palms trax: in gold

"I can't even afford bed linen, let alone a 909." Jay Donaldson's lack of pretension is disarming in many ways. Donaldson aka Palms Trax is located firmly along the Chicago-Detroit axis, cooking up pad-driven jams, off-kilter drums, and hazy synths that shift like a gentle musical tide. In 2013 he inaugurated the Lobster Theremin label, the London-based imprint that quickly became one of the most talked-about record labels around. When not travelling the world for prime-time gigs Donaldson holds a residency at the widely respected Berlin Community Radio. This is his debut for Dekmantel.