Making the Large Hadron Collider sound — a playlist
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# Making the Large Hadron Collider sound — a playlist
**July 4th, 2012** marked a very special day. It was **Independence
Day** in the United States, of course ([happy anniversary][1]{:
target="_blank"}, dear US readers & friends), **Frank Ocean** had
his coming-out ([big up][2]{: target="_blank"}, Frank!) and physicists
at the **European Organization for Nuclear Research** (**CERN**) in
Geneva [announced][3]{: target="_blank"} that they had discovered the
existence of the [Higgs boson][4]{: target="_blank"} --- one of those
elementary particles that life, the universe and everything is made up
of.
While this might not sound too spectacular for non-astrophysicists, it's
still pretty cool [for music fans][5]{: target="_blank"}: many artists
have referenced the search of the Higgs boson in their works over the
past decades, and some also included sounds of the **[Large Hadron
Collider][6]{: target="_blank"}** (LHC) at CERN into their music.
Below you'll find a list of musical pieces inspired by the LHC, the
ATLAS experiment and the works of theoretical physicist **Peter Higgs**.
This is hardly a complete list, so feel free to add your suggestions in
the comments section below, or tweet them using the **hashtag**
[#bosonlist][7]{: target="_blank"}.
**1. Monolake -- Cern-LHC**
**2. Dopplereffekt -- Higgs Mechanism**
**3. Kate Wax -- Dust Collision**
**4. Brackles -- LHC**
**5. Space Dimension Controller -- Journey to the Core of the Unknown
Sphere**
**6. Justus Köhncke -- Large Hadron Collider Music**
**7. Elizabeth Veldon -- The Standard Model 1**
**8. Frank Zappa -- Finding Higgs' Boson**
**9. Full Blast (Brötzmann/Pliakas/Wertmüller) -- Large Hadron
Collider**
**10. Carl Sagan -- A Glorious Dawn feat. Stephen Hawking**
**11. Super Collider -- Radianations on the Rise** (*Submitted by
[Pytzek][8]{: target="_blank"}*)
Honorable discharge: **Large Hadron Rap**
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[1]: https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/220460655289958400
[2]: https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/220457773958307840
[3]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/9371873/Cern-announcement-after-50-years-the-Higgs-hunt-could-be-over.html
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
[5]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10385675
[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
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<p> <strong>July 4th, 2012</strong> marked a very special day. It was <strong>Independence Day</strong> in the United States, of course (<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/220460655289958400" target="_blank">happy anniversary</a>, dear US readers & friends), <strong>Frank Ocean</strong> had his coming-out (<a href="https://twitter.com/EBnet/status/220457773958307840" target="_blank">big up</a>, Frank!) and physicists at the <strong>European Organization for Nuclear Research</strong> (<strong>CERN</strong>) in Geneva <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/9371873/Cern-announcement-after-50-years-the-Higgs-hunt-could-be-over.html" target="_blank">announced</a> that they had discovered the existence of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson" target="_blank">Higgs boson</a> — one of those elementary particles that life, the universe and everything is made up of.</p><p>While this might not sound too spectacular for non-astrophysicists, it’s still pretty cool <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10385675" target="_blank">for music fans</a>: many artists have referenced the search of the Higgs boson in their works over the past decades, and some also included sounds of the <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider" target="_blank">Large Hadron Collider</a></strong> (LHC) at CERN into their music.</p><p>Below you’ll find a list of musical pieces inspired by the LHC, the ATLAS experiment and the works of theoretical physicist <strong>Peter Higgs</strong>. This is hardly a complete list, so feel free to add your suggestions in the comments section below, or tweet them using the <strong>hashtag</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/bosonlist" target="_blank">#bosonlist</a>.</p><p><strong>1. Monolake – Cern-LHC</strong></p><p><strong>2. Dopplereffekt – Higgs Mechanism</strong></p><p><strong>3. Kate Wax – Dust Collision</strong></p><p><strong>4. Brackles – LHC</strong></p><p><strong>5. Space Dimension Controller – Journey to the Core of the Unknown Sphere</strong></p><p><strong>6. Justus Köhncke – Large Hadron Collider Music</strong></p><p><strong>7. Elizabeth Veldon – The Standard Model 1</strong> </p><p><strong>8. Frank Zappa – Finding Higgs’ Boson</strong></p><p><strong>9. Full Blast (Brötzmann/Pliakas/Wertmüller) – Large Hadron Collider</strong></p><p><strong>10. Carl Sagan – A Glorious Dawn feat. Stephen Hawking</strong></p><p><strong>11. Super Collider – Radianations on the Rise</strong> (<em>Submitted by <a href="https://twitter.com/PYTZEK/status/220881792981405698" target="_blank">Pytzek</a></em>)</p><p>Honorable discharge: <strong>Large Hadron Rap</strong></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?button_hashtag=bosonlist&text=Tracks%20inspired%20by%20%40CERN's%20LHC%20and%20the%20Higgs%20boson%20at%20%40EBnet" class="twitter-hashtag-button">Tweet #bosonlist</a><br>
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# Making the Large Hadron Collider sound — a playlist **July 4th, 2012** marked a very special day. It was **Independence Day** in the United States, of course ([happy anniversary][1]{: target="_blank"}, dear US readers & friends), **Frank Ocean** had his coming-out ([big up][2]{: target="_b...
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Brackles -- LHC** **5. Space Dimension Controller -- Journey to the Core of the Unknown Sphere** . **6. Justus Köhncke -- Large Hadron Collider Music** **7. Elizabeth Veldon -- The Standard Model 1** **8. Frank Zappa -- Finding Higgs' Boson** **9. Full Blast (Brötzmann/Pliakas/Wertmüller) --...
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Stephen Hawking** **11. Super Collider -- Radianations on the Rise** (*Submitted by [Pytzek][8]{: target="_blank"}*) Honorable discharge: **Large Hadron Rap** [Tweet #bosonlist][9]{: .twitter-hashtag-button} !function(d,s,id)\{var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)\[0\];if(!d.getElementById(i...