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Biography Superposition

2008-01-08T13:57:00.000-08:00

Superposition is two brothers with one mind, one soul and one vision on music. We just mix what we feel and hope you'll enjoy. Our style is universalfunkyfreshsexyupfrontdiscodance and it's there for you!

The Superposition Podcast
It's all about our music, which is available in our Podcast. Check it on iTunes for your periodical shot of universalfunkyfreshsexyupfrontdiscodance bought to you by Superposition.

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Biography Patt

2007-12-20T12:16:00.001-08:00

Patrick Willer – Born 1974 – has been DJ-ing for more than 20 years now and has left his marks in various corners of the dance scene.

In the nineties he hosted the No-Fiction party’s in Rotterdam for several years. No Fiction brought a unique cross-over concept that brought underground to dance clubs and was one of the first to stage DJ’s such as Tiёsto and Paul van Dyk.

The start of this Century was also the start of Xpander.nl, which Patrick founded together with Reinier Koolmees. And Xpanding was exactly what Xpander did. In months it grew to the biggest online dance magazine, pioneering the first possibilities of online communities and online marketing of music. When the idea came to build a beatport-like site and go commercial, the team split and Xpander never recovered. Rob Szepesi was the last man standing and worked hard to rebuild the community. It’s now known as 365.com.

After Xpander the 16 Bit Lolita period kicked in and changed Patrick’s view on music and life forever. Together with Peter Kriek and Ariaan Olierook he started the production company Lost Orchestra and the 16 Bit Lolita’s. With the multitalented Peter in the production chair and Patrick and Ariaan as his closest support, both in DJ-ing and running the business we layed the foundation for a unique sound that gains more audience each day. The 16 Bit Lolita’s are on of today’s finest musicians bringing pleasure to dance floors worldwide.

After stepping down from the 16 Bit Lolita’s, Patrick focussed on what he loves the most: spinning! Together with his brother Mike they form Superposition. The name indicates the tight relation and affinity for music. Superposition is in quantum physics one particle that is at two different locations at once. Superposition MJ stands for Michael John, which is Mike’s full name. But it also stands for a unique style of upfront modern day universalfunkyfreshsexyupfrontdiscodance!

Biography MJ

2007-12-20T11:25:00.000-08:00

Mike Willer – born 1980 - is a true bedroom DJ, who took all the time he needed to develop his DJ craftsmanship. He produced more than 50 live DJ mixes before he started playing for small crowds and he developed a growing following while doing so. Today this worldwide following is enjoying his unique track selection and smooth mixing via the Che Voyeur podcast on www.superposition.nl.

Superposition is the name of the DJ Duo of Mike and his brother Patrick. The name indicates the tight relation and affinity for music. Superposition is in quantum physics one particle that is at two different locations at once. Superposition MJ stands for Michael John, which is Mike’s full name. But it also stands for a unique style of upfront modern day funky electronic dance music.

Mike played quite some gigs in the beginning of this century. Most of them are in the Netherlands in club such as Bootleg DJ café, Prachtig, Nighttown, and much more. One of the most memorable gigs was back in 2002 when he played a 3-hour set in Nighttown, which was the number one dance-club in the Netherlands at that time. A well-balanced uplifting journey drove the enthusiastic crowd to madness and jumping collectively in the last hour.

If you want to experience that feeling, you have to travel to the Caribbean. Mike recently moved to Aruba and he brought some sexy dance tunes with him and the party people from Aruba seem to like it. And to stay on par with today’s fast changing music industry Superposition is also using Ableton live to edit tracks and use it in the live mix as well. Check Podcast #001 ‘Tailsucker’ and you can only conclude that Aruba is in for a treat.

To be continued…

What is Superposition?

2007-12-20T11:22:00.000-08:00

a definition from Whatis.com

Superposition is a principle of quantum theory that describes a challenging concept about the nature and behavior of matter and forces at the atomic level. The principle of superposition claims that while we do not know what the state of any object is, it is actually in all possible states simultaneously, as long as we don’t look to check. It is the measurement itself that causes the object to be limited to a single possibility.

In 1935, Erwin Schrodinger proposed an analogy to show how superposition would operate in the every day world: the somewhat cruel analogy of Schrodinger’s cat. Here’s Schrödinger’s (theoretical) experiment: We place a living cat into a steel chamber, along with a device containing a vial of hydrocyanic acid. There is, in the chamber, a very small amount of a radioactive substance. If even a single atom of the substance decays during the test period, a relay mechanism will trip a hammer, which will, in turn, break the vial and kill the cat. The observer cannot know whether or not an atom of the substance has decayed, and consequently, cannot know whether the vial has been broken, the hydrocyanic acid released, and the cat killed. Since we cannot know, the cat is both dead and alive according to quantum law, in a superposition of states. It is only when we break open the box and learn the condition of the cat that the superposition is lost, and the cat becomes one or the other (dead or alive). This situation is sometimes called quantum indeterminacy or the observer’s paradox: the observation or measurement itself affects an outcome, so that the outcome as such does not exist unless the measurement is made. (That is, there is no single outcome unless it is observed.)

Superposition is well illustrated by Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment, developed in the early nineteenth century to prove that light consisted of waves. In fact, the noted physicist Richard Feynman claimed that the essentials of quantum mechanics could be grasped by an exploration of the implications of Young’s experiment.

The Double-Slit Experiment
For this experiment, a beam of light is aimed at a barrier with two vertical slits. The light passes through the slits and the resulting pattern is recorded on a photographic plate. If one slit is covered, the pattern is what would be expected: a single line of light, aligned with whichever slit is open. Intuitively, one would expect that if both slits are open, the pattern of light will reflect that fact: two lines of light, aligned with the slits. In fact, however, what happens is that the photographic plate is entirely separated into multiple lines of lightness and darkness in varying degrees. What is being illustrated by this result is that interference is taking place between the waves/particles going through the slits, in what, seemingly, should be two non-crossing trajectories.

We would expect that if the beam of light particles or photons is slowed enough to ensure that individual photons are hitting the plate, there could be no interference and the pattern of light would be two lines of light, aligned with the slits. In fact, however, the resulting pattern still indicates interference, which means that, somehow, the single particles are interfering with themselves. This seems impossible: we expect that a single photon will go through one slit or the other, and will end up in one of two possible light line areas. But that is not what happens. As Feynman concluded, each photon not only goes through both slits, but simultaneously takes every possible trajectory en route to the target, not just in theory, but in fact.

In order to see how this might possibly occur, experiments have focused on tracking the paths of individual photons. What happens in this case is that the measurement in some way disrupts the photons’ trajectories (in accordance with the uncertainty principle), and somehow, the results of the experiment become what would be predicted by classical physics: two bright lines on the photographic plate, aligned with the slits in the barrier. Cease the attempt to measure, however, and the pattern will again become multiple lines in varying degrees of lightness and darkness. Each photon moves simultaneously in a superposition of possible trajectories, and, furthermore, measurement of the trajectory causes the superposition of states to collapse to a single position.

See a video explanation ofsuperposition.

See a video explanation of Schrodinger’s cat.