Lewis David Mokler (born 20 May 1993), also known as HUNTAR, is an English alternative/indie singer and songwriter.
Early life
Lewis Mokler began singing at an early age, performing covers in
karaoke pubs, before busking around his hometown and in
Cambridge. Soon after Mokler was given an acoustic guitar, teaching himself to play and performing at various
open mic nights around
Suffolk
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. In April 2011 Mokler performed at The Doodle Bar in
Bury St Edmunds
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where he was spotted by local manager & promoter Joe Weaver, and the two began working with each other.
His brother, Kian Mokler, was also an inspiration to Lewis.
Music career
Mokler released three free demo EPs over the course of 2011 before entering local battle of the bands competition, BurySOUND. After being the first solo artist to win the competition since it began in 1998, Mokler began to get regular gig slots around East Anglia before being asked to support more established artists such as Lester Clayton, Ryan Keen,
Antonio Lulic, and
Jake Morley
Jake Morley (born 1 August 1983) is a British singer-songwriter, based in north London.
Early life
Morley grew up in Mill Hill, London. He learned guitar at an early age and began writing songs whilst at Mill Hill County High School in north we ...
.
Mokler released his debut album ''Fingertips'' on 25 June 2012, which on its first day reached number 6 in the iTunes singer-songwriter chart, leading to praise from fellow musicians
Ed Sheeran &
Lewis Watson.
In October 2012 Lewis Mokler began his first UK tour alongside local singer-songwriter Adam Moss, releasing a 4-track collaboration EP together to coincide with the tour.
After performing 177 gigs in 2012,
Mokler entered the studio to record the ''Skybound EP'' which was released on 8 April 2013, reaching number 4 in the UK iTunes singer-songwriter chart & number 59 in the US iTunes singer-songwriter charts.
The first single ''Word By Word'' was co-written with Welsh musician
Amy Wadge, famous for her ''Songs I Wrote With Amy EP'' collaboration alongside
Ed Sheeran.
In 2014 he no longer made music under the name "Lewis Mokler", but started under the name "HUNTAR". He released his first EP ''Bitter'' as HUNTAR in 2014, followed by ''Love I Know'' and ''Autumn'' in 2015. Multiple artists made remixes of his EPs, which are Mokler's third and forth EP, ''BITTAR'' and ''Rmxs'' respectively.
After having released several singles in 2016 and 2017, he finally released his debut album ''Your Favorite Worst Mistake'' on 15 September 2017. His sophomore album ''The Ride'' was released December 2018. No music came out for a while until 2020, when he released two singles; "Tonight" with
TW3LV and "Say Anything" with
HRTLESS.
HUNTAR’s song “Anyway” was featured in the
EA Sports game
FIFA 17
''FIFA 17'' is a football simulation video game developed and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. It was released in September 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. This is the fir ...
.
Live performances
He has performed at a number of UK summer music festivals over the years, including Summer Jam Music Festival in
Torquay alongside
Lethal Bizzle &
Boy Better Know,
as well as headlining the Access To Music stage at
Latitude Festival
The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006 and has been held every year since, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 ...
in Suffolk. He in total performed 177 gigs in 2012.
He has so far supported a number of successful musicians such as Ryan Keen, Antonio Lulic, Lester Clayton, Jake Morley,
Lewis Watson,
Ethan Ash
Ethan Ash is an English singer-songwriter and musician, based in Cambridge, England.
Life and career Early life
Ethan Ash was born in the North East of England and grew up in Brighton and Cambridge. He began playing classical guitar when he w ...
,
Sion Russell Jones
Siôn Russell Jones is a Welsh singer and songwriter. Jones was born in Cardiff, Wales, he started playing the guitar at the age of 7 and studied music at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).
Music career
In October 2 ...
,
Leddra Chapman, Hobbie Stuart & Bipolar Sunshine.
Releases
2011–2013: ''Lewis Mokler''
EPs
*"Beginners Luck EP" (May 2011) (Self-release)
*"Live For Today EP" (July 2011) (Self-release)
*"Lost & Found EP" (October 2011) (Self-release)
*"The Penguins & Turtles EP" (October 2012) (Toonteen Industries)
*"Skybound EP" (April 2013) (Toonteen Industries) – No. 4 UK iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart, No. 72 iTunes Chart & No. 59 US iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart.
Albums
*''Fingertips'' (25 June 2012) (Toonteen Industries) – No. 6 UK iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart
2014–present: ''HUNTAR''
EPs
*
Bitter' (5 December 2014)
*
Love I know' (1 May 2015)
*
BITTAR' (2015)
*
Rmxs' (2015)
*
Autumn' (10 July 2015)
Albums
''Your Favorite Worst Mistake'' (15 September 2017) (
Glassnote Records)
''The Ride''(7 December 2018) (
Glassnote Records)
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
People from Newmarket, Suffolk
English male singer-songwriters
English singer-songwriters
21st-century English singers
21st-century British male singers