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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The album was announced last August, with plans for release in 2026. The work on it was finished not long before Dave Ball's death in October 2025.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The latest #softcellnews are in. The first single from new and final Soft Cell album will be a limited Record Store Day 2026 release, called Danceteria. It will contain remixes of album's title song, namely one by Mark Moore (of S'Express fame) and the usual pair of extended and dub.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Miraheze is not related to Wikipedia, although it works with similar principles - non-commercial, ad free, fully managed by volunteers, with community having a say in platform's course of life. Truly an oasis in the current sea of online commercialisation and poor user experience.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Miraheze (@miraheze.org), the platform that generously hosts our wiki, started annual fundraiser. If you want to support this project or a nice, user friendly wiki service in general, please consider to make a donation: meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Fundrai...

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Fundraiser - Miraheze Meta

Support Miraheze, the leading provider of no-cost ad-free wiki hosting. Help thousands of communities and users build knowledge together. Please consider chipping in and help Miraheze thrive for years...

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Richard Norris @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

This is my tribute to my friend and bandmate Dave Ball. I've used various instruments that we used together, to create some sparse, meditative and reflective music. Rest In Peace Dave. See you on the other side. richardnorris.bandcamp.com/album/music-... Art by Marc Fox aka @theurbanefox

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Music For Healing - Oceans 10, by Richard Norris

1 track album

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 23/10/2025

'#SoftCell bandmate, Marc Almond, said: "Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”' R.I.P. Dave Ball buff.ly/M52snfB

Black and white image of Soft Cell's Dave Ball.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

He always was so quiet on biz front, seemingly always in the shadow of more open artiste. The lack of attention to and information about him was, honestly, the main reason I started this project. Rest in peace Dave, and thank you for everything.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Like many of us, I am absolutely gutted by the news of Dave's death. There was nobody like him, and I never hid that I was way more drawn to his works than of Marc's, for various reasons.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I'm sorry about lack of activity here, at first I didn't have enough time to work on project, then I was hit with mental exhaustion and health issues, and now I'm having technical difficulties to maintain the wiki proper.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I'm just a fan site account, not official band page! Cheers

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

And #onthisday in #softcellhistory. Wishing a very happy birthday to the one and only Dave Ball! 🎹⚡ Here's Dave with his beloved Prophet-5 at English Boy On The Loveranch gig in Oxfords, 12 March 1987. 📸 Mick Mercer.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

However, I'm coming out of the cave with not yet widespread big #softcellnews! Cold Spring Records announced gorgeous vinyl and digital reissue of #MarcAndTheMambas live album Three Black Night Of Little Black Bites. Coming in August 2025.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Pardon my absence, had to take care about myself a little bit.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I'm just a fan site account, not official band page! Cheers

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I guess unofficial MediaWiki discord server, which works pretty much like volunteer tech support. re: DDOS attacks in your further replies, while I don't know the context, Miraheze has suffered some big ones in the last year, currently relying on Cloudflare protection.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In mid 2023 Miraheze was at the brink of shutdown, but it soon recovered and continued to work.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Fandom should follow content licensing rules. While I don't know how is situation on Wikidot, in majority of CC cases the source of content should be provided in case of copying/remixing, lack of credits is plagiarism and is eligible for takedown; Fandom's support is responsive in such cases.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

There's an old script that should convert Wikidot database to MediaWiki format, however it's a rare sight to see a Wikidot wiki forking and there's not much guarantee it will work. Here's a more recent fork of it github.com/bodekerscien...

