Vini Reilly has fans in high places. When God appeared to Tony Wilson in the film 24 Hour Party People, it was to suggest that he release a Durutti Column greatest hits. As the Lord Almighty correctly observed, โ€œItโ€™s good music to chill out to.โ€

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The Durutti Column were the first band signed to Factory Records in 1978, although they soon became a de facto Vini Reilly solo project (with staunch assistance down the years from drummer Bruce Mitchell and others). The groupโ€™s music โ€“ quiet, pensive, beautiful โ€“ was in stark contrast to the punk scene Reilly came up in as guitarist for Ed Banger & The Nosebleeds.

His delicate playing incorporated scales and techniques from classical and flamenco traditions rarely heard in rock. Occasionally The Durutti Columnโ€™s music has drifted towards the zeitgeist, as on 1989โ€™s quasi-Balearic Vini Reilly album, soon to be reissued as a five-disc box set.

The year before, he played a key role on Morrisseyโ€™s debut Viva Hate. But mostly Reilly has preferred to do his own thing, maintaining a rare purity of vision.

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So, what do you want to ask a singular British guitar genius? Send your questions to audiencewith@uncut.co.uk by Wednesday March 6 and Vini will answer the best ones in a future issue of Uncut.