"Friday the 6th of November 2015 was an important day for me. Christian Kobi had invited me to take part in his »zoom in« festival in Bern. Earlier that day I visited the Kunst Museum, looking at the work of Cuno Amiet (1868-1961), recalling the work of an earlier Camille Pissarro, interesting contributions from Felix Vallotton (1835-1925), also an very important exhibition of how photography had influenced Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) called “Lautrec’s Photographic Eye”. What struck me was how the fashion of the day became aged, yet the TL paintings stayed fresh, and that his drawings were fantastic. Connected to the TL photos was film of the American dancer Loie Fuller’s (1862-1928) Fire Dance. Adolf Wölfli’s (1864-1930) large work Memoriam (1926). For my solo in the festival I used a long lapstick guitar, Boss RC-3, Boss PS-3, six band EQ, Sony ICF-SW22 and Roberts R984 radios. two contact mics, and a metal strip. November 2015 marked the end of the first year of living with Parkinson's. During that year the right hand tremor was becoming more and more uncontrollable, to the point I could not conceive of how in the future I could manage solo performances. During that year I had experimented with different anti-shaking set-ups, in... more credits released June 11, 2021 ErstLive 014 Keith Rowe - long lapstick guitar, Boss RC3, Boss PS3, six band EQ, Sony ICF-SW22 and Roberts R984 radios, two contact mics, metal strip recorded by Fabio Oehrli on November 6, 2015 at the »zoom in« festival in Bern, Swittzerland mastered by Taku Unami design and photography by Yuko Zama produced by Jon Abbey thanks to Christian Kobi p+c 2021 Erstwhile Records all rights reserved