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GitHub - bodekerscientific/wikidot-to-mediawiki: Convert Wikidot Content to Mediawiki Content

Convert Wikidot Content to Mediawiki Content. Contribute to bodekerscientific/wikidot-to-mediawiki development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Fandom still has to follow CC licencing, and since indie wiki has a strict one, incompatible with Fandom's version, plagiarism here is very much eligible for report and rollback.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

They also butcher MediaWiki to appeal to Google's crawlers, like hiding "See source code" and "History" buttons or File namespace from unregistered users.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you are an admin and don't know where to start there are FAQ and guides on Meta Wiki (Miraheze central hub). The platform is run by volunteers, you can ask stuff on Help desk page over there too, or in their Discord or IRC.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#onthisday in #softcellhistory! 9 January 1984 - first of the two farewell gigs Soft Cell performed at Hammersmith Palais. 📸 Mick Mercer #softcell #marcalmond #daveball #synthpop #80s #otd

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It means the wiki became private (was public), members is a user group on wiki itself. Could be an initiative by local admins or measures imposed by Miraheze stewards (global admins) due to possible violation of hosting's policies.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy holidays! And merry #softcellnews - The new limited Soft Cell CD single - Light Sleepers (Christmas Mix), should be out and about now - A new date in Adelaide was added to upcoming, one of a kind, Australian tour where Marc will perform with Soft Cell and solo

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

In more, solo focused #softcellnews - Third, Christmas themed entry of #MarcAlmond limited 7" series is out - The Coldest Night Of The Year / My Christmas. - And another #TheLoveless gig is swiftly approaching on 15th, with band's first live album, from previous year show, to go along.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

And just in case you missed, exciting bits from November newsletter. #softcellnews bsky.app/profile/soft...

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Time for another batch of #softcellnews! Starting with official #SoftCell newsletter: a new remix CD announced - no release date is given, but it's limited to 250 copies, so expect fast sell out! This time "Light Sleepers" gets festive treatment, while the Moroder cover gets a touch of S'Express.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Miraheze is a 100% non-profit, volunteer run wiki hosting which refuses to rely on ads and cares about privacy of its users and autonomy of its communities. All donations go to technical expenses (servers, upgrades, etc), which means keeping our project online!

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Wesley Doyle @wesleydoylewrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

One year since Regis and I hosted A Some Bizzare Evening at Centrala in Birmingham. A weird, wonderful and chaotic affair that saw the first public screening of Soft Cell’s Sex Dwarf video since 1982. Stevo was his usual baffling, frustrating, and very funny self and a good night was had by all.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Genesis P-Orridge about meeting Marc and Dave, in an early Psychic TV interview for Sounds magazine from 1982. The full article kindly shared by ZoundsAbound @ X/Twitter.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

- aside from Australian tour in 2025 there might be something for US and UK fans, no details yet Additional (and rather obvious, considering dates) bit spotted on Facebook says that reissue of Dave's In Strict Tempo album is moving to 2025.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

- label restructuring at Universal, which was cited as the main reason behind constant delays of Soft Cell back catalog reissues, is finally over so hopefully we'll hear about new editions of Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing and The Art of Falling Apart soon

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Alright, the news! Putting aside merch sale, let's take a look at the official Soft Cell newsletter: - Marc and Dave are busy in the studio working on new stuff, which might become the next Soft Cell album - additionally, Dave continues to work with Richard on the new, long awaited the Grid album

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

The wiki was started as one-man-project in 2019 and still developing very slowly, getting ready to the "grande opening". Since wiki sites are open community projects, new editors and contributions are very welcome and appreciated!

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Here we gonna post links to articles, trivia bits and about important dates, and will share interesting related posts by other users! And since there's currently no official Soft Cell, Marc Almond or Dave Ball accounts on Bluesky, we'll also share their news and updates from other platforms.

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Soft Cell Wiki @softcellwiki.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Hello Bluesky! This is an account of Soft Cell Wiki, a fan made online encyclopedia about Marc Almond and Dave Ball, who started their rich musical career as pioneering synthpop duo Soft Cell! softcell.miraheze.org

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Soft Cell Wiki:Main Page

Welcome to the Soft Cell Wiki! A fan made online encyclopedia about Marc Almond and Dave Ball!

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