Claire Edwardes’ Dual Attractor launching in March
Wednesday 4 February, 2026
Friday 6 March – Digital Album Release Pre Save/Purchase
Monday 9 March – Sydney Album Launch, The Studio, ACO On The Pier
Wednesday 18 March – Melbourne Album Launch, Melbourne Recital Centre
Saturday 18 April – Amsterdam Album Launch, Splendor
Saturday 25 July – Canberra Album Launch, The Street Theatre
More shows to be released soon in Hobart, Brisbane, Perth and New Zealand.
Dual Attractor is the seventh solo album by internationally acclaimed percussionist and Ensemble Offspring Artistic Director, Claire Edwardes OAM. It will be available in CD format from 9 March 2026, with the digital album released on the ABC Classic label on Friday 6 March.
Dubbed “the sorceress of percussion,” Edwardes has been a defining force in Australian new music for three decades. She maintains a busy solo career presenting recitals and concerto performances with symphony orchestras around Australia and the world.
“As a follow-up to my 2021 album Rhythms of Change, Dual Attractor brings together bespoke new solos and collaborations that feel like an arrival point in my career,” says Edwardes. “Spanning marimba, vibraphone, drums and electronics, these works are all by female composers from around the world whom I deeply admire.”
The album reveals the expressive breadth of Edwardes’ instruments, from the shimmering textures of Missy Mazzoli’s Orizzonte and the hymn-like stillness of Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas, to the surging energy of Kate Moore’s Joyful Melodiesand the darkly playful I Promise Not to Poison You xoxo by Gemma Peacocke.
The album’s title track, Dual Attractor, for drums and electronics, was created with iconic electro-pop artist Paul Mac, initially for RECITAL (2018), a dance work created with performer Richard Cilli and director/choreographer Gideon Obarzanek. Cilli will join Edwardes on stage for Dual Attractor at the Sydney album launch on Monday 9 March at Machine Hall.
Image by Heidrun Lohr
Image by Oliver Miller
Also featured on the album is Emberstrike by Natalie Williams, a vibraphone solo honouring the Women of Steel at Port Kembla, whose fight for the right to work in the steelworks reshaped Australian employment law. Anna Meredith’s genre-defying bumps per minute for vibraphone and backing track is a techno inspired dreamscape of intense energy.
Edwardes’ discography, released on Tall Poppies, ABC Classic and Move Records, includes Coil (2007), Flash: Marimba Miniatures (2011), One (2013), Kammerbox (2016), Clairaudient (2017) and Rhythms of Change (2021), reflecting her long-standing commitment to commissioning and championing Australian and international new music.
Dual Attractor will be released on digital platforms by ABC Classic on March 6 and physical CDs will be available from March 9 at the Sydney Launch, followed by Melbourne, Amsterdam and Canberra launches with more performances planned for Brisbane, Hobart and New Zealand in the second half of 2026.
