Immaterialize Release Debut Album via Angel Tapes !
Immaterialize is the Chicago-based dream-pop duo of Lipsticism (aka Alana Schachtel) and DJ Immaterial (aka Erik Fure). Today, Immaterialize elease their debut album, Perfect, via Fire Talk Records’ emerging artists imprint Angel Tapes, and earlier this week they presented its final advance single, “Everything But Myself (ft. Fire-Toolz).”
To craft Perfect, Immaterialize eschewed prior conceptions of what entailed writing and recording, opting away from traditional band structures and instead insisting on the strength of the duo and a few key collaborators. Alongside Schachtel and Fure, the duo enlisted studio stalwart Michael Mac for additional vocal processing, and welcomed Angel Marcloid aka Fire-Toolz into their creative process as well. Marcloid mastered Perfect at Angel Hair Audio, and also contributed bass and songwriting to the remarkable album opener “Everything But Myself.” Alongside these two collaborators, who encouraged the duo to abandon a precious recording process, Perfect was recorded at home entirely by Immaterialize themselves.
“Everything But Myself (ft. Fire-Toolz)” sees Immaterialize welcome Fire-Toolz as a collaborator, stepping outside of their role as Perfect’s mastering engineer to craft an entangling and trance-inducing standout. “I shared everything but myself,” Lipsticism sings, transforming the confession into a mantra atop Fire-Toolz’ accompaniment on bass.
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