SOFT CELL - The Bedsit Tapes

Compilation CD Some Bizarre 2005



"Historical rare recording made between 1978 and 1982 by the now legendary 80’s electro pop group Soft Cell. Originally, vocalist Marc Almond and synth player Dave Ball teamed to compose music for theatrical productions and, as Soft Cell, their live performances continued to draw heavily on the pair's background in drama and the visual arts. A self-financed EP titled Mutant Moments brought the duo to the attention of Some Bizzare label head Stevo, who enlisted Daniel Miller to produce their underground hit single Memorabilia the following year. This was the launch pad for the band to rise to international notoriety in their short and successful career".
(somebizarre.com)

“I remember there was a little makeshift studio tucked away in the corner of Leeds Polytechnic Fine Arts department, the 'studio' basically consisted of two Revox B77 quarter inch reel to reel tape machines, a funny old Tandberg reel to reel machine and a six channel line mixer. I had a Korg DV800 duophonic synth (my first one), a couple of stylophones and eventually aquired a very basic drum machine. I used this set up to make weird little tunes up for reasons known only to myself (i.e. no reason). It was probably 1978 when Marc Almond, a fellow student, happened to be walking by and heard these funny electronic bleeps and came into the studio to listen and asked if I would do some sounds for his performance art shows, which I did. A year went by and we had started writing our idea of 'pop songs' which we performed live at the Fine Art Xmas party. Before we knew it we had turned our 'art pop' into 'pop art' or maybe the other way round".
(Dave Ball 2005)

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