Lectrolab Music Hits Different
Evie and Lana
Lectrolab was made in a basement in Rockford, Illinois, using recording equipment that belonged to our grandparents, neither of us fully understood until after they
were gone.
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Radical Optimism
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Fell on Flore sky
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HOW WE ENDED UP HERE
In 2020, we were living in Brooklyn when everything shut down. Our grandparents were in Rockford, so we came out to look after them while things were bad, and we never really left. One night, after a little too much wine, we went down into their basement and found an entire recording studio, gear spanning the 1950s through the 1990s, still set up, most of it still working. Our grandparents passed away in 2021 from COVID, within a short time of each other. We inherited the house. We inherited the studio. And somewhere in figuring out what to do with either one, we started making music.
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New songs go up when Evie stops changing the second verse, and Lana stops adding one more layer underneath it. There is no calendar behind it. In some months, that means a handful of songs. Some months it means an argument about a bridge that lasted three weeks.
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Pfanstiehl is our last name, and it turns out it is not just ours. Our great-grandfather started a company by that name, right here, making phono cartridges and styli, the needles that used to sit under every turntable arm in the country. Our grandfather never worked there, as far as we know, but he never really had to. It gave him room to become a photographer instead, shooting Chicago’s punk, new wave, and house scenes through most of the 1970s.
Our grandmother was the singer in the family. Chicago punk scene, mid to late 70s, and the story goes she got pulled onto a house record because she looked and sounded like Debbie Harry. The record did well. She got the attention. Some people were apparently unhappy about that. We still do not know the whole story there, and at this point we are not sure we ever will.
Lectrolab - Good Night
Lectrolab - Hi, This Is Evie
Lectrolab - Let Your Love Come Down
Lectrolab - I WANT TO SING
Lectrolab - You and I
Lectrolab - Run
Lectrolab - Play The Black Keys
Lectrolab - Hi, This Is Evie
Play The Black Keys (Music Video)
Breathe by Lectrolab (Official Music Video)
Beautiful Dust by Lectrolab (Official Music Video)
Shannon
Oh Mio
I Want to Sing
WHAT WE FOUND DOWN THERE
Fifty years of gear does not clean itself up or explain itself. We are still finding things. A stack of ’70s disco vinyl. A poster for a skating-rink DJ night we are fairly sure our grandmother actually spun. An Alesis MMT8 that Lana now uses for almost everything she writes. It is a vintage MIDI recorder and still incredibly fast for composing. Computers are involved too, of course. Just no AI.
And then there is the Quadraverb. We probably should not tell people about it, since prices will only go up. It is genuinely great gear. If you find one, buy it. Just make sure it is a Quadraverb, not a Midiverb.
The studio also does not just belong to us anymore. We rent it out to local artists, from a polka act that insisted on three live chickens for ambience to a metal band that left the control room looking like a crime scene. We are still working on the chicken smell.
ELECTRONIC BEATS THAT MOVE US. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL DIG THEM TOO!
Evie is the one who talks. Blunt, a little protective, reads more than she probably lets on. Lana is quieter, more forgiving of people than Evie tends to be, and somewhere along the way became the actual engineer running this place while everyone assumed she was just singing backup.
Our parents are not really part of this story right now. They have been gone a long time, chasing one cause after another, and the last real contact we had was a letter asking us to stop making music. We have not stopped.
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Pop / Electronic
Jordan Blaze
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Alternative Pop
Nova Ray
Known for soulful vocals and cinematic storytelling, Nova Ray delivers emotionally driven music that leaves a lasting impression.
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Ava Monroe
Ava’s dreamy vocals and heartfelt songwriting create a distinctive sound that balances emotion with modern pop sensibilities.
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WHY ROCKFORD?
Lana has brought up Chicago more than once, usually late at night, usually after a show that went better than expected. Evie’s answer is always some version of the same thing, that she is not sure leaving fixes anything, and that she would rather write something true from here than something borrowed from somewhere else. It is an ongoing disagreement between them, not a decided one.
Wear The Sound
Tees, hoodies, caps, gear made for people who live loud.
Release Schedule
Lectrolab will be releasing a new song every three to four weeks. We do not always hit that
exactly, since 20- to 30-year-old synthesizer equipment does not care about deadlines, but
that is what we are aiming for.
September
0
Annalise
October
0
Do Me All Over
October
0
Don't Let Go
November
0
Sagittarius
December
0
Make Me Happy
January
0
I Can't Help It
January
0
The Angels Sing
February
0
Welcome To Lectrolab
2
October
23
October
13
November
4
December
8
January
29
January
19
February
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FAQ's
Yes, sisters. Evie is the one who tends to do most of the talking.
It belonged to our grandparents, in the basement of the house we inherited from them in Rockford. The gear spans the 1950s through the 1990s, and most of it still works.
It is our last name, and also the name of an audio equipment company our great-grandfather started, which made phono cartridges and needles. We check old phonographs at thrift stores just to see if one is installed. Not just that, we were teased endlessly about our last name. Eventually the kids just called us Evie Piff and Lana Piff!
Yes, regularly. It has led to some genuinely strange sessions, including one involving live chickens we would rather not relive.
The goal is a new song every three to four weeks. Vintage gear does not always cooperate
with that plan, but that is what we are working toward.
