David Ball's Soft Cell, who swept the 80s with 'Tainted Love', have died.

His hit with Marc Almond sold more than a million copies and became a synph-pot icon

David Ball of the duo Soft Cell, who swept the 80s with 'Tainted Love', has died

His hit with Marc Almon received over a million copies and became a Pow icon

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But beyond its success, what made "Tainted Love" iconic was the irresistible dialogue between singer Marc Almond's licks and David Ball's synthesized notes, which it reported Thursday. According to his representative, the 66-year-old artist "passed away peacefully at his home in London."The cause of death was not disclosed.

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Born in Chester in 1959 to a mother, Paul was called and given the name David Ball, and grew up in Blackpool with his adopted sister, Susan.His father's training as a mechanic led him to Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn' album in 1975, which he called a "turning point", as he defined it.

Curiosamente, el primer instrumento que se compró fue una guitarra, que pronto cambió por un sintetizador. Y cuando entró a estudiar arte en la Universidad Politécnica de Leeds conoció a Almond, «un tipo que iba por ahí con una camiseta de leopardo, el pelo decolorado y pantalones de licra, que me hizo pensar: «Tiene que ser del departamento de arte, no es contable», así que le pregunté: «¿Sabes dónde me matriculo?»», recordaría en una entrevista sobre sus inicios.

They formed the duo Soft Cell in 1979, and after Ball gave a copy of their debut EP to BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who played it on his show, the pair signed to the Some Bizarre record label.Their rise to fame came from 'Tented Love', which was actually a cover by American soul singer Gloria Jones, which never became a hit, but became very popular in the northern soul scene of England.In addition, Almond revealed that he was also inspired by another version of the same song, published by the English singer Ruth Swan.

After failing to make it unfortunately in 2002, they released two more albums in 2002.

The band died a few weeks later at a festival in Ganley-on-Lays town centre.At that concert he was in a wheelchair, which he had done for the past two years after a number of health problems. "I hurt myself a bit," he told the Yorkshire Post in 2023. "I broke the lower vertebrae in my spine, broke five ribs and broke my wrist," he said.

He was put into an induced coma after developing pneumonia and sepsis and was hospitalized for seven months.But he is "very good" in the summer while working with almonds on the new album called ', which is planned to be released next year."I was very happy with the new album, which we finished a few days ago. He is very happy, but for me it is a very interesting work.

Thor's Richardson also paid tribute to him, recalling the group's "endless love" and "friendship that never fades."

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