Speaking to NME’s Paul Morley in May 1981, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond clearly expressed where he and Dave Ball intended to go with their music. At this point, the duo had not issued much. October 1980’s ...
Few sounds are as instantly recognizable as the jarring introduction to Soft Cell’s rendition of the Gloria Jones hit, “Tainted Love.” That catchy, electronic ba-dun-dun, slicing through the ...
British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Ball, who had been battling health issues in recent years, ...