Marco Bellini & Val Weller "Romantic / Dead Generation"

Marco Bellini and Val Weller team up for two new tracks on Plastica Red. Having caused a bit of a fuss with their first release ´Dirty´, which found it´s way onto various compilations, as well as the hearts of music lovers and the press alike. ´Romantic´ and ´Dead Generation´ sees them move into a similar direction with their tribal dirty house, but gets a bit edgier with harder techy sounds.

´Romantic´ has a looped vocal and a hard lead synth that powers the tune. A funky sassy groove sets in, while the beats travel through dips and drops. A sweet vocal sample comes in with chiming synths, and a good build starts up and then the beats pop back in. Ravey stabs cut into the drums and become the main focus of the tune, bringing in a peak and then slowly fading away.

A mental vocal starts out ´Dead Generation´, and a good set of mechanical drums build behind it. Bouncy hits join a funky bouncy groove. A sassy disco element fits in there, and the chiming tones ring in. The ravey stabs have been lifted from this tune, but it´s pretty much the same as ´Romantic´ all the way through.

Both tracks seem to lack something original and diverse as both are very similar, one more for the peak time, and one for a housier night, and I feel they could have changed things up a bit more considering how they have performed in the past, leaving this release as something somewhat disappointing in comparison.