Open to opening slots. Self-contained: Regan brings everything, sets up quickly, plays to the time slot and clears the stage fast. A good way to start a night: the room settles in and starts listening.
About
reganbogen is Regan Heckscher, a multi-instrumentalist percussionist. Alone on stage, Regan builds each piece in circles: a vibraphone figure, then marimba, synthesizer, voice and hand percussion, looped and layered until the room is inside it, like the soundtrack to a hallucination. Field recordings run underneath: birdsong and other sounds Regan gathers from daily life.
A reganbogen set works more like a ritual than a concert. It is slow, sincere and hypnotic, and it asks the audience to arrive. Regan is also a stop-motion animator, and some shows include an original film projected behind the instruments. Regan also plays in other Louisville bands and appears on other artists' records.
The name comes from Regenbogen, the German word for rainbow.
After a hard day stuck inside their own head, one listener said the set brought them back: present, engaged and intentional again.
Listen and watch
Listen on Spotify or Bandcamp. Watch live at Maybe It's Fate, Louisville, KY, May 12, 2026:
Being Time
Of This Earth, Not This Form
I Want to Live to Be 123At a glance
- Instruments
- Vibraphone, marimba, synthesizer, voice, percussion, field recordings, live looping
- Live format
- Solo and self-contained. Fits the slot. Optional stop-motion projection.
- Releases
- wind moon bird sage (2023) · Admiral Emerald Sentinel Sweet Gum (2021)
- Genre
- Art pop / dream pop, with a minimalist pulse: Moondog's rounds, Meredith Monk's voice work, mallets and loops, the outdoors
