Loughcrew Megalithic Site (Photo Áine Gallagher)
Once glistening hills of white quartz, the Carn Bán are the collection of Neolithic passage tombs in Co. Meath, also known as Loughcrew, from where Ambient Orbit brings you a special winter solstice broadcast in a live field recording from this symbolic site on December 20th, the longest night of the year.
Join us from the hills of the Loughcrew Megalithic tombs, also known as the Hills of the Witch (Sliabh na Caillí) for a tranquil mix of music, on site ambience and live musical performances from Niamh Dalton, Gareth Quinn Redmond and Elaine Howley.
Tune in for musical folklore and solstice celebrations, wherever you are, on the longest night of the year from 10pm until midnight on RTÉ lyric fm.
Stream the full Ambient Orbit series here
Elaine Howley is a songwriter, vocalist and producer who merges a tapestry of experimental and analogue sounds with a love for classic songwriting and melody. Howley is a member of psychedelic rock group The Altered Hours, ambient trio Crevice and cinematic duo HowlBux and co-hosts the Cosmosis Radio Show on Dublin Digital Radio. Howley released her debut solo album 'The Distance Between Heart and Mouth' in 2022 on Touch Sensitive Records.
Since releasing his first album Laistigh den Ghleo, Gareth Quinn Redmond's work has continued to be inspired by the Japanese concept of Kankyō Ongaku, Environmental Music. This concept runs throughout Quinn Redmond's approach to writing, which focuses on building and sustaining a connection between listener and environment.
Niamh Dalton is a multi-instrumentalist based in Cork City. Fiddle being her main instrument, she sits withinthe Irish and Old-Time fiddle traditions as well as exploring extended technique, improvisation andexperimenting with pedals and cross tunings. Ana Palindrome, her main project alongside bandmates Sara Leslie & Ruairí de Búrca, combines fiddle, viola, singing, and electronics to create disorientated and hypnotic songs reflective of a dark surrealist tradition within the Irish arts. The project aims to investigate ways of borrowing rhythmic bowing techniques found in old-time fiddle music and adapting them to create drones and textures more at home in the worlds of ambient or modern experimental music than that of traditional song.
