Dark Inventions

Dark Inventions performs and records twentieth-century, folk and new music. We commission new work and curate original projects.

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

And if you can’t get to York, you can always order a copy of the CD by visiting our online store at https://t.co/jjYiityA4H 🎶

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 ➡️ https://t.co/5H04ARkTpY

[Jonathan Sage @JSageClarinet]

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!

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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

[Martin Scheuregger @scheuregger]

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.

[Martin Scheuregger @scheuregger]

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.

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

@ConTempoCKIAFM @JSageClarinet Thanks for your interest - if you can drop us a DM or email [email protected] we’d love to sort out a preview link for you!

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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!

https://t.co/WGISK4GoAI

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 💿 ➡️ 📮

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 ➡️ https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 👇https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO

[Neil Tòmas Smith @ntsmith.bsky.social @SmiThoN_]

WE ARE VERY CLOSE. If you are interested in supporting new music / love the clarinet / hate feelings of incompleteness then consider this...

https://t.co/ZG6wM431sj

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

We're entering the 3rd week of our https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO 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 https://t.co/U12qLZAf1g

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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? https://t.co/ipYbqqBXum

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 👇https://t.co/5H04ARCuhw

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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👇 https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO

[Jonathan Sage @JSageClarinet]

“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! https://t.co/SL5XlxsfZh

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

As part of our https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO 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

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 https://t.co/ipYbqqkmCO

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

We love Neil's piece so much - so much, in fact, we named the album after it! You can hear a sneak peek at https://t.co/IhV73uyWjA

[Neil Tòmas Smith @ntsmith.bsky.social @SmiThoN_]

Very excited about my piece on this new CD by @JSageClarinet and @Dark_Inventions

Can you help the project get over the finish line?

[Dark Inventions @Dark_Inventions]

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 https://t.co/dsmX7u0rOY

[Britten Sinfonia @BrittenSinfonia]

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