All members of the expat community in Brussels, they first met up by chance in a rehearsal studio. After some hours of loud improvised music with a very fuzzy and distorted sound, it became clear that there was something to pursue further and a powerful groove to share and nurture. Without much need to reflect further, they had already become DrØnes '72 and started to play gigs in Brussels and around. The name of the band brings together a retrospective look (1972 is the year of the Munich Olympics, symbol of great expectations, broken dreams and great resilience, as well as of the Uruguayan Air Force flight airplane crash on the Andes Mountains) and a forward look to the new frontiers of human knowledge – with the underlying idea that music should try to synthesise opposites, sew ties between past memories, dreams, and wishes for the future, and reach out to the widest possible public. During the first decade together, DrØnes '72 played many gigs in Belgium, but also crossed the border into Italy, Germany, and the Western Balkans, with some memorable live performances in Tirana (Albania) at the Tulla Nouvelle Terrace and in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). They have also performed a few memorable live unplugged, at Radio Alma and Radio Panik, both in Brussels, and at ClubFM Radio in Albania.

Dischography
The first studio EP was released in early 2017 as “Whispers never stop - Vol. 1”, recorded at the Zinne Studio in Brussels. In March 2019, “Whispers Never Stop - Vol. 2” was released, with five new original songs recorded at the Jet Studio in Brussels and a live bonus track recorded for Live at ALoft. In March 2022, the band released a raw live unplugged, titled “Panik, Sweat (Live Acoustic)”, with eight tracks all recorded live at Radio Panik in Brussels, performed for the Sunday afternoon show Historias Minimas. Live performance, no overdubs, sound rigorously captured with ambient microphones and all original songs by DrØnes 72. In April 2024 the band released their latest EP, Magic Pond. The songs were recorded at the Jet Studio in Brussels. In September 2024, the band released a special vinyl EP, Magic Pond Whispers, putting together the best tracks produced in the first ten years of activity. All the music production of DrØnes 72 is available across all best online music platforms.

DrØnes '72 are Davide Buldrini (guitars, vocals); Francesco Morini (bass guitar); Wolfgang Schläger (drums and percussions); Francesco Tramontin (lead singing, acoustic guitar); Giulio Venneri (lead guitar, vocals).

The artwork of all the band’s albums until 2023 has been by kind concession of internationally awarded photographer Giulio Zanni. Band logos and merchandise drawings are by the Slovak Chinese-ink artist Slavo Lalik. All the album artwork of Magic Pond marks a new artistic collaboration with the very talented street photographer Serena Clausi (@serena_clausi_photography).