"EARTH" might suggest shifting and heavy machinery, but no doubt this handle is carefully considered to entice the Japanese, to whom the band will be despatched on Monday. The lineup is equally meticulously designed, structurally and visually: Lunny on bazouki and bodhran; Liam O Maonlai on vocals, keyboards and bodhran; Ray Fean on drums; Fionn O'Loughlin on acoustic bass guitar; John McSherry on pipes; Ma ire Brennan, vocals and harp; Nollaig Casey and Mairead Nesbitt on fiddles. This is a Traditional "big band".

The cramped surroundings and inadequate fiddle and harp sound were not its territory, but still this was a formidable sold out show driven, typically, by Lunny's obsessive extraction and execution of all rhythmic potential. Equally, O Maonlai's bodhran picked out impressive cross patterns in the mostly modern tunes. Casey and Nesbitt worked terrifically together, rising to a peak on slide and polka sets, while O'Loughlin was economical and thoughtful. McSherry was brilliant when left alone on a solo exhibition of Colonel Fraser, but otherwise he was drowned in Ray Fean's drum landslides, as indeed were Brennan's harp and voice.

The melodies were dominated by Lunny esque, catchy motifs, which with Fean's domination approached a tediousness which is possibly avoided by the normal inclusion of Sharon Shannon's box. Brennan was in finest voice on a Scottish Western Isles "call and response", O Maonlai was breathtaking on the fast paced Ronan O Snodaigh song, if somewhat unconvincing on his Iarla O Loineard style, passionate pieces. Maybe it could all do with less of the heavy - but wonderfully integrated - Rock beat, but this, arguably, is still Lunny's finest moment of music construction and a coup for the new Dublin 4/6 Lios na nOg Gaelscoil, which reaped the profits.

The concert is repeated tonight telephone 4780766.