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Premonition Factory

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 released the successful albums   “59 Airplanes waiting for New York” 

(2010) and  “The Sense of Time“  (2011) on his own 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. 

For more information, please contact sjaak@premonitionfactory.com

Official website and store -> http://premonitionfactory.com/

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Discography

Albums

59 Airplanes

waiting for NewYork

Longstreet

Records

February 20, 2010 Produced by Sjaak Overgaauw

Mastered by Dirk Serries 

The Sense of Time LongstreetRecords

March 1, 2011 Produced by Sjaak OvergaauwPost-production by Markus Reuter Mastered by Lee Fletcher 

Compilations

Magnetic Fields & Zero DimensionalPlanes

ConsoulingSounds

March 25, 2011 Drone and Ambient compilation with[multer], Blyndhæð, Distant FiresBurning, IAM., Mirko Uhlig,Monotonos, N, Nihilum, PremonitionFactory, Simulacra, Soundsketchingand Tzesne

Reviews

“When the galactic hiss and solitary Piano droplets of the title track are suddenly washed over by 

synthetically shining cinematic strings, the pulse rate accelerates and what seemed to nothing but 

a dreamy Ambient track is transformed into a utopian piece of film-noir-orchestras. It is at this

 point, at the very latest, that one realizes that his vision could never be reduced to the mere sum

of his influences”  – Tobias Fisher, Tokafi, 2010

“This is delicate, sparse ambience is fresh and exciting  , even as it soothes and relaxes. Every detail from the sonic clarity to the nuanced sounds to the gorgeous trifold digipak is expertly 

executed. Highly recommended.”  – Phil Derby, Electrospace Ambient, 2010

“The beautiful and catchy title ” 59 Airplanes waiting for New York “ and the particular sound are

breathing out the glory days of the first [Eno] and second ambient golf [Biosphere, The Orb, Sun

Electric]. This début is not exactly original, however the craftsmanship and love for this kind of 

music makes you forget that at once." - Gonzo Circus, 2010

“One could easily argue that Vidna Obmana already made a strong point with that kind of music 

through an immense catalogue of works, and that Overgaauw not necessarily adds much more to

it. That would be negative approach and one could more positively say that since Vidna Obmana is

no more, it has found a great successor in Premonition Factory.” That’s very much the same thingwith this new album too. It's great, late night, atmospheric dark ambient music and Premonition

Factory does a mighty fine job at creating such music."- FdW, Vital Weekly, 2011

“Heaps of deserved praise for an album that proves you don’t need to be innovative if you’re just 

damn good. I’m not going to waste time by listing ambient giants that have gone before and 

obviously inspired this music. Where some artists impress by pushing musical boundaries and 

experimenting, Overgaauw achieves equally stunning results by mastering a tradition and refining

it. – O.S., Evening of Light, 2011