Ambient Indie Pop

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Fuelled by a mutual passion for rock, in all its expressions and variations, the four members of Drønes '72 (three Italians with a German drummer) started to play together in 2014. They first met up by chance in a rehearsal studio in Brussels. 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) 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.
Spending time playing live together, the band consolidated the respective musical backgrounds and inspirations to define its own sound and in 2017 released its first studio work: Whispers never stop - Vol. 1.  Their debut EP is an ode to resilience. It contains four original tracks and two live bonus tracks. The lyrics intersect different feelings and perspectives, for the most linked to life at the Brussels latitude. Songs explore a variety of sounds, swinging from indie and alternative rock, which sometimes fall into sweeter melodies that then go up loud again, ending into a more aggressive beat and fuzz-hinged sound. The songs were written during the crazy days of the Brussels "lockdown" and were recorded right then, in the basement of an old and squeaky maison de maître in downtown Ixelles, while the rest of the city was holding its breathe for the terrorist hunt by police, military and special forces, after the attacks at the Bataclan. Whispers Never Stop, Vol. 2 was release in March 2019, with five new original songs and a live bonus track. In May 2019 the band also released a live single, performed for and sponsored by Live at Aloft.

Drønes '72 are: Francesco Morini (bass guitar); Wolfgang Schläger (drums); Francesco Tramontin (voice, rhythm guitar); Giulio Venneri (lead guitar, vocals).

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