Soft Cell are back with new remixes of their 80's deep cut 'Martin'

Sunday 21st September 2025

Release date: TBC Label: Universal

Originally featured as one side of a bonus 12” released as part of the original The Art of Falling Apart album in 1983, it has since become one of the most popular and enduring Soft Cell deep cuts.

This special club package features brand-new club remixes from French electroclash legend The Hacker, the ten-minute original version remastered for 2025 with Soft Cell’s Dave Ball completing the package with two special Hallowe’en remixes for the spooky season ahead.

Martin will be released on a limited-edition coloured vinyl 12” single, as well as a download EP across all digital platforms on Friday 31st October.  You can pre-order at https://www.softcell.co.uk/product/new-martin-2025-limited-edition-halloween-12-single-pre-order        

‘Martin originated in the arts studio at Leeds Polytechnic, as it was then known. We wrote and recorded it at the same time as the track “The Art of Falling Apart”. After we left art school all the pop madness of Soft Cell began and those two tracks were shelved.

Suddenly, Phonogram Records were asking for a second album. We were unsure of a direction or concept then I reminded Marc of those two art school tracks. I suggested to him that “The Art of Falling Apart” would be a great album title and he agreed….

Dave Ball, Aug 2025  

Martin features in several versions as part of the upcoming super deluxe 6CD boxset reissue of classic 1983 album 'The Art Of Falling Apart', released 31st October via Universal Music.

Also available as double LP and double CD packages, the formats include the remastered original album, the full album as extended versions, remixes, live rarities, demos, instrumentals, and features a whopping 36 unreleased tracks!

Marc Almond and Dave Ball also release their sixth studio album, Danceteria, in Spring 2026.

Posted by Craig Jones