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Debbie Ball

@debbieball.bsky.social

Design features doctoral researcher currently in social media rehab. Eternal music fan. Data and Society lecturer at University of Westminster. Music pr at Create Spark, representing Big Joanie, Whitelands, Andy Bell (Ride), Soft Cell & more.

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'Danceteria (Remixes)' 12" sleeve and white vinyl

'Danceteria (Remixes)' 12" sleeve and white vinyl

Soft Cell artwork for 'Danceteria (Remixes)' in black and white with a gleaming disco ball in the centre.

Soft Cell artwork for 'Danceteria (Remixes)' in black and white with a gleaming disco ball in the centre.

#SoftCell release a limited edition white 12" of 'Danceteria (Remixes)' on the 18th April exclusively for @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social #RSD26.

A Mark Moore remix is included in the 3 versions of the 'Danceteria' title track, taken from Marc & Dave's sixth & final studio album. More to follow...

06.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Dose Of Hope In Dark Times January's album of the month, a speaking songs playlist, and a hopeful podcast.

Breitbart were wrong about culture being downstream from politics, we’re about to flood their zone... with hope!

05.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indie Basement (1/30): Lande Hekt, Plantoid, Cast, more Plus: Whitelands, Sébastien Tellier, GUV, Babybird, and more.

This week's Indie Basement: Lande Hekt, Plantoid, Whitelands, Cast, GUV, Sebastien Tellier, Babybird & more www.brooklynvegan.com/album-review...

30.01.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Whitelands Whitelands is Etienne, Jagun, Vanessa and Michael.

I love the artwork too, lovingly handrawn and screenprinted by LΓ©a Marais πŸ’™

Buy this wonderful album >>> linktr.ee/whitelandsband

The band are also badass live, do go and see them over the UK, EU and US in the next few months >>> whitelands.bandcamp.com

30.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NP @whitelands.bsky.social's new record 'Sunlight Echoes' cranked up - and easily for the 50th time.Still stunned by how good the songwriting is: such big, undeniable pop melodies bursting through the layers of heavy guitars. Bravo, Etienne, Vanessa, Jagun & Michael!

HT @soniccathedral.bsky.social

30.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new @whitelands.bsky.social album β€˜Sunlight Echoes’ is out now. It’s a sublime, emotional, melodic pop take on shoegaze – a true statement of intent...

30.01.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Human League announce tour w/ Soft Cell & Alison Moyet (BV presale for Radio City Music Hall) The Generations Tour kicks off June 2 and also includes a big LA show at Hollywood Bowl.

The Human League announce tour w/ Soft Cell & Alison Moyet (BV presale for Radio City Music Hall) www.brooklynvegan.com/the-human-le...

20.01.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Jonathan! What a great feature 🀝

15.01.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunlight Echoes and Serendipty - Jonathan Thornton catches up with modern shoegaze heroes Whitelands in advance of their brilliant second album ...the latest story in Outsideleft Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Sunlight Echoes and Serendipty

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I get to interview my favourite modern Shoegaze band @whitelands.bsky.social about their awesome new album! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

08.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join @whitelands.bsky.social for a @bandcamp.com Listening Party for their new album β€˜Sunlight Echoesβ€˜ at 8pm (GMT) on Wednesday, January 28.

Hear the stories behind their stunning second record from the band themselves, and hear it in full a couple days before it’s released.

14.01.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“» TODAY πŸ“» We'll be LIVE on #SohoRadio from 4-6pm!

🎸 Join us for an eclectic mix of #NewMusic & for a chat with future #shoegaze icons @whitelands.bsky.social about their upcoming album #SunlightEchoes & more! 🎸

🎧 Listen via DAB / Soho Radio’s app / www.sohoradio.com 🎧

08.01.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Big love to @thelineofbestfit.com for sharing @whitelands.bsky.social heavy, dreamy new track 'Blankspace'. Listen below πŸ‘‡πŸ’™

09.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026 2026 is shaping up to be a banger of a year. Here are NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026 – check them out

Things are nicely hotting up for @whitelands.bsky.social new album 'Sunlight Echoes', with NME and @brooklynvegan.bsky.social including them in their most anticipated albums of 2026!

Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...

And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...

