Chocolate Puma

About

Chocolate Puma is a DJ and production duo from Haarlem, consisting of René ter Horst and Gaston Steenkist, active together since the early 1990s. Under aliases including The Good Men, Jark Prongo and Riva they scored multiple international hits before settling on the Chocolate Puma name. Their 2001 single 'I Wanna Be U' reached #6 on the UK Singles Chart, and they have since released hundreds of tracks and remixes on labels such as Spinnin' Records, Defected and Axtone.

460.3K

monthly listeners on Spotify

8M+

total views on YouTube Music

54K+

fans following on Songkick

highest position 'I Wanna Be U' in the UK Singles Chart

What's new

2026
Chocolate Puma released the new single 'Vallée De L'Armes' in 2026 via their own catalog.
2025
In 2025, the singles 'CTRL' and 'Let Your Mind Be Free' were released, both new studio material from the duo.
2024-11
Chocolate Puma collaborated with Oliver Heldens (alias HI-LO) on the single 'WTFU', released on the HILOMATIK label.
2024-07
The duo released 'The Dawn' on Axtone Records - their fifth release on that label - a melodic instrumental piece inspired by classic techno.
2024
Chocolate Puma was on the ADE 2024 line-up, the annual Amsterdam Dance Event.