We are creating ambient/postrock/shoegaze/chillout songs using mostly analog hardware, modular synthesizers, acoustic and sometimes exotic instruments. The ‘Lurking’ song set was compiled to give an impression of the various musical directions our project can take. All music was recorded the last 12 months. As we feel strongly about a musical concept, we are now taking one song only as inspiration for a conceptual album to be composed and recorded in the studio, and played live.

11. The Heisenberg Compensators - Row Of Flames

10. The Heisenberg Compensators - Mauwi

The Heisenberg Compensators story begins in 2012 at the Glow festival, an annual light festival in the city of  Eindhoven. FRAKnoise and Terrace joined in a project improvising electronic music for a live performed light show. It was well received, so they decided to continue the collaboration in some form. 
When both Allard Krijger (FRAKnoise) and Stefan Robbers (Eevolute, Terrace) got infected with the modular virus Stefan came up with the idea to make ambient music. So at first it was this: two modular set-ups bleeping happily together side by side. But soon Allard started to bring other stuff into the well equipped Eevolute studio, leaving his modest modular rack at home.  What he brought? This could be anything:  a rare Casio homekeyboard, a mandolin, some effect pedals, a strange noise box, an omnichord, etc. Anything that would fit into his old grey suitcase. Often this instrument or effect functioned as the kick-off for a new track.  
This was how their first ‘album’ was conceived. It was an exploration of what they could do together, combining their different approach to music and combining the gear. This album is never released, and will never be released as such. It is a blueprint for future ‘The Heisenberg Compensators’ albums; each track of the Blueprint Album is a concept for its own album. 
This album ‘the Adventures of Werner and Random’  is based on a track from this Blueprint Album where guitar was involved, embedded in synthy drums and pads. So on ‘The Adventures of Werner and Random’ Stefan is playing his modular synths, drumcomputers and some other stuff, and Allard is playing guitars, loopers and fx. 

The Heisenberg Compensators’ name is a reference to the work of Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976), who is known for his work on the uncertainty principle. Chaos. 
The Heisenberg Compensators organize chaos in their music. This can be done at several levels. Sometimes quite literal with random generators, sometime in the energy going back and forth between Allard and Stefan. 
Of course the Heisenberg Compensator is also a premium component of the transporters on federation star ships.

08 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Dice.3min

07 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Dust.3min

06 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Stroke.3min

05 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Glory.3min

04 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Question.3min

03 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Gales.3min

02 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Clearing.3min

01 - The Heisenberg Compensators - Inner.3min

We are The Heisenberg Compensators, two electronic music producers and instrumentalists from Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Consisting of Stefan Robbers, who released on various record labels for many years, including his imprint Eevo Lute Muzique and Allard Krijger, composer and multi-instrumentalist, affiliated with the COM foundation.

We are creating ambient/postrock/shoegaze/chillout songs using mostly analog hardware, modular synthesizers, acoustic and sometimes exotic instruments. 

Heisenberg Compensators

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