07.01.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Featuring #SoftCell's proto-remix classic Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing reissue at number two no less. Thanks @thequietus.com and @paddyclarke.bsky.social πŸ’™

"not just Soft Cell’s greatest individual recording, but one of the greatest in the wider history of dance music."

#tQCharts

08.12.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not so on my music brand but a cheering post for a Sunday morning. This account is great 😊

30.11.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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16 New Songs Out Today Hear new songs by Sleaford Mods, Drugdealer, Whitelands, The Leaving (mems Chvrches), Mariachi El Bronx, Deniro Farrar, and more.

⚑ Big thanks to @brooklynvegan.bsky.social for featuring @whitelands.bsky.social as their top track in New Songs out Today ⚑

www.brooklynvegan.com/16-new-songs...

@soniccathedral.bsky.social

21.11.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Whitelands Share New Song "Songbird (Forever)": Listen London’s Whitelands have so far previewed their new album Sunlight Echoes with the beautiful shoegaze earworms β€œHeat Of The Summer” and β€œGlance,” and today they’re back with another great one called β€œ...

Hear Whitelands' beautiful new song "Songbird (Forever)"

21.11.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whitelands Share Evocative 'Songbird (Forever)' Video | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews Whitelands have shared the evocative video for new single 'Songbird (Forever)'. The band emerged from London's DIY underground, with Whitelands moving

Wonderful words from Robin at @clashmusic.com
on the new @whitelands.bsky.social single 'Songbird (Forever)':

"An evocative piece of songwriting...A piece of music to fully immerse yourself in". Agreed that the video is so reflective, it's life affirming stuff: www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...

20.11.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listen to the single, pre-order the album and grab a ticket for tonight’s show at Corsica Studios in London – with support from Adele Dazeem – here: linktr.ee/whitelandsband

20.11.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight

19:00 doors
19:45 adeledazeem
20:15 whitelands
22:00 curfew!

20.11.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The new @whitelands.bsky.social single β€˜Songbird (Forever)’ is out now.

The song is taken from their forthcoming second album β€˜Sunlight Echoes’ (out on January 30) and is available on all digital platforms...

20.11.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945 Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.

January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...

16.11.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

The entirely excellent human and talented musician @stevequeralt.bsky.social talks to @clashmusic.com about his sublime debut 'Swallow'. And if you haven't heard Steve's elegiac debut full of incredible heavy, gauzy instrumentals and a couple of indie rock bangers, what's keeping you?? πŸ’™

03.11.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A wonderful, heartfelt tribute to Dave Ball by @paddyclarke.bsky.social for @thequietus.com. It acutely reminds us what a musical trailblazer Dave was, is, and always will be.

24.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball Has Died, Aged 66 | The Quietus Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell made iconic synth-pop hits like β€˜Tainted Love’ and β€˜Bedsitter’, has died at the age of 66. Representatives for the artist said he β€œpassed away peacefully in his...

now blasting This Last Night... In Sodom, such an astonishing album, how the noisy chaos of Slave To This goes into twinkling pop and then perv goth show tunes Murder My Angel and L'Esqualita, absolutely magnficent. One of the best records of the 80s. RIP.

thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...

23.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you @clashmusic.com πŸ–€

And thank you to the very nice, heartfelt comments to my previous post about Dave Ball. Of course Dave will live on through his music - and he was so prescient in his electronic music work that we can continue to be inspired for years to come.

23.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at 66 "Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn't be where I am without you" - Marc Almond

Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at 66 www.brooklynvegan.com/soft-cells-d...

23.10.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soft Cell’s Dave Ball Dead At 66 Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering synthpop duo Soft Cell, has passed away. Soft Cell’s Instagram account confirms that Ball died peacefully at home in London on Wednesday. No cause of death has be...

Soft Cell's Dave Ball dead at 66

23.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 35

Happy 21st @soniccathedral.bsky.social πŸ’›βœ¨

23.10.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66 Synth player and producer had huge success with Tainted Love and other Soft Cell hits, and later returned to UK Top 10 with dance project the Grid

Dave Ball was a prodigiously talented, warm-hearted & wonderful person to work with over the 7 years I've represented Soft Cell. It's been terribly sad to represent his passing, yet I have done my 'Not Dad' proud in getting the news everywhere

Rest in Power Dave! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

23.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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