The Peel Sessions

Description

WRWTFWW Records releases THE GENTLE PEOPLE – The Peel Sessions, available on
vinyl for the first Cme ever, in conjuncCon with the worldwide expanded reissue of
the group’s Soundtracks for Living. Lounge/Chill Out music reborn !
This is an exclusive 4-song EP recorded in 1997 on BBC’s Peel Sessions, as The Gentle
People were doing the rounds for the release of their legendary debut album. These
live versions have never seen the light of day before – a must have for all the gentle
fans !
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 mulCnaConal
“E-Z-Core” lounge unit took the aestheCcs of 50s/60s easy listening and exoCca and
gently smuggled them into 1990s club culture.
Imagine KLF’s Chill Out or Space growing up on French 60/70s pop, bossa nova,
soundtracks, vocal harmony groups, library music and easy listening then slipping out

for a late-night date with dub, ambient techno and bubble-bath pop. That’s The
Gentle People : music that can score cocktail hour, 4am taxi rides, and daydreams in
headphones with the same effortless grace.
The Gentle People weren’t just a curiosity on a weird label; they became unlikely
icons of a whole loungecore moment, gracing TV, compilaCons and magazine
spreads, and proving that tenderness could be as futurisCc as any drum machine.