You can’t stop rock `n’ roll. It can be moved, but it can’t be stopped.

Ames-based indie label Bi-Fi Records ran into a dilemma last month when each of the five owners received a letter from their landlord asking them to be out of their 2408 Chamberlain St. location by Jan. 31.

“We basically got evicted for being too loud,” says Patrick Fleming, founder and co-owner of Bi-Fi. “The notice read: `termination of lease.’ “

Fleming insists their landlord was aware of the fact that Bi-Fi was a recording studio from the start. They were always receptive to neighbors concerns and tried to be considerate when sound levels might have been an issue.

Co-owner Joe Williams sees moving as a blessing in disguise.

“We were told to leave by the end of the month. We felt we’d outgrown the place, even though the timing wasn’t right. We could have fought it, but it conformed to what we wanted to do,” Williams says.

This indeed put Fleming and company in a slight ordeal. With the current success of Keepers of the Carpet and steady shipments of CDs, Bi-Fi Records has been quite busy.

“We couldn’t run the business we wanted to here,” Fleming says. “At the new place, we’ll be able to provide lodging for those who need it, couches in the studio and a nice green room.”

In addition to the increased workload was the task of finding another building. Fleming says they started looking for a new place before receiving word to leave.

“We’d actually been looking for a new place two months prior to our leaving,” Fleming says. “Finally on Jan. 31 we were able to get into our new location above Cyclone Stereo in west Ames.”

Despite the move, recording capabilities were only down for a total of 48 hours, Williams says.

With its departure from Campustown, Bi-Fi Records stands to lose valuable walk-in patrons, close postal service and access to printing services. But with these losses come a few gains.

“This location is better for recording,” Fleming says. “There aren’t any distractions, like bars, in west Ames. Plus the new place is twice the size of the old studio.”

Williams agrees.

“We now have a larger live room and rooms for isolation,” he says.

In addition to recording bands on a weekly basis, Bi-Fi had been hosting shows at its former location, but live shows will be “few and far between” at the new studio.

“They aren’t going to be as frequent,” Williams says. “The studio doesn’t lend itself to being a venue as much.”

With the new move, Bi-Fi Records is back on a stable and prosperous road, writing another chapter in the annals of rock `n’ roll.