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Warren Buckler began his musical endeavor after a friend encouraged him to try out the bass-guitar. So he picked it up, self-taught himself, and the wheels began to turn. He's since then experimented with the drums, percussion, keyboard, and most importantly to his style today, the acoustic guitar. So set the stage when he entered college as an undergraduate seeking a degree in music production.While attending Ohio University, the Dayton, Ohio, native was exposed to new genres, the diversity of which included trip hop, acid jazz, down-tempo, indie, and folk. His use of acoustics and electronic beats echoes the ideas of Four Tet, while his plaintive vocals and guitar remind you of Jose Gonzalez. Other notable influences on his creative inspiration are Portishead, Zero 7, Bonobo, and Massive Attack. Furthermore, while at Ohio University, he was part of the African Drum Ensemble, which presented the youthful talent a number of rhythmic variations layered with a purposefully controlled chaos guided by precise timing. At the dawn of his musical awareness and education, Buckler nurtured an affinity for intelligent music, or that which requires a trained appreciation and aptitude for recognizing how diverse sounds can be fused to produce something refreshingly new in the world of music.Following college, he took his music to Chicago where he spent most of his time writing and polishing his style. Shortly after arriving, the deep gusts of the windy city swept him off to the western mania-urbania of Los Angeles. There he learned hands on knowledge of the independent music industry and while there explored and gained a following. Inspired, refreshed, and confident he could keep on making a name creating music, Buckler returned to his native midwest and to the city that spawns mega-indie stars, Chicago.Since then, hes been honing his guitar skills while adding a touch of technology to his repertoire by manufacturing his own accompanying instrumentation and percussion with a synthetic sophistication. Self-taught on the guitar, one can appreciate the skills he manifests with his arrangements. His classical guitar picking style with Spanish flamenco undertones shows his vast knowledge of music. His solo efforts captivate audiences with a simple construction, yet complicated performance of percussive bass lines giving way delicately to soft melodic phrases. His talent on guitar is only strengthened in performance by his softly toned vocals. He has matured into a lyrical style of his own, and self released his debut album, Like that of the Coral. It was written, recorded and produced by the artist and has proven to be a multi-layered exploration of the many genres fused under the common banner of sound. Buckler has performed at many of Chicago's well known indie venues including Double Door, The Abbey, Uncommon Ground, Elbo Room, Reggie's, Martyr's, Lasalle Power Co, Q4, etc.
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Warren Buckler at Uncommon Ground
Warren Buckler at Uncommon Ground
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6/6/2011 - Like that of the Coral RemixA London based artist took the pleasure of remixing one of my songs, "Like that of the Coral. " He's quite a talented musician and creates some very complex and interesting mixes. I'm glad he we were able to connect and very happy with the sound. Below is a link to the song, which is free to download by the way. There's a link to "ending in ing's" website too. Like that of the Coral (ending in ing mix)ending in ing5/3/2011 - New Track - Eyes of the MassiveI just uploaded a new song, some of you might have heard the song as I play it live quite a bit. Enjoy!Link to "Eyes of the Massive"2/18/2011 - ConcArtLast night I played a show down in Pilsen put together by James of The GTW and the Chicago Art Department. It was a night of good music, food, drinks and wonderful artwork. Below is a link to a short video recap of the night, check it out, it's really well done.Highlight Video1/11/2011 - Album Review - Illinois EntertainerI just found out about a review that was written a little while ago, in November in fact. But either way I'm glad they took the time to listen to my music and write a little about it. Below is a link to the review, it's the second paragraph.Album Review11/22/2010 - Live Studio Event ContinuedLast Wednesday I was invited to do a live studio set and interview courtesy of Audio Tree. It was streamed live online, but for those of you that did not get a chance to check it out then, you can by clicking here. It was a lot of fun as I have not experienced such an event before. It felt like one of those NPR musician interviews. Anyways, thanks to Audio Tree for making this happen. They conduct these live studio sets quite frequently, so I encourage you to check out their site!11/8/2010 - Live Studio Event I've been invited to do a live studio set and interview Wednesday, Nov 17th courtesy of Audio Tree. It'll be streamed live and can be listened to at www.audiotreemusic.com. I believe we'll be live at around 7pm.6/22/2010 - Chicago Street FestsI just found out that I'll be playing at this years Chicago Summerfest! I'm going on at 1pm this Sunday June 27th on the main stage.5/7/2010 - Reckless Records"Like that of the Coral" can now be found at all Reckless Records locations in Chicago! http://www.reckless.com/4/28/2010 - Folk PodcastI've been featured on CD Baby's Folk Podcast! You can check it out here.4/10/2010 - Free Mp3You can now download "Arlington Place" for free! You can find it by clicking here, or going to my music page. 4/3/2010 - CD at Janick'sThe owners at Janick's cafe in Wicker Park have agreed to sell my cd's! If you haven't been to Janick's, you'll find that they are big supporters of the local art and music scene. On top of being wonderful people, they also make fantastic food. If you're in the area stop by and check out my display and grab a sandwich too if you'd like.Janick's Cafe2011 W. Division StChicago, IL 606222/28/2010 - Debut Album ReleaseAfter what has seemed like an endless time of writing and recording, my debut album is finally complete. I feel accomplished, joyful, thankful and also relieved. The songs on the album have been works in progress for quite some time that have gradually been polished to become microphone ready. I couldn't tell you the amount of time I have spent in my studio apartment standing in front of my mic carefully capturing my guitar, vocals and mixing them on my computer. And in that time have been gaining valuable gigging experience from many of Chicago's well known indie venues. All in all, it's become quite a musically maturing ride. Obviously, what will follow this release will be more writing and playing out. It is what I am passionate about and what I enjoy doing. In closing, I hope "Like that of the Coral" will delight my listeners and fans. Please spread the word and don't hesitate to contact me with any feedback, words of encouragement, what have you. I would like to thank Sahar Esfahani, Kristen dela Serna, Branden Clarke, Shawn Stucky, Lindsey Wilson and most importantly all of my listeners.
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