Smooth Cell will reissue their traditional remix album Non-Cease Ecstatic Dancing on the 20 June through Common Music.
The 1982 authentic is totally remastered and bolstered by the inclusion of prolonged variations of its two hit singles. Particularly, the smouldering melodrama of Torch, which famously simply missed changing into Smooth Cell’s second No.1 hit by being stored off the highest spot by Adam Ant, plus the highest three hit What!, a canopy of Judy Avenue’s 1968 Northern Soul heartache anthem.
The second disc options remixes from Erasure, The Hacker, Jon Happy Wimmin, Daniel Miller and Hifi Sean, alongside highlights from 2007’s long-deleted Warmth – The Remixes.
Non-Cease Ecstatic Dancing options six dancefloor-slaying tracks, together with, along with the aforementioned singles, an prolonged model of Memorabilia that reworked the unique right into a 3am proto-house banger. The reissue channels the neon glamour and grit of Danceteria, Batcave, The Camden Palace and Studio 54. It nonetheless sounds contemporary, menacing and able to throw shapes in 2025.
Hearken to The Hacker 808 Remix of Memorabilia beneath:
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On the making of the album, Dave Ball mentioned: “Non-Cease Ecstatic Dancing, recorded at Mediasound in a really chilly and snowy New York in February 1982, was a bit like a celebration within the studio. It was created to encapsulate the environment and influences of all of the golf equipment we went to and the music we danced to.
“We stripped or dubbed out many of the vocals and added extra horns, and extensively used the analogue Serge modular system (that additionally performed the pulsating sound heard on Torch, recorded across the similar time). It generated fantastically soiled, random chaos and artificial scratch sounds which simply added to the depth of the album. It finally captured the zeitgeist – and I believe nonetheless sounds legitimate at this time.”
Tracklisting:
Double LP
Aspect A
Memorabilia (NSED Model) – Remastered
The place Did Our Love Go? (NSED Model) – Remastered
What! (NSED Model) – Remastered
Aspect B
A Man Might Get Misplaced (NSED Model) – Remastered
Chips On My Shoulder (NSED Model) – Remastered
Intercourse Dwarf (NSED Model) – Remastered
Aspect C
Torch (12″ Model) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (12″ Model) – Remastered
A Man Might Get Misplaced (Jon Happy Wimmin Remix) – Beforehand promo solely
Aspect D
Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) – Beforehand on Keychains field set solely
What! (12″ Model) – Remastered
So (12″ Model) – Remastered
Double CD model
CD1
Memorabilia (NSED Model) – Remastered
The place Did Our Love Go? (NSED Model) – Remastered
What! (NSED Model) – Remastered
A Man Might Get Misplaced (NSED Model) – Remastered
Chips On My Shoulder (NSED Model) – Remastered
Intercourse Dwarf (NSED Model) – Remastered
Tainted Dub (From Unique 12″) – Remastered
Torch (12″ Model) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (12″ Model) – Remastered
What! (12″ Model) – Remastered
So (12″ Model) – Remastered
Torch (7″ Model) – Remastered
Insecure Me? (7″ Model) – Remastered
What! (7″ Model) – Remastered
CD2
Memorabilia (The Hacker 808 Remix) – Beforehand unreleased
A Man Might Get Misplaced (Jon Happy Wimmin Remix) – Beforehand promo solely
Torch (MHC 2001 Remix) – Beforehand unreleased model
Insecure Me? (Hifi Sean Remix) – Beforehand promo solely
So (Hifi Sean Baltimore Basement Dub) – Beforehand promo solely
Bedsitter (Manhattan Clique Combine) – Beforehand on Warmth The Remixes solely
Tainted Love (Paul Dakeyne Remix) – Beforehand unreleased model
Memorabilia (Wally Funk Remix) – Beforehand promo solely
Intercourse Dwarf (The Grid Remix) – Beforehand on Warmth The Remixes solely
Bedsitter (Erasure Remix) – Beforehand on Keychains field set solely
So (The Grid Remix) – First time ever on CD
Memorabilia (Daniel Miller Remix) – Beforehand on NSEC 6CD solely
Most not too long ago, Smooth Cell toured Australia and will probably be visiting the US extensively in Could and June with Easy Minds. Nearer to residence, Smooth Cell headline Rewind Pageant at Henley-on-Thames on 16 August, their solely UK present of 2025. Round touring commitments, Marc and Dave are engaged on their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album.
Ebook tickets for Rewind Pageant right here
Non-Cease Ecstatic Dancing is on the market now to pre-order on double LP, double CD and digital right here
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