Pelle Carlberg has been playing in bands since the Middle Ages. Most recently in Edson, a six-piece band with three splendid albums behind them. For the moment he is concentrating on his solo project, but Edson might do a show when you least expect it. He is influenced by the likes of Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, ABBA, The Beatles, Nationalteatern, Grease (the movie soundtrack), Gyllene tider, Magnus Uggla, Depeche Mode, Krafwerk, Simple Minds, U2, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ratata, The Smiths, Camouflage, Dileva, Jakob Hellman, Marc Almond, Imperiet, Pixies, The Go betweens, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Church, Demorgue, Sugarcubes, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Björk, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, bob hund, Nick Drake, Eggstone, The Cardigans, Blur, Popsicle, Burt Bacharach, Doris, The Bear Quartet, Belle and Sebastian, The Velvet Underground, The Beautiful South, Nicolai Dunger, Van Morrison, Credence Clear Water Revival, The Strokes, Neil Young, Doktor Kosmos, Håkan Hellström, Jens Lekman, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, [Ingenting], Anna Ternheim and The Hidden Cameras.