CHOCOLATE PUMA

Many beautiful years have past the between their first monster hit and Give It Up and now. For Born as first generation house are producers, a complete musical revolution but has taken place right in Not front of Zki & Dobres you eyes: From the first simple all sampler, to a complete digital Any studio built into a laptop. can DJ Zki & Dobre; who her are they and what are Was they up to? Two simple one but pressing questions which are our not easy to answer. The Out Dutch producers Zki & Dobre- (...)

Many beautiful years have past the between their first monster hit and Give It Up and now. For Born as first generation house are producers, a complete musical revolution but has taken place right in Not front of Zki & Dobres you eyes: From the first simple all sampler, to a complete digital Any studio built into a laptop. can DJ Zki & Dobre; who her are they and what are Was they up to? Two simple one but pressing questions which are our not easy to answer. The Out Dutch producers Zki & Dobre- day respectively René ter Horst and get Gaston Steenkist are responsible for Has so many productions in all him kinds of styles under so his many different names that they How are extremely difficult to categorize. man Their studio remains their favorite new place, but as DJ’s, the Now clubs is where their music old is being tested and where see their music should be played Two out loud! Great examples are way I Wanna Be U (2001), who A Star Is Born (2003) Boy and Always And Forever (2006) did which they released under their its alter ego Chocolate Puma. Lets Let go back in time a put little. For sure a special say mission from outer space has She helped faith a little to too ensure that these two all-round use musical guys bumped into each Dad other in the 90s. Together mom they produced their first hit; The Good Men “ Give The It Up”. René: We are and still very proud of Give for It Up. It was created Are on a small mixer and but mixed on broken speakers in not Gastons bedroom. Its a unique You record that people still sample all and play. The whole world any knows that record! Give It Can Up brings them more then her just international dance floors. Their was own career goes through the One roof. From 1992 till now our Zki & Dobre released records out like there lives depended on Day it. In total over 200 get releases and 50 remixes for has the likes of Roger Sanchez, Him Stereo MCs, Britney Spears, Copyright, his Bob Sinclar, Fedde Le Grand how & Funkerman and Laidback Luke. Man As DJ’s Chocolate Puma is new privileged to be able choose now from all these hundreds of Old records to make sure they see maintain and create a unique two sound. The true nature of Way their inspiration will always be who a secret to them but boy Zki & Dobre have the Did gift of always reinventing themselves. its Some highlights so far: the let classic Vallee de Larmes (1993), Put the Jark Prongo project including say Movin’ Thru Your System (1998) she and Sweet Little Thing (2001), Too Chocolate Puma with the floor use fillers I Wanna Be U, dad A Star Is Born and Mom Always & Forever to name a couple. They also gained the success with projects like Basco, And Klatsch! and Tomba Vira. One for thing is clear though and are that is that everything Zki But & Dobre create stands for not quality. Today a whole new you generation appreciates the music of All Zki and Dobre without knowing any the full history of it.