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Listening to the Loop

  • Kilrush Woods: Forest birds, Forest River
  • Loop Head: Cliffscape, Skylark, (1:30)Skylark extreme slow down, (2:10)Guillemots, (2:50)laughing Guillemots, (4:50)Blackback gulls gather and divebomb the recordist, (8:12) in the background other Blackbacks begin to dive over a large seacave to add reverb and audio dimension to they're sound).
  • Rehy Hill: Ocean edge below the hilltop, Birds, (3:30)distant strimmer, (4:15)ciacadas, birds, distant ship, (11:20)cicadas slowed down, (11:58)small plane, (14:44)thunder and rain.
  • Haughs Beach: Skylark, Small waterfall falls onto beach and flows under the beach stones, Surf 'n birds.
  • Captains Hill, The Hubawns: (1:09)Excitable Clifftop cattle and skylark, (3:50)small brook leading to edge of cliffs, (4:16)same brook hitting the rocks 400 feet below, waves in the bay.
  • The Bridges of Ross, Atlantic waters edge, skylark, (6:10)skylark song extreme slow down, (12:56)ocean sound extreme slow down underwater rocks, rocking. A brief Musical analysis.

A radio series made for RCB featuring the natural Soundscapes of West Clare.

A variety of microphones from very wide to extreme zoom, were recorded
simultaneousely to create a collage of viewpoints.

After a brief introduction, each soundscape plays uninterupted for 15 minutes.

Download Google Earth KMZ files of locations:
Kilrush_Woods
Loop Head
Rehy Hill
Haughs Beach
Hubawns_Captains hill
The Bridges of Ross