Dave Ball, one half of Tainted Love hitmakers Soft Cell, dies

Synth-pop instrumentalist Dave Ball, who was 1 fractional of the fashionable 1980s set Soft Cell, has died astatine the property of 66.

The physics musician, who, on with bandmate Marc Almond scored a UK Number One deed with Tainted Love, died connected Wednesday.

Bandmate Almond described him arsenic a "wonderfully superb philharmonic genius".

Almond, 68, said: "It is hard to constitute this, fto unsocial process it, arsenic Dave was successful specified a large spot emotionally. He was focused and truthful blessed with the caller medium that we virtually completed lone a fewer days ago...

"He volition ever beryllium loved by the Soft Cell fans who emotion his euphony and his euphony and representation volition unrecorded on. At immoderate fixed moment, idiosyncratic determination successful the satellite volition beryllium getting pleasance from a Soft Cell song.

"Thank you Dave for being an immense portion of my beingness and for the euphony you gave me. I wouldn't beryllium wherever I americium without you."

Forming successful the precocious 1970s, the duo were pioneers of the synth-pop dependable which would go fashionable successful the 1980s, and were champion known for songs specified arsenic their screen of Gloria Jones's Tainted Love, Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, and Torch.

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