{"product_id":"durutti-column-the-treatise-on-the-steppenwolf-human-avatars","title":"Durutti Column, The - Treatise on the Steppenwolf + Human Avatars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 4\/\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e22\/2023 (Record Store Day)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e2xLP (180gm black vinyl album) + download. 15 tracks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFactory Benelux presents the very first vinyl edition of the only soundtrack album recorded by \u003cb\u003eThe Durutti Column\u003c\/b\u003e, the Factory Records ensemble fronted by lauded guitarist and composer Vini Reilly. A limited edition of 1000 copies on 180gm black vinyl have been pressed for Record Store Day 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eTreatise on the Steppenwolf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a soundtrack to the performance piece of the same name by experimental theatre group \u003cb\u003e12 Stars\u003c\/b\u003e, written and directed by Gerard McInulty (of fellow Factory band The Wake), first staged in Glasgow in May 2003. Freely adapted from the celebrated counter-culture novel by Hermann Hesse, the performance is a portrait a divided character in an ongoing state of conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Steppenwolf was something I’d read recently and when we approached Durutti Column with the idea it turned out they were interested too,’\u003c\/i\u003e explained McInulty. \u003ci\u003e‘People have described their music as ambient, although that’s a description they don’t care much for. It’s certainly atmospheric and there’s something about their sunny-sounding guitar that seemed appropriate to a book that, although published in 1927, didn’t become popular in America until the 1960s.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis expanded vinyl edition combines the studio recordings of the 12 pieces performed live by The Durutti Column during the Glasgow run, along with 3 long and previously unreleased tracks from the \u003cb\u003eHuman Avatars\u003c\/b\u003e art installation at Manchester MOSI in 2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly mastered for vinyl by Peter Beckman at TechnologyWorks, this limited Record Store Day edition also features new gatefold artwork by Howard Wakefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2xLP tracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. A Beautiful Thought (Pt 1)\u003cbr\u003eA2. Harry Dreams the Dream\u003cbr\u003eA3. A Wolf of the Steppes\u003cbr\u003eA4. Interlude\u003cbr\u003eA5. The Title on the Cover\u003cbr\u003eB1. Divided\u003cbr\u003eB2. Magic Theatre\u003cbr\u003eB3. Soul Track\u003cbr\u003eB4. The Mothers and the Fathers\u003cbr\u003eB5. A Beautiful Thought (Pt 2)\u003cbr\u003eC1. Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 1)\u003cbr\u003eC2. Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 2)\u003cbr\u003eC3. Human Avatars (Pt 3)\u003cbr\u003eD1. Human Avatars (Pt 1)\u003cbr\u003eD2. Human Avatars (Pt 2)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Factory Benelux","offers":[{"title":"2xLP (180gm vinyl)","offer_id":67993091408148,"sku":"FBN063","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/0284\/0084\/files\/FBN63_2.jpg?v=1793919060","url":"https:\/\/primeunion.shop\/products\/durutti-column-the-treatise-on-the-steppenwolf-human-avatars","provider":"Linden \u0026 Oak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}