Ibises (New Trio Comprising Members of Tortoise, Isotope 217, Euphone, The Few) Release "In The Swim"

Ibises — the group made up of established Chicago musicians Dan Bitney (Tortoise, Isotope 217), Nick Macri (Stirrup, Euphone), and Steve Marquette (The Few, Ken Vandermark’s Marker) — announced their debut album as a trio. In The Swim was released via American Dreams Records. T

In The Swim comes from an improvised concert by the trio recorded live by  Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio (aka ESS) in Chicago, IL. Mixed and edited with carte blanche by acclaimed sound designer Casey Rice (Designer, Black Monument Ensemble), it provides a unique example of the open channels of experimentation and liminal crosstalk long characterized by Chicago’s deep, cross-pollinating music community. In The Swim is an asynchronous, longform piece that journeys through sound worlds from redlined and driving, to floating free and in-between.

Dan Bitney is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Tortoise, Isotope 217, Bumps, Spectralina, and early Midwest hardcore punk group Mecht Mensch. Bassist Nick Macri has been a contributing member to many, varied groups including Ken Vandermark’s Audio One, Euphone, Heroic Doses, The Zincs, The Horse's Ha (with Janet Bean and James Elkington), and Stirrup with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Charles Rumback. He has also performed and toured as a sideman and recorded sessions with an eclectic list of artists including Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), The Sea and Cake, Nina Nastasia, AZITA, Joan Shelley, Tim Kinsella (Friend/Enemy), James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg, Wanees Zarour's Middle East Music Ensemble, Bruce Licher (Savage Republic, Scenic), Tara Jane O'Neil, Daughter of Swords, and more. Steve Marquette is a guitarist, improviser, and organizer. Over the past decade he has toured the United States and Europe in The Few with Macie Stewart (Finom fka Ohmme) and Charlie Kirchen, Kobra Quartet, Instigation Orchestra, and Ken Vandermark's Marker, among other projects. In addition to his work as a musician, he is also a founder and lead organizer of the biannual Instigation Festival - which brings together performers from Chicago and New Orleans for a week of interdisciplinary collaboration in each city.