Jim O’Rourke
Steam Powered Oscillation
Hello Hamburg, are you ready to rock?

The history between both boating and electroacoustic music is long and world renown, for it was here in Hamburg that in 1874, the first marine electronic concert took place when Hans Partsinal performed on these very waters with his revolutionary steam powered oscillating machine. While Hans was run out of town as a lunatic, today we can enjoy the singular pleasure that is water music