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Kate Adam and Ariel Valent form Invention in Time, an exciting Melbourne percussion duo featuring marimba and vibraphone. Invention in Time specialises in creating intricate soundscape compositions that encapsulate the listener. With influences from world music and jazz, Invention in Time takes you on a journey of stimulating original music. Imagine being overcome by the beauty of your favourite place and you are approaching the feeling of Invention in Time.

The combination of the two instruments produces an intriguing tone, and one that is very pleasing to the ear. Invention in Time is also interesting to watch: the instruments are unfamiliar to many people and with both players using four mallets, the duo never fails to draw a crowd.

Since being launched in 1996, Invention in Time has performed extensively across Australia and in Europe.

The debut European tour in 2001 included the following highlights:

performing alongside world renowned marimba players at the International Percussion Festival in Belgium
two performances at Hotel Sonnevanck, a beachside institution in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
a special performance for Jewish New Year in Frankfurt, Germany, an intimate show at Club Voltaire, an old leftist club, in Frankfurt, followed by a red-hot jam with local and international musicians, and
appearing as special international guests at the Percussive Arts Society’s Days of Percussion in Stockholm, Sweden.
Notable Australian performances include Port Fairy Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Southgate, the new Melbourne Museum, the Bendigo Easter Fair and many times at the Boîte World Music Café. The duo was described as a standout act of the 2000 Apollo Bay Music Festival (Beat Magazine, 19/4/2000).

Invention in Time has also supplied soundtracks for slideshows and film, collaborating with renowned Melbourne visual artist Megan Evans, and others. The duo has also provided ambience at weddings and other private functions. On all occasions the duo has been highly acclaimed.

In 1998, Invention in Time launched their debut CD. Entitled Natural Expression, it "delivers unhurried, undulating circular explorations of rhythmic themes, making good use of the melodic and percussive qualities of the instruments".
(The Age, 17/4/98).