David Ball (musician) - Biography

Biography

Ball was born in Blackpool and studied art at Leeds Polytechnic, where he met Marc Almond; they formed the synthpop duo Soft Cell in 1979, the band lasting until 1984. While with the group, he released a solo album, In Strict Tempo in 1983, which featured Gavin Friday, Genesis P-Orridge, and Virginia Astley. He later worked as a producer (working with The Virgin Prunes and Ornamental), remixer (working with The Pet Shop Boys and David Bowie), and recorded for film soundtracks and formed another duo, The Grid, with Richard Norris, with whom he's worked as part of Psychic TV on the Jack the Tab – Acid Tablets Volume One (Dave and Richard recorded the track "Meet Every Situation Head On" together as M.E.S.H.). He reunited with Almond in Soft Cell in 2001. In 2010 he formed the band Nitewreckage with Celine Hispiche, Rick Mulhall and Terry Neale. Their debut album, Take Your Money And Run, was released on Alaska Sounds on 6 June 2011, with the single "Solarcoaster" preceding it. The album was co-produced and mixed by Martin Rushent. He lives in Kennington, south London.

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