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Dual Attractor CD

$25.00

Dual Attractor, the seventh solo album by internationally acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwardes OAM, is available for preorder to ship from 9 March 2026.

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 ACO On The Pier - Buy tickets here. The album will also be launched at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 18 March - Buy tickets here.

Dual Attractor, the seventh solo album by internationally acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwardes OAM, is available for preorder to ship from 9 March 2026.

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 ACO On The Pier - Buy tickets here. The album will also be launched at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 18 March - Buy tickets here.

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 Melodies and the darkly playful I Promise Not to Poison You xoxo by Gemma Peacocke.

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.

Dubbed “the sorceress of percussion,” Edwardes has been a defining force in Australian new music for three decades. Since 2006 she has led Ensemble Offspring as Artistic Director, commissioning more than 80 new solo works and collaborating with leading composers worldwide. She maintains a busy solo career presenting recitals and concerto performances with symphony orchestras around Australia and the world.

Track List

1. Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte

2. Caroline Shaw – In manus tuas

3. Kate Moore – Joyful Melodies

Gemma Peacocke – I Promise Not to Poison You xoxo

4. 1. Nightshade

5. II. Hemlock

6. III. Crocus Sativus

7. Natalie Williams – Emberstrike

Anna Meredith (arr. Jessica Wells)– Bumps per Minute: from 18 Studies for Dodgems

8. Joy Subdivision

9. Deep Thought Panda

10. Norcanaoe

11. Tom Cruise Runs

12. Claire Edwardes / Paul Mac – Dual Attractor

Performer

Claire Edwardes (percussion)

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 new music.