Immaterialize | Chicago Experimental Pop Duo Sign to Angel Tapes & Present New Single/Video

Immaterialize is the Chicago-based duo of Lipsticism (aka Alana Schachtel) and DJ Immaterial (aka Erik Fure). Today, Immaterialize announce their signing to Angel Tapes — the emerging artists imprint of Fire Talk Records, also home to buzzbands Jawdropped, shower curtain, Retail Drugs and more — and present their new single/video, “It’s A Vision.” After a decade of performing and collaborating together, Immaterialize emerged in 2024 with a distinct and otherworldly vision. Immaterialize finds their home in the midwest’s epicenter for all things indie and rock, but remain steadfast in their experimental pop impulses to create something unlike any other contemporary Chicago export. “It’s a Vision” marks Immaterialize’s return after more than a year of writing and recording their debut collection.

As its title suggests, “It’s A Vision” began as a dream of Schachtel’s, and the phantasmic nature of its origin extends across the track’s haunted, reverb-drenched production. Recalling the Danish dreamscapes of ML Buch and Snuggle, Immaterialize is anchored by an authentically American abjection. “It’s a vision that I’ve had before,” Fure opens the track by musing, “It’s a dream I don’t want anymore.” The melody stretches atop ethereal guitars, with Fure’s gauzy vocals guiding “It’s A Vision” along its cathartic journey.

“The knife twist of hope, delusion, and denial after a loved one passes away,” Fure says of “It’s A Vision.” “Mistakenly thinking you see them, dreaming they’re actually still here, hoping there’s some sort of indication that their spirit or consciousness persists and can be present in our lives.”

Watch Immaterialize’s “It’s A Vision” Video

Angel Tapes is the Chicago-based emerging artists imprint of Fire Talk Records. With an emphasis on new talent, Angel Tapes offers a platform for developing artists to release music in good faith. Immateralize join a roster which includes fellow Chicago artists Sleeper’s Bell and ira glass, as well as coastal rockers shower curtain and Jawdropped