LORE VAIN

Lore Vain at Hueco Studio: intuition, synthesizers and songs that transform

Some projects do not seem to be built from a formula, but from a way of being in music. Lore Vain, together with Chet Franco, arrived at Hueco Studio with that feeling: open songs, synthesizers, guitars, textures and a way of performing where intuition matters as much as structure.

During the days before the session, they spent time with the space, tried out instruments, reinterpreted songs and allowed the surroundings to become part of the sound. That calmness, that time and that possibility to explore appear naturally throughout the conversation.

“We spent so much time trying out new instruments and finding new interpretations of the songs.”

The session felt like a small emotional laboratory: a place where songs could breathe differently, change shape and find new colours.

Creating from quiet places

Lore Vain and Chet Franco grew up in rural areas in central Germany. And although they now live in Berlin, that relationship with quiet places is still important in the way they create.

Quiet spaces allow them to concentrate, enter a deeper state of mind and work without too many external distractions.

“Being in a place which is more quiet always gets me into a more concentrated state of mind.”

That idea connects strongly with the spirit of Hueco Studio: a place away from the noise of the city, designed for time to move differently. It is not only about recording or performing, but about finding a space where ideas can appear without so much rush.

Berlin, of course, is also part of their creative lives. The city offers energy, movement, chaos, stimulation and community. But even there, they say, it is necessary to find small refuges where concentration can happen.

Art, education and curiosity

Besides making music, both come from an artistic and educational background. They work as art teachers, and that relationship with teaching also finds its way into their creative process.

For them, being in contact with young people keeps a kind of experimental curiosity alive. You have to react, connect, improvise and let things change.

“It’s like shaping and reshaping.”

That line defines the universe of Lore Vain very well. Songs are not closed objects, but living materials. Something that can be shaped, taken apart and brought back in a different form on stage.

There is a clear connection between pedagogy, art and music: learning to look from another place, playing with what is in front of you and accepting that the process can take you somewhere unexpected.

Agony the Muse: turning darkness into movement

One of the central moments of the interview comes when talking about the title Agony the Muse. In the conversation, Lore Vain explains that tension between something deeper, darker or more painful, and the possibility of transforming it into something inspiring.

“There is always something deeper in the music that I do, but at the same time something hopeful.”

The muse does not appear as a fixed figure. It can be a person, a melody, a moment or something that suddenly appears and pushes a song forward. Even the most difficult emotions can become a creative engine.

“The things that are not so positive are always getting me far from where I was before.”

In Lore Vain, melancholy does not stay still. It moves. It transforms. It does not appear as a place to remain trapped in, but as a doorway into something else.

Writing alone, creating together

During the interview, Lore Vain talks about a way of composing that, for a long time, was closely linked to writing alone: picking up an instrument, finding a melody and starting to write on top of it. But over time, the value of creating with someone else also appeared.

“Being alone and writing on your own is great, but I really enjoy having a conversation.”

Creating with another person opens paths that would not appear in solitude. Music becomes a conversation: someone proposes, someone responds, an idea changes and suddenly something appears that does not fully belong to anyone.

“You can rise together to a certain point where on your own you are more limited.”

That is one of the keys to the project. Lore Vain is not carried only by the voice or individual songwriting, but also by the creative relationship with Chet Franco. A relationship that, as they explain, began without pressure, almost through play.

Chet Franco and play as a way of creating

Before playing together, there was already friendship and complicity. When Lore Vain began imagining a new way of bringing the songs to the stage, they were looking for another kind of energy on stage, more female presence and a freer way of working with sound.

Chet Franco entered that space naturally, with her universe of synthesizers, instrumental ideas and a very artistic sensitivity for finding new sounds.

“I wanted to have more female power on stage.”

Chet describes the beginning of the project as something very playful, and that word feels important: play. Not as something superficial, but as a serious way of exploring.

“We had a really playful start with each other.”

That sense of play is still present in their sound. There is humour, complicity, freedom and a way of relating musically that does not feel rigid. Step by step, song by song, the project keeps evolving without losing that sense of discovery.

Instruments, synthesizers and freedom

When the conversation becomes more technical, it becomes clear that Lore Vain cannot be understood through a single instrument. Chet Franco mentions the theremin as one of her usual elements, although it was not present in this session.

Lore Vain, on the other hand, talks about a very open relationship with instruments. First some piano, then drums, later guitar, bass… without ever feeling the need to remain fixed to only one tool.

“I never came to a point where I said: now I’m done with this instrument.”

That flexibility can be felt in the music. Lore Vain can move between guitar, voice, synthesizers, electronic textures and arrangements that seem to be constantly searching for a new way to say the same thing.

The voice, however, does appear as the stable centre.

“Singing is my stable instrument.”

Everything else can change, move, be tried out or reinterpreted. The voice holds the project while the sounds around it keep exploring.

Leaving space for the listener

When asked what they would like the audience to feel when listening to their music, the answer comes from a very open place. It is not about imposing a single reading or telling anyone how they are supposed to feel.

“It’s up to everyone. The story of everyone, the moment, the situation.”

A song can feel happy to one person and melancholic to another. It can mean something different depending on the listener’s life moment. And that is not a problem: it is precisely what makes it interesting.

“People could be able to put their own meaning into it. That’s what I would love.”

This way of understanding music leaves space. It does not close meaning, nor does it force a specific emotion. It allows each person to find their own way in.

Keep exploring

Towards the end of the interview, one idea appears that sums up the spirit of Lore Vain very well: to keep exploring.

The future does not appear as a rigid goal, but as an open path. To keep playing in small and big places, adapt to different spaces, try new things and remain available to the unexpected.

“Never stop exploring.”

That line could almost work as a statement of intent. Lore Vain seems to move forward from there: from curiosity, intuition and the ability to change without losing its centre.

At Hueco Studio, that way of being found a very natural place. A quiet space, surrounded by instruments, with time to try things out, listen and reinterpret. A session where songs did not arrive as closed pieces, but as something alive.

At the end of the conversation, they thanked the atmosphere of the day with one simple word: warmth.

“I felt a lot of warmth here.”

And perhaps that sums up what happened. Lore Vain came to Hueco Studio with songs that speak from an intimate place, while leaving space for whoever listens. A session of synthesizers, voice, guitars and emotional textures. A conversation about rural life, Berlin, collaboration, play and the importance of continuing to explore without knowing exactly where you will arrive.