Taken from the August 2000 issue of "Lumitim", France:
Dutch Dj's Visit CERN.
Since its foundation in 1952, the laboratories of CERN (Conseil Européen
pour la Recherge Nucléaire) near Geneva gave shelter to quite a few
remarkable physicists. Two of them visit CERN right now: dutch electronic
musicians Danny Blanco (aka Legowelt) and Brian Chinetti (aka Orgue
Electronique) from the Netherlands are involved in the Quark research project.
Danny tells: We work with he LEP (Large Electron - Positron collider)
which basically makes two intense bundles of particles collide. Detectors
measure the consequences of the impact. After thirteen years the LEP
accelerator will be replaced in November by a new one. Thats the reason
why we are here. Finally we have the unique chance to work the LEP
accelerator at full capacity, try to produce the highest energy possible
with this technique. We'll make measurements until it collapses. Haha.
Brian laughs: We make the particles move at the speed of light. Since
there is no higher speed than that, we are in search of techniques
providing particles with more and more energy. Now use magnets in a 27km
long tunnel; in the future we'll do that by letting them 'surf' on radio
waves. A higher frequency gives more energy per second to the particles.
The trick is to try and slap the particle as much as you can, in the
shortest time possible. And when the particles collide, we measure the
precise energy that came free and define the mass of the particles."
The two Dutchmen are a rather strange sight in the tunnels of CERN. Their
sharp suits and 'flashy' car (an Opel Manta) are not the looks you expect
from two physicists. Why did the musicians visit CERN? Danny: Because we
seek ultimate beauty, the essence of nature in its most direct form. We
like to discover things."
Legowelt and Orgue Electronique will be slapping particles untill the end
of August. After that they will return to their music and perform live in
Geneva and Zurich.
Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique (Bunker Records, the Hague, Holland).
Zurich: August 31, with DJ I-F
Genéva: September 1, with Miss Kitten and DJ I-F
article by Günther Stern
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