[4] Chasteen and Kandel started a studio called "Heaven" in an industrial loft in the Skid Row district of Downtown Los Angeles.
This led the label to release a mix of house, techno, trance, breaks, and downtempo, soundtracking outdoor parties which often went through sunrise into the afternoon with a diverse range of music to suit the ever changing mood of attendees.
DJ Garth, founder of Wicked Sound System says of Exist Dance: “In 1991, there was only one West Coast label releasing the kind of music that fueled those all-night renegade parties.
While their releases did not top the charts, they were popular among DJs playing the emerging sounds of trance, ambient house, breakbeat, and techno around the world.
"[9] Kandel moved to a small island in the pacific northwest and worked for two years on the first Tranquility Bass solo LP "Let The Freak Flag Fly" which came out on Astralwerks along with three singles.
These releases were distributed widely, and received recognition[9] and acclaim as part of a wave of downtempo, ambient house, breakbeat, big beat, and chill out music that had commercial success at the time.
[12] In 2013, Chasteen partnered with Stones Throw Records to release new music from classic dub musicians, often acting as the mixing engineer.