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This digital release accompanies the very limited, hand-made vinyl production released on Vinyl Factory 2024. Available exclusively here:

thevinylfactory.com/product/columns-falling-columns/

* Two electronic soundtracks composed by Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
* Music produced to accompany Ben Kelly installations commissioned by 180 Studios for the exhibition Future Shock (2022)
* Pressed on 180-gram white vinyl
* Gatefold sleeve printed International Orange (RAL2004) on Mirror board
* Hand signed and numbered by Ben Kelly and Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
* Limited edition of 300 copies

Ben Kelly is one of the UK’s most influential designers. Kelly is best known for his interior design of the legendary nightclub, The Haçienda in Manchester. His practice has produced influential work for 180 Studios, Virgil Abloh, The Sex Pistols, The V&A, Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren and Factory Records.

The Vinyl Factory first collaborated with Kelly to commission and stage his installation RUIN, produced in collaboration with Virgil Abloh, at 180 Studios in 2017. 180 Studios subsequently staged Kelly’s Columns installation as part of the exhibition Future Shock (2022), the soundtrack to which, composed by electronic musician Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, is released here.

An organic shaped die cut peephole is cut into the front of the sleeve as a homage to Marcel Duchamp’s final work Étant donnés (1946-1966) – a gateway to another world. The peephole reveals one of Ben’s orange columns and plinth with a gloss varnish on a black background. On removing the inner sleeve the statement: “CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THESE COLUMNS WE HAVE NO CERTAIN NEWS” is revealed, printed on a Pigeon Blue background.

The rear of the inner sleeve contains a printed transcription of a conversation surreptitiously recorded via dictation, complete with mistakes and mishearing’s, between Kelly and Scanner. The transcription has produced a mashup version of the true conversation which has been printed in full. Across the two sides of the inner sides of the gatefold, a vertical full colour printed collage of columns, taken from the FALLING COLUMNS digital installation.

The rear of the sleeve contains a printed essay by Brian Dillon, beginning with a quote from Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia (1499). This essay was originally commissioned by Ben to accompany his COLUMNS installation in 2022. A Chocolate Grinder is printed on the silver mirror board on the rear of the gatefold above the VF logo.

Scanner’s work traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, and image. His diverse body of work includes soundtracks for films, performances, radio, dance, theatre and site-specific intermedia installations. Committed to working with cutting edge practitioners he has collaborated with Carsten Nicolai, Wayne MacGregor, Laurie Anderson, Hussein Chalayan, and Mike Kelley.

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released October 28, 2024

Music composed and performed by Robin Rimbaud / Scanner Commissioned by Ben Kelly / The Photo Kid and VF on the occasion of: COLUMNS for the exhibition ‘FUTURE SHOCK and FALLING COLUMNS digitally exhibited in the Atrium, both at 180 The Strand.

Released by The Vinyl Factory, 2024. VF392
Sleeve Design by Ben Kelly
Layout Artwork by BPD
Essay by Brian Dillon

Photos of vinyl by Feiyang Xue

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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner is an artist and composer working in London. Since 1991 he has been intensely active in sonic art, producing concerts, installations and recordings. His work has been presented throughout the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. ... more

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