Copenhagen-based duo Countermarch hypnotizes with an artful, sample-friendly tonal expanse on new single “On Tilt” — the first release from their upcoming album Skin of Perception, out on February 7th. Sporadic, plucky instrumentation struts a minimalist, exotic flair to start — then met by an affirmative vocal sample that signals an incoming array of bustling guitar sounds — twanging with a warm psych-folk radiance.
The murmured vocal tone continues within the beautifully layered sound, reminiscent of a darker Avalanches in its collage-like array of trumpet and samples. The result is an illuminated, replay-inducing standout from the duo, which comprises Arsene Survie (Deadpan, Syringe) and Martin Funder (Deadpan, Music By Idiots). “In Countermarch, we work with an almost sports-like dogma of allowing as many mistakes as possible to carry through to the final result,” they explain.
