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RIP David James Ball (3 May 1959 – 22 October 2025) was an English producer and electronic musician best known as one half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, alongside vocalist Marc Almond.[1] He also co-founded The Grid, and collaborated with artists and producers including Ingo Vauk and Chris Braide. Active from the late 1970s, Ball worked across a range of projects in electronic and experimental music. He is usually credited as Dave Ball on record sleeves Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981) “Tainted