The Gentle People: Soundtracks For Living - Expanded Edition (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 3LP
"WRWTFWW Records presents The Gentle People's Soundtracks for Living (Expanded Edition), the ultimate lounge/chill out classic from 1997, reborn! When The Gentle People first glided into 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' lounge unit took the aesthetics of '50s/'60s easy listening and exotica and gently smuggled them into 1990s club culture. Soundtracks for Living was their defining statement: an album that 'takes the lounge scene and runs away with it entirely -- blissful and heavenly,' as one contemporary review put it. Spread lovingly across 3LP, it features new mastering from the original sources, allowing every harp glissando, string swell and analog squiggle to float in high-fidelity widescreen. The core album is complemented by a bonus 12" of unreleased and rare material, offering a deeper dive into the Gentle world: alternate takes, lost interludes, and secret soundtrack cues for lives not yet lived. Crucially, 'Journey' appears here in its original version, 'Gentle Instrumental' and the cult Aphex Twin remix, reuniting band and labelmate in one place and underlining the quietly radical nature of the project: this was lounge music that could sit next to braindance, acid and IDM and still steal the scene. Pressed on limited edition white vinyl." -
- deluxe edition expanded w/ bonus tracks + Aphex Twin remix
- white colored triple vinyl pressing
- housed in deluxe triple panel gatefold sleeve
- limited edition
- original release year: 1997
- music label: WRWTFWW 2026
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The Gentle People: Soundtracks For Living - Expanded Edition (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 3LP
"WRWTFWW Records presents The Gentle People's Soundtracks for Living (Expanded Edition), the ultimate lounge/chill out classic from 1997, reborn! When The Gentle People first glided into 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' lounge unit took the aesthetics of '50s/'60s easy listening and exotica and gently smuggled them into 1990s club culture. Soundtracks for Living was their defining statement: an album that 'takes the lounge scene and runs away with it entirely -- blissful and heavenly,' as one contemporary review put it. Spread lovingly across 3LP, it features new mastering from the original sources, allowing every harp glissando, string swell and analog squiggle to float in high-fidelity widescreen. The core album is complemented by a bonus 12" of unreleased and rare material, offering a deeper dive into the Gentle world: alternate takes, lost interludes, and secret soundtrack cues for lives not yet lived. Crucially, 'Journey' appears here in its original version, 'Gentle Instrumental' and the cult Aphex Twin remix, reuniting band and labelmate in one place and underlining the quietly radical nature of the project: this was lounge music that could sit next to braindance, acid and IDM and still steal the scene. Pressed on limited edition white vinyl." -
- deluxe edition expanded w/ bonus tracks + Aphex Twin remix
- white colored triple vinyl pressing
- housed in deluxe triple panel gatefold sleeve
- limited edition
- original release year: 1997
- music label: WRWTFWW 2026
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"WRWTFWW Records presents The Gentle People's Soundtracks for Living (Expanded Edition), the ultimate lounge/chill out classic from 1997, reborn! When The Gentle People first glided into 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' lounge unit took the aesthetics of '50s/'60s easy listening and exotica and gently smuggled them into 1990s club culture. Soundtracks for Living was their defining statement: an album that 'takes the lounge scene and runs away with it entirely -- blissful and heavenly,' as one contemporary review put it. Spread lovingly across 3LP, it features new mastering from the original sources, allowing every harp glissando, string swell and analog squiggle to float in high-fidelity widescreen. The core album is complemented by a bonus 12" of unreleased and rare material, offering a deeper dive into the Gentle world: alternate takes, lost interludes, and secret soundtrack cues for lives not yet lived. Crucially, 'Journey' appears here in its original version, 'Gentle Instrumental' and the cult Aphex Twin remix, reuniting band and labelmate in one place and underlining the quietly radical nature of the project: this was lounge music that could sit next to braindance, acid and IDM and still steal the scene. Pressed on limited edition white vinyl." -
- deluxe edition expanded w/ bonus tracks + Aphex Twin remix
- white colored triple vinyl pressing
- housed in deluxe triple panel gatefold sleeve
- limited edition
- original release year: 1997
- music label: WRWTFWW 2026
