Premonition Factory

Vital weekly 815

Sjaak — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:05:02 +0000

PREMONITION FACTORY – LIVE AT KINK FM X-RATED (CD by Longstreet Records) – And although I don’t like to do this a lot, I tie in Sjaak Overgaauw’s new CD under the name Premonition Factory into this story. Overgaauw, a Dutchman in Belgium has already made two albums (see Vital Weekly 725 and 771) of [...]

Review of Live at Kink FM X-Rated

Sjaak — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:12:41 +0000

Reviewed by Stefan Source: piepknor.nl De eerste keer dat ik Premonition Factory hoorde was, hoe kan het eigenlijk anders, in een episode van Kink X-Rated. Eigenlijk vanaf de eerste keer dat ik de muziek van Premonition Factory hoorde was ik erg blij dat ik weer een nieuw mooi ambient-project had leren kennen. En gezien de [...]

Magnetic Fields & Zero Dimension Planes (CD)

Sjaak — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:55:51 +0000

Source: Black Online by Marco Fiebag Das belgische Label Consouling Sounds, welches auf Gitarren Drone spezialisiert ist und ja auch schon u.a. die phantastische Remix-LP von N namens “Bergen: Skizzen + Notizen“ verbuchen kann, veröffentlicht mit der CD “Magnetic Fields & Zero Dimension Planes“ eine Compilation, die man getrost als aktuellen Genre-Überblick bezeichnen kann. Ein [...]

Time on his side: Ambient cycles of growth and decay

Sjaak — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:19:41 +0000

Source: Tobias Fischer, Tokafi With the right set of ears, listening is anything but a passive process. Until he emerged as a recording artist under the Premonition Factory banner with last year’s 59 Airplanes waiting for New York, Antwerp-based Sjaak Overgaauw spent fifteen years mainly with decoding the systematics underpinning classics like David Sylvian and Robert [...]

Pre-order Live at Kink FM X-Rated

Sjaak — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:50:17 +0000

It’s ready…the 3rd Premonition Factory album! “Live at Kink FM X-Rated” is available as pre-order in the store. The estimated shipping date is January 15, 2012. Tracks 1. X-Rated pt.1 13:38 2. X-Rated pt.2 11:32 3. X-Rated pt.3 06:05 4. X-Rated pt.4 08:46 Bonus tracks 5. 28 seconds 12:08 6. Live in Brussels [...]

EM article in Keyboards magazine

Sjaak — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:38:10 +0000

Here’s a copy of an EM article covering the concept of live looping and mentions Terry Riley, Brian Eno, Ian Boddy and Premonition Factory. Very nice to read! :) Source: German Keyboards magazine, October ’11. Written by: Bernhard Wöstheinrich

New releases

Sjaak — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:39:33 +0000

Good news! Behinds the scenes, I’ve been working on new material the last 6 months. In addition to that, I’ve also recorded many live performances which means I’ve enough material to release 2 new Premonition Factory albums and 1 collaboration album in the coming 6 months. LSR003 - A live album including the performance at Kink FM XRated + [...]

Dark Entries review: 8/10

Sjaak — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:30:24 +0000

[Dutch] – Premonition Factory is het pseudoniem voor de Nederlandse muzikant Sjaak Overgaauw. De negen tracks op zijn tweede worp, de opvolger voor ‘59 Airplanes Waiting For New York’, zijn stuk voor stuk gebaseerd op live gespeelde improvisatie sessies. Overgaauw gebruikt de techniek van ‘live looping’ wat betekent dat de muziek in lagen wordt opgebouwd [...]

Centrozoon live in Antwerp

Sjaak — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:34 +0000

The next live performance will be at the Cultural Centre Luchtbal in Antwerp on November 12, 2011 together with centrozoon. centrozoon is a group of people (currently working as a trio) that is interested in the creation of music in experimental settings. it has existed in several forms for more than fifteen years. current members are [...]

ATTN:Magazine review

Sjaak — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:13:46 +0000

The Sense of Time may be expansive, but it’s not infinitely so. This is the sort of ambience that sounds as if it’s lapping up against the concrete walls of aircraft hangers rather than drifting into space without return, and I find myself reminded of Deep Listening (collaboration between Stuart Dempster, Pauline Oliveros and Panatois, [...]