The Story So Far...

Abelardo Gil is a mild mannered, teacher/motivator of the one-man entity called Treasure Mammal from Phoenix , Arizona. Abe was born in Valencia, Venezuela, raised in Los Angeles, and has lived in Phoenix for the last decade.

Abe started performing by playing in noise bands in Phoenix  in 2001. Projects started and ended for two years. But in 2003, Abe started Treasure Mammal along with a drummer named Nicholas Kroll.

Abe utilized the guitar, and a sampler, while Nick played the drum machine and real drums. They played about 20 shows until Nick moved to Ithaca , NY to pursue a degree in philosophy at Cornell University .   After Nick left in the summer of 2004, Abe decided to transform Treasure Mammal into his genre bending solo project.

A Treasure Mammal show now consists of Abe armed with a sampler, and microphone. Performances are funny, abrasive, interactive, inspiring, motivating and leaves the audience feeling as if they have traveled a great distance, coming out better people on the other side.

Treasure Mammal’s music is hard to categorize because he uses circuit bent instruments, children’s toys, Casio keyboards, guitars, drum machines, and loops made on a variety of computer programs. Some people have described Treasure Mammal’s music as a mix of dance pop, early 90’s hip-hop, hardcore, and motivational rock.  

Since Treasure Mammal has gone solo, he has released two full-length albums called “Secret Treasures” and “Expect the Max.” Abe also released a split 7 inch with Panda 84, which you can find for sale in our store. 

Treasure Mammal has opened up for the The Octopus Project, XBXRX, The MiniBosses, Sam Prekop, Mae Shi, Bullet Train to Vegas, Barr, Numbers, The Show is the Rainbow, and Glass Candy.  

Treasure Mammal is meditation; It is an entity that brings people together through love and chaos. This entity that gets created at shows empowers the people by making them realize that each individual has something great to offer their community. Although Treasure Mammal can be personified by one, Abelardo Gil,  Treasure Mammal is actually a mixture of every person in the world simultaneously laughing and eating Smarties.