Ahead of the band\u2019s first new album in 16 years, the hugely influential guitarist will be taking your questions for the Guardian Film & Music reader interview<\/p>\n
At the end of July, the Durutti Column will release their first new music in 16 years: the stunningly beautiful Renascent. It\u2019s a prime time for Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart to return as the Durutti influence is everywhere: sampled by Blood Orange on his latest album Essex Honey; cited by Harry Styles on his new LP Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, as well as by Mark William Lewis and Yung Lean; played on The Bear.<\/p>\n
Not that the group need the endorsements: since 1978, they have been one of the UK\u2019s most distinctive acts, their dreamy instrumentals offering a sunlit alternative to the crags of post-punk, as last year\u2019s reissue of their debut, The Return of the Durutti Column reminded us. The record\u2019s deviation from the norms of the era, wrote Alexis Petridis in a five-star reappraisal, \u201cultimately worked in its favour: other than the sound of the primitive rhythm tracks, there\u2019s nothing to tie the music here to a specific era, which means it hasn\u2019t dated.\u201d<\/p>\n
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