The Durutti Column is the long-running music project led by Vini Reilly from Manchester, known for sparse, melodic ambient-guitar compositions and associations with Factory Records.

Associated with Factory Records. LC (1981) is frequently cited in reviews; Martin Hannett is named as having worked on LC in contemporary coverage.

Three DeBaser reviews praise Vini Reilly's work with The Durutti Column, highlighting sparse, romantic ambient-guitar and post-punk textures. LC is repeatedly singled out as a high point, produced (on that record) by Martin Hannett and associated with Factory Records. Reviews emphasize minimalism, melancholy and melodic guitar as central features.

For:Listeners of post-punk, ambient and experimental guitar music; fans of Factory Records-era artists.

 the structure is always the same, these are single episodes of melodic music for guitar and effects, sometimes with folkloristic connotations, other times merely a tribute to the new wave, but always revisited with a personal perspective and full of sweetness.

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 "LC" is a masterpiece. I say it without fear, one of the best albums, one of the most atypical records of the early 80s.

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 This first work of his remains unforgettable, austere chamber music, marked by the sobriety of the arrangements, but not cold, quite the opposite indeed.

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