Exclusive interview: New Dance Music Friday with Chocolate Puma

We proudly present the New Dance Music Friday feature, your weekly update on all newly released dance tracks, brought together on one amazing Spotify playlist. Featured this week (among many others): Chocolate Puma! They released their new single 'Gotta Get Away' this week, and talk about the creation of it in this exclusive interview.

Hey, you just released your new single 'Gotta Get Away', featuring Chateau. How did you create this?
"'One year ago we met Chateau for the first time in Miami and we instantly connected. She’s such an amazing artist and cool person. What started out as a stripped down demo with only vocals and piano turned into what we feel is kind of an hommage to house music from the early days, but with what we think a current fat sound. We tweaked and road tested it for a year and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out."

What does this record say about your musical evolution as an artist?
"We’re old school guys, but we’re always very open to what is going on right now and what younger producers are creating. So you might hear we’ve been around for a while, and hopefully you will hear that we try to keep things fresh and moving forward."

The track is featured on Spinnin’s New Dance Music Friday playlist. How important is Spotify to you?
"Spotify is becoming more and more important for us to discover new music. It is so fun to get lost in weird and wonderful playlists. And as an artist it’s amazing that it is so easy these days for people to enjoy and discover our music."

Which recently released dance tracks should definitely be added to New Dance Music Friday?

Valentino Khan - 'Lick It'

Wiwek & Mike Cervello - 'Ni De Coña' (Simon Kidzoo Remix)

Tchami & Malaa - 'The Sermon' (Skitzofrenix & Jeff Doubleu Remix)

Redlight - 'Zum Zum'

Tiga - 'Woke' (Martin Solveig Remix)

Will Easton - '18 Month Free Trial'

[Please note this playlist will change a week after this post]