New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Synth pop pioneers Soft Cell will reissue their classic remix album 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' on the 20th June 2025 via Universal Music. The 1982 original, inspiring generations of clubbers, DJs and remixers the world over, is fully remastered and bolstered by the inclusion of extended versions of its two hit singles. Namely, the smouldering melodrama of 'Torch', which famously just missed becoming Soft Cell's second Number One hit by being kept off the top spot by Adam Ant, plus the top three hit 'What!', a cover of Judy Street's 1965 Northern Soul heartache anthem. All is brought bang up to date with a second disc of remixes including Erasure, The Hacker, Jon Pleased Wimmin, Daniel Miller and Hifi Sean, alongside highlights from 2007's long-deleted 'Heat - The Remixes'.
'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' is available now to pre-order on double LP, double CD and digital here: https://SoftCell.lnk.to/NSED
Soft Cell, aka singer, frontman and LGBTQ icon Marc Almond and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Ball, made their name in the clubs of Leeds, London, New York and Berlin before pop stardom hit with their groundbreaking, subversive performance of 'Tainted Love' on Top of the Pops in 1981. A rework of key moments from the electronic duo's seminal debut album 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' alongside a couple of unreleased tracks, 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' is hailed as one of the very first remix albums, and reached number 6 in the UK album charts in June 1982. It was closely followed by The Human League - temporarily renamed as The League Unlimited Orchestra - releasing their own extended rework of 1981's electro pop classic 'Dare' in 'Love and Dancing'.
'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' features six dancefloor-slaying tracks, including, in addition to the aforementioned singles, an extended version of 'Memorabilia' that transformed the original into a 3am proto-house banger. The reissued 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' channels the neon glamour and grit of Danceteria, Batcave, The Camden Palace and Studio 54 and still sounds fresh, menacing and ready to throw shapes in 2025.
Listen to the 'Memorabilia 808 remix' by Grenoble's finest The Hacker below:
Over to Dave Ball on the making of 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing':
"Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing, recorded at Mediasound in a very cold and snowy New York in February 1982, was a bit like a party in the studio. It was created to encapsulate the atmosphere and influences of all the clubs we went to, the music we danced to, and the drugs we took during our nights out in New York - the most obvious being cocaine and our most recent discovery at the time, ecstasy. We stripped or dubbed out most of the vocals and added more horns, and extensively used the analogue Serge modular system (that also played the pulsating sound heard on 'Torch', recorded around the same time). It generated fantastically dirty, random chaos and synthetic scratch sounds which just added to the intensity of the album. It ultimately captured the zeitgeist - and I think still sounds valid today."
Since their reunion in 2018, Soft Cell have made a steady return to prominence and continue to shake things up in their ever provocative, uncompromising way. 2022's new album 'Happiness Not Included' followed in the footsteps of the feted 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' 40th anniversary boxset and tour, featuring a chart-topping collaboration with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys in 'Purple Zone' as well as collaboration with experimental queer artist CHRISTEENE. Most recently, Soft Cell toured Australia for the first time ever and will be touring the States extensively in May and June with Simple Minds. Closer to home, Soft Cell headline Rewind festival at Henley-on-Thames on 16th August, their only UK show of 2025 (get tickets here). Around their extensive touring commitments, Marc and Dave are still finding time to continue work on their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album.
Side A:
1Memorabilia (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
2Where Did Our Love Go? (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
3What! (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
Side B:
4A Man Could Get Lost (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
5Chips On My Shoulder (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
6 Sex Dwarf (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
LP 2:
Side C:
1.Torch (12" Version) - Remastered
2.Insecure Me? (12" Version) - Remastered
3. A Man Could Get Lost (Jon Pleased Wimmin Remix) - Previously promo only
Side D:
4. Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) - Previously on Keychains box set only
5.What! (12" Version) - Remastered
6. So (12" Version) - Remastered
CD1:
1 Memorabilia (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
2 Where Did Our Love Go? (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
3 What! (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
4 A Man Could Get Lost (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
5 Chips On My Shoulder (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
6 Sex Dwarf (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Version) - Remastered
7 Tainted Dub (From Original 12") - Remastered
8 Torch (12" Version) - Remastered
9 Insecure Me? (12" Version) - Remastered
10 What! (12" Version) - Remastered
11 So (12" Version) - Remastered
12 Torch (7" Version) - Remastered
13 Insecure Me? (7" Version) - Remastered
14 What! (7" Version) - Remastered
CD2:
1 Memorabilia (The Hacker 808 Remix) - Previously unreleased
2 A Man Could Get Lost (Jon Pleased Wimmin Remix) - Previously promo only
3 Torch (MHC 2001 Remix) - Previously unreleased version
4 Insecure Me? (Hifi Sean Remix) - Previously promo only
5 So (Hifi Sean Baltimore Basement Dub) - Previously promo only
6 Bedsitter (Manhattan Clique Mix) - Previously on Heat The Remixes only
7 Tainted Love (Paul Dakeyne Remix) - Previously unreleased version
8 Memorabilia (Wally Funk Remix) - Previously promo only
9 Sex Dwarf (The Grid Remix) - Previously on Heat The Remixes only
10 Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) - Previously on Keychains box set only
11 So (The Grid Remix) - First time ever on CD
12 Memorabilia (Daniel Miller Remix) - Previously on NSEC 6CD only
