English electronic music producer and one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, Dave Ball, has passed away at 66 years old. He's also known for being a part of the acid house act The Grid.

Ball "passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home" on Oct. 22, the band's website explained.

His death comes after performing alongside Soft Cell band member, Marc Almond, at the Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames, England, in August. The site noted that they headlined the festival in front of over 20,000 fans.

Ball and Almond created the band as art students at Leeds Polytechnic in 1979.

"Soft Cell helped to define the sound of British music in the 1980s and beyond. Their 1981 debut album, ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, changed the course of pop and paved the way for an avalanche of synth-bas

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