Pa’s Lam System Teams Up With Parkgolf For “Doughnut Planet”

As part of Maltine Records recent stay at the new Red Bull Studio Tokyo, the netlabel had a few of the artists orbiting in their space collaborate on new songs. Tomggg and Hercelot were up first with “Greengum,” and now the second day’s participants share their creation. Pa’s Lam System and Parkgolf worked on the busy “Doughnut Planet,” a song that frequently hints at breaking wide open into the sort of track Pa’s Lam System does so well, but always holding a little bit back (it is far more of a Parkgolf song overall, with dashes of Pa’s appearing over it). Listen above.

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