-shirts!

When is the happiest you’ve ever been to be ‘Back Home’?

We love playing all over the world, and being at all these exotic is great. But at the same, being away from your loved ones is not always the easiest thing. Especially when we were stranded at Sao Paulo airport for a million hours due to a strike. Coming ‘Back Home’ from that trip made us quite happy indeed.

What can we expect from you for the rest of the year?

We made lots of bootlegs over the last year and we will share some of them with the rest of the world in the next few months. Also, we’re re-launching our label Pssst Music, which will be our little playground for tracks that won’t fit in the Chocolate Puma/Defected picture. Demolishing clubs and causing mayhem at the summer festivals is also on our to do list.

Anything else you’d like to tell us about..?

One of us is going on a holiday to Iceland. No kidding.

Back Home is out now on Defected Records.

Finally it’s here, and we’re very excited about this one! Our new single featuring Colonel Red ‘Back Home’ is released. So grab your copy at your favourite download store.

Beatport
Traxsource
Defected Store
etc.

Preview:
Chocolate Puma – Back Home Lo Fi Preview by Chocolate Puma

We’re very proud to present you our new single, Back Home. It’s a stomping kinda old school House Jam, with lyrics about bridges and stuff, totally aimed for the dance floor.

It features the vocals of Colonel Red, an amazing soul singer, who you might know from his Sweet Liberation album and his own Ruff Language label.
We think it’s awesome that Red is also working with us now, as he has a unique voice and is a nice chap, and we really have a great connection in the studio. So expect a lot more from us three in the future.

The artwork for the sleeve is also something we’re very proud of. Drawn by multi-talented Marc Sokpolie, it’s a result of many brainstorm session at the choco labs, which resulted in a series of illustrations that will feature on our records sleeves and other Chocolate Puma outings.

Out on Defected: 3/05/2010

Here’s a short mix with some new music we’ve been working on lately.

1. Chocolate Puma feat. Colonel Red – Back Home (Defected)
Our forthcoming single on Defected, featuring the mighty Colonel Red.

2. Robert Owens – Deep Down (Underground Collective)
We got the chance to remix one of our heroes, Robert Owens.

3. Martin Accorsi feat. Sarah Kühne – Soul Jack (Stealth Records)
We did this remix voor Roger Sanchez‘ Stealth Records.

4. Zki & Dobre – Disco Sucks (Pssst Music)
Yes, that’s us. Coming up on our own imprint, Pssst Music.

Meanwhile, In The Chocolate Puma Studio… (lofi preview) by Chocolate Puma

Check out our latest DJ Mix we did for Defected Radio. It features our latest tracks, bootlegs and remixes, and also some unreleased exclusives, including our upcoming Pssst Music release ‘Zki & Dobre – Disco Sucks‘.

Our mix begins after one hour, you can listen it here.

Most Rated 2009 is an opportunity for you to decide which tracks make it onto Defected’s final release of the year. By voting for your favourite tracks of 2009 from a specially selected list of what they consider to represent crème de la crème from the past 12 months, you will not only have the final say on which records make the cut, but will also be in the running to win some seriously cool prizes.
Check the list to see what could be yours, and don’t forget everyone gets a little ‘thank you present’ for just casting a vote.

So go to this page and pick your favourite tune. And if that happens to be a Chocolate Puma track we don’t mind of course ;-)

Out today on Defected, our collab with Baggi Begovic & Mitch Crown: Solarianism.
Check it @ Beatport

And the video for the Chocolate Puma Dub:

Strictly Defected, better dan a horse’s head in your bed.

ADE is Europe’s most important destination for the dance music. It’s an event designed not just for industry big wigs, but also for fanatical clubbers. Hailed as ‘the Miami of Europe’, ADE is the place to make a big noise and get noticed, and this year it’s all about Defected Records and Strictly Rhythm – The Original House Mafia.

In true Mafia style this is like two of the scenes original family’s getting together. House music’s biggest and best loved vocalists will be specially flown over to perform. Barbara Tucker will be singing ‘Beautiful People’ and ‘Most Precious Love’, the mighty Steve Edwards ‘World, Hold On’ and Marc Evans ‘The Way You Love me’. Ben Westbeech will also sing Live and DJ too. All the artists will all be backed by the Defected/Strictly all stars and a special 5 piece band led by Robin Faze Action.

Coupled with appearances from both The UK’s and Holland’s strongest DJ talent including appearances from The Shapeshifters, ATFC, Hardsoul, Michel Cleis, and yours truly, this is sure to be a memorable event at this year’s ADE.

Strictly Defected – The Original House Mafia @ Panama, Amsterdam
Friday, 23rd October 2009

ROOM ONE:
Kenny Dope
The Shapeshifters
ATFC
Roog (Hardsoul)
Chocolate Puma
Copyright
Andy Daniell
Miss Divine

THE ORIGINAL HOUSE MAFIA BAND LIVE IN ROOM ONE:
Barbara Tucker
Steve Edwards
Marc Evans
Yasmeen
Shovell

ROOM TWO
DJ Spen
DJ Gregory
Ben Westbeech
Michel Cleis
Simon Dunmore
DJ Yass
Daniel Bovie & Roy Rox
Aaron Ross