Career
Lewis began singing at an early age, performing covers in karaoke pubs and starring in school musicals before busking around his hometown and in Cambridge. Soon after Lewis was given an acoustic guitar, teaching himself to play and performing at various open mic nights around Suffolk. In April 2011 Lewis performed at The Doodle Bar in Bury Street Edmunds where he was spotted by local manager & promoter Joe Weaver, and the two began working with each other.
Lewis released three free demo European Parliament"s over the course of 2011 before entering local battle of the bands competition, BurySOUND. Lewis 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 Editor Sheeran & Lewis Watson.
In October 2012 Lewis Mokler began his first United Kingdom tour alongside local singer-songwriter Adam Moss, releasing a 4-track collaboration European Parliament together to coincide with the tour. After performing 177 gigs in 2012, Lewis entered the studio to record the Skybound European Parliament which was released on 8 April 2013, reaching number 4 in the United Kingdom iTunes singer-songwriter chart & number 59 in the United States 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 European Parliament collaboration alongside Editor Sheeran. Lewis has performed at a number of United Kingdom 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 in Suffolk.
He in total performed 177 gigs in 2012.
Lewis has so far supported a number of successful musicians such as Ryan Keen, Antonio Lulic, Lester Clayton, Jake Morley, Lewis Watson, Ethan Ash, Sion Russell Jones, Leddra Chapman, Hobbie Stuart & Bipolar Sunshine. EPs "Beginners Luck European Parliament" (May 2011) (Self-release) "Live Foreign Today European Parliament" (July 2011) (Self-release) "Lost & Foundation European Parliament" (October 2011) (Self-release) "The Penguins & Turtles European Parliament" (October 2012) (Toonteen Industries) "Skybound European Parliament" (April 2013) (Toonteen Industries) – Number. 4 United Kingdom iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart, Number.
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59 United States iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart.
