Danceteria Black Vinyl

The final album is both a love letter to early 80s New York and a tribute to the late, great Dave Ball.Electronic music legendsSoft Cell, aka singer andfrontmanMarc Almondand multiinstrumentalist and producerDave Ball,are set to release039Danceteria039, their sixth and final studio album.039Danceteria039 the album is a big,classyand playful farewell to 47 years of Marc and Dave making music as Soft Cell and features careerdefining performances from our electronic pop legends. Reminiscent ofSparksandPet Shop Boysand withlyricsLady Gagawould kill for, the album takes you on a vivid journey through a day in early 80s New York, bouncing round the clock from night to bleary daybreak and headlong back into the club.Marc providesan initialsnapshot into the album34Danceteriais a love letter to New York in the early 80039s.The time we spent in New York where we recorded our first 3 albums shaped us both as artists and people. To celebrate this period is a fitting farewell to Dave Ball and the final Soft Cell studio album.34039Danceteria039 is equally a tribute to the late, great Dave Ball. The final album is one of the last bodies of work Ball cowrote and produced before his sad, untimely passing on the 22nd of October 2025. Almond led the obituaries, describing Dave as a34brilliant musical genius34.The world039s media followed, hailing him as an electronic music pioneer, plus music stars includingNeil TennantandChris Lowefrom thePet Shop Boys, Mute Records039 Daniel Miller,CabaretVoltaireandRichard Norrisfrom Dave039s techno duoThe Gridcontributing an outpouring of elegiac praise. Dave finished 039Danceteria039 two days before he passedawayand it is in full tribute to him that the album release went ahead as planned.It is also because of Dave039s passing that 039Danceteria039 simplyhas tobe the last Soft Cell album, as Marc explains 039There can be no more recordings of Soft Cell without Dave, it would not be possible. The sad reality is that Dave Ball was half of Soft Cell, and live work aside, I can039t write Soft Cell songs without him.34