colectivo maDam began working on this piece in preparation for my visit to madrid in the summer of 2013. when i arrived it was clear that these wonderful musicians had already gone beyond anything envisioned by the piece. sometimes is, like arguably any composition, a framework within which to make actual music. the body of the music is created when a particular group comes together in a place and performs. it is singular. this "body" however is very special: it is a music i would never have imaged without this group. here maDam consists of three electronic musicians and one female voice, an odd combination, with wholly different methods of sound production at their extremes. but in this situation, with these musicians, something transpires to fuse the music into an unexpected result. i hear it as a (very long) song, with deep silences that come to function as indentations in (and out of) time. there is a distinct kind of dry lyricism, making its cautious entry, always held in check, but which gradually infuses the atmosphere of the room, the way a subtle grey light (a "light-sifting silence") can reach even the darkest corners.