 In fact, in many of his compositions the time devoted to silence is greater than the time devoted to sonic events.By isolating events and frustrating the memory, DeLio attempts to draw the listener into more intently listening to the brief sonic events.“I argue for wiping the slate clean,” DeLio explains, “Rediscovering sound beneath all of the rhetoric and dated mannerisms which have accumulated over so many years and, in the process, really coming to grips with the nature of our own experience.” 
Another important aspect is his sense of time.