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Enigma

from A Crossword War by Kevin Adams

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about

For an Enigma message to be readable depended on the sender and receiver setting up their machines identically. The sender typed in the message and transmitted the resultant encryption; the receiver typed in the encrypted message and the plain text emerged.The possible combinations resulting from the selection, ordering and starting position of three (of a possible five) rotors and the pairing of letters on the plug board (German steckerbrett) amounted to nearly 159 quintillion (158,962,555,217,826,360,000 ).
The key to decrypting Enigma was to discover that starting set up.
A feature of Enigma encryption was that a letter would never encrypt to itself.
The music is based on Philip Catherine’s Nairam, and also contains a little musical Enigma variation of its own.

lyrics

Permutations, so many possibilities,
One fifty nine quintillion possibilities.
The current is flowing, a letter is pressed.
Through the plugs on the stecker board-
And every time a rotor clicks, and another,
And another rotor clicks-
The letter is lost deep inside Enigma

Turning back again, reversing on a different path.
Winding through the wiring on a different path.
Enter a letter and type it again-
A different lamp lights every time,
And every time etc.

Never find itself, no it will never find itself.
Lost in electricity in the circuitry,
And it can never find its way out.
Tangled in the mystery-
And every time etc.

credits

from A Crossword War, released July 15, 2018
Words & music: Kevin Adams
based on Philip Catherine’s 'Nairam', pub. Warner Music
Bass Guitar: Andrew King

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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK

Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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