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01. The Gentle People - Intro
02. The Gentle People - The Soundtrack Of Life
03. The Gentle People - Journey
04. The Gentle People - World Of Love
05. The Gentle People - Laurie's Theme
06. The Gentle People - Emotion Heater
07. The Gentle People - Dream
08. The Gentle People - Tiki Mix
09. The Gentle People - Travel Bug
10. The Gentle People - Le Tunnel De L'Amour
11. The Gentle People - Stay
12. The Gentle People - A Close Encounter
13. The Gentle People - Relaxation Central
14. The Gentle People - Journey (Reprise)
15. The Gentle People - Outro
16. The Gentle People - Space Bubble
17. The Gentle People - Star
18. The Gentle People - Sunny Day (Demo)
19. The Gentle People - Journey (Aphex Twin Care Mix)
20. The Gentle People - Journey (Gentle Instrumental)
ARTIST
TITLE
Soundtracks For Living (Expanded Edition)
FORMAT
3LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 122LP WRWTFWW 122LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/24/2026

WRWTFWW Records presents The Gentle People's Soundtracks for Living (Expanded Edition), the ultimate lounge/chill out classic from 1997, reborn! Available as a limited-edition white vinyl 3LP in heavyweight 3-panel gatefold sleeve. 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. The Gentle People -- Dougee Dimensional, Laurie LeMans, Valentine Carnelian and Honeymink -- began in early-'90s Brixton, throwing dress-up theme parties before taking their audio-visual universe into the studio. For them, music was "a way of life": soothing to the ear, rich in pop hooks, and pitched somewhere between the playfully idiotic and the hyper-intelligent. This expanded edition of Soundtracks for Living finally gives this glambient lounge-pop milestone the treatment it has always deserved. 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, Soundtrack for Living (Expanded Edition) invites long-time fans and new listeners alike to step back into The Gentle People's universe -- a place of fondue parties, bubble chairs, star-lit elevators and endlessly rewinding sunsets, where "the pathway to the stars" is never quite out of reach.