The Gentle People - The Peel Sessions [WRWTFWW]

Format: 12" in printed sleeve.
CAT: WRWTFWW123

WRWTFWW Records releases THE GENTLE PEOPLE - The Peel Sessions, available for the first time on vinyl, in conjunction with the worldwide expanded reissue of the group's album Soundtracks for Living. Lounge/chill out music reborn!

This is an exclusive 4-track EP recorded in 1997 during the BBC Peel Sessions, when The Gentle People were touring to promote their legendary debut album. These live versions have never before seen the light of day: a must-have for all "gentle" fans.

When The Gentle People floated in during the mid-90s on clouds of strings, sugar, and sine waves, they sounded like visitors from another, more glamorous planet. Signed to Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge's cult label Rephlex, this multinational "E-Z-Core" unit brought the aesthetic of 50s and 60s easy listening and exotica to 90s club culture with an almost clandestine subtlety.

Imagine The KLF's Chill Out or Space growing up with 60s and 70s French pop, bossa nova, soundtracks, vocal groups, library music, and easy listening, then escaping on a date night with dub, ambient techno, and bubble bath pop. That's The Gentle People: music that can accompany cocktail hour, a 4 am taxi, or headphone daydreams with the same effortless elegance.

The Gentle People were not just a curiosity from a strange label; they became unlikely icons of an entire loungecore moment, appearing on television, compilations, and magazines, and proving that gentleness could be as futuristic as any drum machine.