Electronic Sound 108

English | 100 pages | PDF | 48 MB

We’ve got Soft Cell on the cover of this month’s Electronic Sound and the focus of our interview with Marc Almond and Dave Ball is ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, the group’s glorious 1981 debut album. ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ is a record that defiantly set the tone of the early 1980s and it’s just been reissued as an expanded double LP and a six-CD boxset. Both editions are loaded up with tons of fantastic extras. As well as delving deep into the heart of the album, which Almond describes as “mundanity with a technicolour touch – glamour in squalor” in the boxset notes, the pair talk about their art-school beginnings and their ongoing working relationship. It’s a scintillating read and a great way for us to bring this year to an end.