Soft Cell to reissue 1982 remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing
By Dan Biggane | April 24, 2025
Soft Cell will reissue their classic remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing on the 20 June via Universal Music.
The 1982 original is fully remastered and bolstered by the inclusion of extended versions of its two hit singles. Namely, the smouldering melodrama of Torch, which famously just missed becoming Soft Cell’s second No.1 hit by being kept off the top spot by Adam Ant, plus the top three hit What!, a cover of Judy Street’s 1968 Northern Soul heartache anthem.
The second disc features remixes from Erasure, The Hacker, Jon Pleased Wimmin, Daniel Miller and Hifi Sean, alongside highlights from 2007’s long-deleted Heat – The Remixes.
Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing features six dancefloor-slaying tracks, including, in addition to the aforementioned singles, an extended version of Memorabilia that transformed the original into a 3am proto-house banger. The reissue channels the neon glamour and grit of Danceteria, Batcave, The Camden Palace and Studio 54. It still sounds fresh, menacing and ready to throw shapes in 2025.
Listen to The Hacker 808 Remix of Memorabilia below:
Party Music
On the making of the album, Dave Ball said: “Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing, recorded at Mediasound in a very cold and snowy New York in February 1982, was a bit like a party in the studio. It was created to encapsulate the atmosphere and influences of all the clubs we went to and the music we danced to.
“We stripped or dubbed out most of the vocals and added more horns, and extensively used the analogue Serge modular system (that also played the pulsating sound heard on Torch, recorded around the same time). It generated fantastically dirty, random chaos and synthetic scratch sounds which just added to the intensity of the album. It ultimately captured the zeitgeist – and I think still sounds valid today.”
Tracklisting:
Double LP
Side A
Memorabilia (NSED Version) – Remastered
Where Did Our Love Go? (NSED Version) – Remastered
What! (NSED Version) – Remastered
Side B
A Man Could Get Lost (NSED Version) – Remastered
Chips On My Shoulder (NSED Version) – Remastered
Sex Dwarf (NSED Version) – Remastered
Side C
Torch (12″ Version) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (12″ Version) – Remastered
A Man Could Get Lost (Jon Pleased Wimmin Remix) – Previously promo only
Side D
Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) – Previously on Keychains box set only
What! (12″ Version) – Remastered
So (12″ Version) – Remastered
Double CD version
CD1
Memorabilia (NSED Version) – Remastered
Where Did Our Love Go? (NSED Version) – Remastered
What! (NSED Version) – Remastered
A Man Could Get Lost (NSED Version) – Remastered
Chips On My Shoulder (NSED Version) – Remastered
Sex Dwarf (NSED Version) – Remastered
Tainted Dub (From Original 12″) – Remastered
Torch (12″ Version) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (12″ Version) – Remastered
What! (12″ Version) – Remastered
So (12″ Version) – Remastered
Torch (7″ Version) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (7″ Version) – Remastered
What! (7″ Version) – Remastered
CD2
Memorabilia (The Hacker 808 Remix) – Previously unreleased
A Man Could Get Lost (Jon Pleased Wimmin Remix) – Previously promo only
Torch (MHC 2001 Remix) – Previously unreleased version
Insecure Me? (Hifi Sean Remix) – Previously promo only
So (Hifi Sean Baltimore Basement Dub) – Previously promo only
Bedsitter (Manhattan Clique Mix) – Previously on Heat The Remixes only
Tainted Love (Paul Dakeyne Remix) – Previously unreleased version
Memorabilia (Wally Funk Remix) – Previously promo only
Sex Dwarf (The Grid Remix) – Previously on Heat The Remixes only
Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) – Previously on Keychains box set only
So (The Grid Remix) – First time ever on CD
Memorabilia (Daniel Miller Remix) – Previously on NSEC 6CD only
Most recently, Soft Cell toured Australia and will be visiting the US extensively in May and June with Simple Minds. Closer to home, Soft Cell headline Rewind Festival at Henley-on-Thames on 16 August, their only UK show of 2025. Around touring commitments, Marc and Dave are working on their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album.
Book tickets for Rewind Festival here
Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing is available now to pre-order on double LP, double CD and digital here
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