nickvasallo.com www.facebook.com/nickvasallomusic mobiustrio.com www.facebook.com/mobiustrio Dark Matter I. Time Began with an Explosion (2010) 5 min. for three electric guitars. Composed by Nick Vasallo. Performed at Cal Poly Pomona Recital Hall, March 14, 2014. Audio recorded by William Wright-Hooks. Video Directed by Gabriel Zuniga. Performed by Mobius Trio Robert Nance, Mason Fish, and Matthew Holmes-Linder. Program Notes The birth of the universe. Dark matter is undetectable, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. I thought of writing this piece when I learned the Japanese concept of ma, which means "the silence between the sounds."