Persone is a rock trio from Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 whose songs are sung in Esperanto

Esperanto

is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...

, formed in late February and early March 1986 by Martin Wiese, Borje Lund, Bertilo Wennergren

Bertilo Wennergren

Bertilo Wennergren [VEN-er-gren] , born 4 October 1956, is a Swedish Esperantist currently living in Seoul, South Korea...

, and Per Ola Axelsson. The band has comprised the current members since 1990.

Persone often plays concerts at conventions for young Esperanto speakers, for example the International Youth Congress (Internacia Junulara Kongreso) and the International Seminar (Internacia Seminario). The group has come out with five albums to date, from the cassette 62 minutoj (1987) to the rock CD ...sed estas ne (1999), and the acoustic CD Sen (2002).

Band members

Current Lineup (1990–)

• Martin Wiese—electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , lead singer
• Anders Grop—bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Bertilo Wennergren—drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  s, vocals

Third Lineup (1989–1990):

• Martin Wiese—electric guitar, lead singer
• Borje Lund—electric guitar, bass guitar , vocals
• Bertilo Wennergren—drums, vocals

Second Lineup (1988–1989):

• Martin Wiese—electric guitar, lead singer
• Borje Lund—electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Bertilo Wennergren—drums, vocals
• Benedikte Weinreich—synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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Original Lineup (1986–1988):

• Martin Wiese—electric guitar, lead singer
• Borje Lund—electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Bertilo Wennergren—drums, vocals
• Per Ola Axelsson—saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  , vocals

Style

Persone's style sometimes uses acoustics, following in the steps of Simon and Garfunkel

Simon and Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel are an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the...

, but it is mostly electronic, a style similar to that of The Police

The Police

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...

 or U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

. Today it is one of the most widely-known groups in Esperanto music and Esperanto culture, in general.

History

The group was created in 1986 for the first Cultural Esperanto Festival (Kultura Esperanto-Festivalo). The idea came from Borje Lund, who also came up with the name, a simple play on words between person-e ("personally") and per-son-e ("through sound"), and recruited the other three members: Martin Wiese, Bertilo Wennegren, and Per Ola Axelsson. Their first practice was on March 7, 1986, and many more took place in a house in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 regularly until May 9. The concert at the Cultural Esperanto Festival took place on May 17 in the same city, and Persone received an overwhelming positive public response, after which the band decided to stay together.

Discography

• 62 (Sesdek Du) Minutoj (1987)
  1. De l’ Praa Tempo Ĝis la Nun’
  2. Tute Sekura
  3. La Bonurbo
  4. Ĉu Al Paca Cel’
  5. Ĉu Vi Pentas?
  6. Longe For
  7. Ampeforto
  8. Bluso En Rubuj’
  9. Nur Por la Pano
  10. Mia Knabino
  11. Portanto De la Lun’
  12. Eĉ Knaboj

• En la Spegulo (1991)
  1. Kio Ajn
  2. Amanda
  3. En la Spegulo
  4. Ĉu Neniam Plu
  5. Mi Ne Scias
  6. Folioj En la Vent’
  7. Alia Mondo
  8. Neĝo Dancas
  9. Du Homoj

• Vinilkosmo kompil' 1 (1995) – The Vinilkosmo Compilation Album 1 (named after the record label Vinilkosmo) included the Persone song Reĝoj de cindro (track 8).

• Vinilkosmo kompil' 2 (1996) – The Vinilkosmo Compilation Album 2 included the Martin Wiese's (of Persone) Vivo duras sed vi molas (track 3).

• Povus Esti Simple (1996)
  1. Povus Esti Simple
  2. Mondo Au Mi
  3. Trans Torent’
  4. Vortoj
  5. Ili Venos
  6. Revoj
  7. Maskobalo
  8. Kiam Amo Regas
  9. Mejlojn For
  10. Reĝoj de Cindro
  11. Nun Mallumas Ekstere
  12. La Leviĝo de la Lun’
  13. El la Man’

• ...Sed Estas Ne (1999, Part of Kolekto 2000
  Kolekto 2000
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  1. Liza Pentras Bildojn
  2. Se la Cerbo Volas
  3. La Ĉielo
  4. Sola?
  5. Bileto Al la Lun’
  6. Kion Ajn
  7. Fantomoj de la Pasintec’
  8. Lasu Min Sonĝi

• Sen (2002)
  1. Pli Ol Nenio
  2. La Fantoma Lum’
  3. Mi Ĉiam Kredis (Ke la Koro)
  4. Estu Ĉiam
  5. Sola En Vaku
  6. Revoj
  7. Korpo kaj Anim’
  8. Patro Nia
  9. Perloj Sur la Ter’
  10. Lasu Min Sonĝi
  11. Nun Mallumas Ekstere