The Sense of Time
Reviewed by Evening of Light, Vital Weekly, Unruhr, Ambientblog.net, thepostrock.de, igloo magazine, ATTN:magazine, Dark Entries, Black Online magazine, Tokafi
Release date: March 1, 2011 – Longstreet Records
Release notes – Premonition Factory (Sjaak Overgaauw, The Netherlands) is a self-taught musician, currently living in Antwerp, Belgium. Overgaauw has been writing and performing as Premonition Factory since September 2009 and will release his 2nd album “The sense of time” in March 2011. The album contains 9 improvised ambient pieces and will be released on Overgaauw’s imaginary label Longstreet Records.
The music of Premonition Factory has been classified as ambient, with a touch of experimental and avant-garde. A great deal of the music’s mesmerizing vibe draws on the fact that it is played in real-time. While some other musicians use multi tracking to layer different shades of sound, Overgaauw chooses to work with interactive live looping, which means sidestepping the usual linear production and mixing scenario, to give birth to the music as it manifests itself in real time.
“The sense of time” will be available as a limited edition deluxe CD from the Premonition Factory store and as a digital download from all good online retailers. Live performances have been scheduled in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany for March, April, May, June and September 2011.
Tracks
1. Darkest hour Pt.1 11:42
2. Chasing the unknown 07:20
3. Electric 05:57
4. Dream within a dream 05:50
5. The sense of time 07:13
6. Darkest hour Pt.2 08:59
7. Desolate 05:57
8. Magic box 04:37
9. Mediate 03:20
Credits
Music by Sjaak Overgaauw. All tracks are excerpts of 2-track live improvisation recordings.
Performed and recorded by Sjaak Overgaauw @ Longstreet Studios, Antwerp, Belgium between March and December 2010.
Produced and mixed by Sjaak Overgaauw in December 2010 @ Longstreet Studios. Additional production and post-production by Markus Reuter @ Horus Studio, Hanover, Germany, January 2011.
Mastered by Lee Fletcher @ Fletchertronics, UK, January 2011.
Artwork by Steven Theunis @ Armée de Verre, Belgium. Photography by Andre Seesink @ C-Sync, The Netherlands. Live photo’s by Ingrid Janssens, Belgium
The copyright of these recordings is owned by Premonition Factory.
Premonition Factory
Sjaak Overgaauw – synthesizers, programming, loops
License
This work by Premonition Factory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.