Johan Gille: singing, guitars, banjo, ukulele
Jonas Olsson: singing, guitars, mandolin, dobro, harmonica
Occasional members Mattias Jonsson: bass
Fredrik Sandgren: trumpet, euphonium
Matts Ohlsson: drums, percussion, good spirits
Influences
Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Sandy Denny, Richard & Linda Thompson, Go-Betweens, Magnetic Fields, Joan Manuel Serrat, Sufjan Stevens, Hank Williams, Louvin Brothers, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, Tom Rush, Rufus Wainwright, IK Sirius, Kate Wolf, Woody Guthrie, Caetano Veloso, Willie Nelson, Silvio Rodríguez, The Shins, The Church, Offside magazine, the second cup of coffee...
Swedish folk/country/pop outfit Able has been making music for almost fifteen years, enjoying some success in unexpected corners of the globe (the first album was distributed across SE Asia, the second released by a US label), but mostly not. Members have come and gone, families have extended, but the musical direction has been pretty consistent.
Today, Able consists of core members Johan Gille and Jonas Olsson, at times joined by friends who can play, for instance, the trumpet or the violin.
The future is, as always, bright. There's no point in seeing it otherwise. The home studio was inaugurated in the spring of 2006, the results of which will hopefully and continuously be posted here.
Allmusic.com:
"Swedish indie pop combo Able was formed in 1993 by singers/guitarists Johan Gille and Lotta Nyblad while attending Uppsala University; with the additions of guitarist Anders Nilsson, bassist Bo Larses, multi-instrumentalist Erik Hellström and drummer Jakob Frodell. The group signed to the Harry Lime label to issue its 1996 debut LP Prestigeless Lovesounds. By the following autumn, Able was in shambles following the dissolution of Gille and Nyblad's romance, although both continued writing new material; the country-influenced songs that were ultimately recorded remained in limbo, however, as Harry Lime went bankrupt. After the same fate befell Able's new label, the famed North of No South, the band finally signed to the American indie Blackbean and Placenta Tape Club to release the sessions in late 1999 as Lost Love Songs."
Selected discography
Albums/EP's, etc.
-- Lost Third Album (a.k.a Sweetest Wind. CD, 2001. Pimiento Recordings. Unreleased)
-- Lost Love Songs (CD 1999. Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club/Pimiento Recordings.)
-- The Seasons & The Moods EP (7" 1999. Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club/Pimiento Recordings.)
-- Prestigeless Lovesounds (CD 1996. H. Lime Records [Swe], Denon-Nippon Columbia [Asia].)
Compilations
-- Blåsvarta dynamitpiller (CD 2004. Västra Sidan.)
Able: Construction Workers
-- Hopping On The West Coast (CD 2001. Mobstar Records.)
Able: Lookin' To Be Movin' On
(This cover of an old Tramway song is from a tribute compilation to music/bands/labels from Bristol, UK.)
-- Little Darla Has A Treat For You, vol. 17 (CD 2001. Darla Records.)
Able: Springtime [demo]
-- Viva Mobstar! (CD 2000. Mobstar Records.)
Able: This Longing [demo]
-- I'm A Cheap Bastard (CD 2000. Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club.)
Able: Family Man [demo]
-- Little Darla Has A Treat For You, vol. 13 (CD 1999. Darla Records.)
Able: Screw You Around
-- Magnet Promo (CD 2000. Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club/Magnet Magazine.)
Able: For A Purpose
(This compilation went out to all US subscribers of Magnet. We haven't seen a copy of it yet; if anyone has a spare copy, please let us know!)
-- The Blackbean & Placenta Summer 1999 compilation (CD 1999. Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club.)
Able: Trouble Among The Horses
-- A Chance To Shine (CD 1996. Dorian Records.)
Able: I Was So In Love (And Now I Don't Know Why) [demo]
-- In The Limelight (CD 1995. H. Lime Records.)
Able: Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa
April Sky ['Fugitive' version]
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Hello Able - long time no hear! I really like your new music - is there anyway I can get hold of a copy of the 'lost album'? I'd love to hear it. I used to have an email address for you but that was a few years ago now and computer crashes etc. have meant I lost it.
Anyway - glad to hear you are still producing music, Paula (Girlboy Girl) x
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