User:Hsmit6/sandbox/Brendan Regan

Personal Life
Brendan Regan (Born June 24, 1995) is a Swedish-American musician, singer, filmmaker and visual artist.

Born in Middletown, CT, he began his career as a founding member and lead guitarist of the band Gravity senses founded in 2015 at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT. Raised in Middletown, CT, Regan was a revolving member of local bands and a key figure in the local skateboarding scene. Regan is a vegetarian.

Career
Regan began his formal music career in 2015 while enrolled at the University of New Haven with the band Gravity Senses. Known for their aethereal shoegaze style and strong creative compositions including music videos, Gravity Senses rose to prominence as the leading musical group in the West Haven Alternative Rock scene. Lead by Regan, Gravity Senses performed at local underground venues and Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT. Gravity Senses's debut album 567 was released July 27, 2017.

Throughout the project, Regan was a prolific filmmaker, recording and editing his own music videos for the band. Regan uses a (which camera?).

After Gravity Senses’ release of 567, Regan developed a new musical endeavor within the Alternative genre with the band The Enigmas with members of Gravity Senses and other prominent members of the West Haven Alternative Rock scene. Their debut album is Machinations, released in 2019.

During the development of The Enigmas, Regan and his collaborators founded the creative co-op known as Thee Sun which is arguably the center of the West Haven Alternative DIY scene. Thee Sun was a musical, film, photography, and visual art space where members of the local art scene met and shared musical and artistic ideas.

Regan is also an accomplished studio musician and collaborator for the North East tri-state-area musical projects including Radical Reversal.

Solo Career
Regan performs solo compositions through the moniker ETHER or OF ETHER. Often inspired by digital music automation and DIY production, Regan’s solo projects are distinct from his past work with collaborators. Influenced by the work of Stanley Donwood, Regan’s solo work often expresses the concepts of introspection and creative chaos.

Regan’s distinct artistic and musical style developed early in his career through experimentation with Shoegaze and abstract expressionism, often tying the two together conceptually through multi-media visual art using found objects and unorthodox artistic materials. His visual art has been acquired by several notable art collectors in the Northeast.

As a prolific creative, Regan continues to produce music and music videos in Valley Stream, NY.

Influences

 * Radiohead
 * Thom Yorke
 * Lou Reed
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Travis Scott
 * Television
 * The Strokes

Filmography
work in progress