Chocolate Puma
Chocolate Puma are a DJ and music production duo from Haarlem, North Holland, consisting of René ter Horst and Gaston Steenkist. 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" credited to The Good Men, "I Wanna Be U" credited to Chocolate Puma, and "Who Do You Love Now?" credited to Riva, and featuring Dannii Minogue. They also founded their own record label, Pssst Music.
Musical career
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.
Various monikers
Horst and Steenkist are also known under many aliases including:- The Good Men with a string of hits that started with the hit "Give It Up" in 1993 making it to number 5 on the UK Singles Charts, number 1 on the US Dance charts and number 71 in the US Hot 100. The follow-up "Damn Woman" charted in the Dutch charts in 1994. The Good Men also released the 1994 album Father in the Bathroom.
- René Et Gaston with the hit "Vallée de larmes" in 1993
- Klatsch! in two releases being "Disco Electrique" and "Touch Me".
In popular culture
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.