Dark Inventions performs and records twentieth-century, folk and new music. We commission new work and curate original projects.
Joined June 2012
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5 Mar 2022
Our wonderful clarinet wizard @JSageClarinet is performing the tour de force that is Strange Machines by @SmiThoN_ at @late_music in York today, Sat 5 Mar, 1pm. Get along if you can, or find out more about the piece here ➡️ darkinventions.co.uk/article…
4 Mar 2022
Final preparations for tomorrow’s lunchtime concert for @late_music - 1pm in Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate, York. Brand new basset clarinet pieces from @mugloch & @composerjw, as well as @SmiThoN_ Ziporyn & Saariaho. Do come if you’re in town!
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5 Mar 2022
And if you can’t get to York, you can always order a copy of the CD by visiting our online store at darkinventions.co.uk/shop 🎶
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28 Jan 2022
Delighted to be back at @Music_at_York (where it all began!) for Score: Mechanical Asynchronicity at @UoYConcerts tonight - 7.30pm - tickets online or OTD
28 Jan 2022
Rehearsal for @DanicaMaier and my Score: Mechanical Asynchronicity with @Dark_Inventions in the lovely surroundings of the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall @Music_at_York. Tonight at 19.30 @UoYConcerts. Lovely stuff.
ALT A performance with four musicians and four record players on stage. Clarinet, flute, violin and cello being played by four musicians standing up.
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28 Jan 2022
Rehearsal for @DanicaMaier and my Score: Mechanical Asynchronicity with @Dark_Inventions in the lovely surroundings of the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall @Music_at_York. Tonight at 19.30 @UoYConcerts. Lovely stuff.
ALT A performance with four musicians and four record players on stage. Clarinet, flute, violin and cello being played by four musicians standing up.
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29 Apr 2021
We'll be joining @SmiThoN_ and @JSageClarinet for the online launch of our new Strange Machines album, hosted by the lovely people @soundscotland. Do join us at 6pm on Friday 30 Apr if you can!
sound-scotland.co.uk/event/s…
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14 Sep 2020
We did it - target reached! 💯 Thank you so much to everyone who supported our crowdfunding campaign. We might allow ourselves a small celebration🍻 but then it's time to press on and get those CDs and perks to you as soon as possible 💿 ➡️ 📮
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13 Sep 2020
Wow, it's the last day of our Strange Machines album fundraiser and we're under £100 from our target! If you're interested in new music for clarinet and percussion, today's the day to pre-order our new disc or pick up some exclusive perks ➡️ bit.ly/strangemachines
9 Sep 2020
5 days to go on our Strange Machines #crowdfunder and we're 90% of the way to our target! We're so nearly there 🙏 Can you help us over the line before Sunday? Find out more 👇bit.ly/strangemachines
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WE ARE VERY CLOSE. If you are interested in supporting new music / love the clarinet / hate feelings of incompleteness then consider this...
indiegogo.com/projects/stran…
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16 Aug 2020
We're entering the 3rd week of our bit.ly/strangemachines album funder, and the artwork is coming together nicely👇 We're also excited that @disgwylfa has written some wonderful liner notes for the album. Read his fascinating exploration of the pieces at darkinventions.co.uk/article…
ALT Artwork mockup for Strange Machines
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3 Aug 2020
Starting off week 2 of our #Indiegogo crowdfunder for the Strange Machines #album launch and we're so close to £1,000! 😍 It'd be amazing if you can help us get to four figures by pre-ordering a CD, or maybe you fancy the limited edition vinyl version? bit.ly/strangemachines
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2 Aug 2020
Looking for some light Sunday morning reading? Why not grab a coffee and find out more about Strange Machines, our most recent project, in this behind-the-scenes chat between @SmiThoN_ and @JSageClarinet 👇darkinventions.co.uk/article…
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31 Jul 2020
Less than a week into our Strange Machines album fundraiser and we're over half way to our goal – AMAZING! Thanks so much to everyone who donated this week. Maybe you or someone you know can help us keep rolling and get past 66% by next week?
More info👇 bit.ly/strangemachines
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30 Jul 2020
“Those notes are too low for a clarinet” you might say. Well you’d be wrong - they’re all in range for a basset clarinet! Check out 2 great new pieces for basset & percussion by @scheuregger & @cdleedham, released soon by @Dark_Inventions. Pre-order now! bit.ly/strangemachines
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29 Jul 2020
As part of our bit.ly/strangemachines fundraiser, we're offering an exclusive perk! For £25 get the new album 3 more CDs from our catalogue, featuring works by Judith Weir, Philip Grange, @pcashian @mcs42 @colinjriley @johncstringer @patrickulous @StefConner @bkjg
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29 Jul 2020
Thank you so much to everyone who has backed our Strange Machines album fundraiser so far - you're amazing and we're over a third of the way to our target!! 😍 If you haven't seen what it's all about yet, you can find out a bit more at bit.ly/strangemachines
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27 Jul 2020
We love Neil's piece so much - so much, in fact, we named the album after it! You can hear a sneak peek at vimeo.com/441115629
27 Jul 2020
Very excited about my piece on this new CD by @JSageClarinet and @Dark_Inventions
Can you help the project get over the finish line?
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27 Jul 2020
We're delighted to be sharing some exciting news! Our latest album, Strange Machines is nearly ready, but we need your help to clear the final hurdle and get the CDs out there. Find out more about the project at bit.ly/strangemachines
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18 Dec 2019
We're too excited for Christmas, so we've been spending the morning coming up with #ComposersAsChristmasSongs
We'll get the ball rolling with a classic by Shakin' Stevens: Merry Christmas Mendelssohn
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28 Sep 2019
Amazing performance space at @Nottm_Contemp with @Dark_Inventions today! Pieces by @scheuregger and Danica Maier.
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