Tranquility Bass was the stage name of Michael Adam Kandel[2] (1967/1968 – May 17, 2015), an American musician whose music has been variously categorized as ambient house, trip hop, and funk rock.
[3] In 1993, Kandel released the single "They Came in Peace", which has been described as an ambient-house classic and appeared on the Mo' Wax compilation album Headz the following year.
[4] After the duo released this and a few other singles, including two songs that appeared on the FFRR compilation album California Dreaming in 1994,[5] Chasteen left Tranquility Bass and relocated to Tucson.
"[10] It was also reviewed favorably by Greg Kot, who described it as "a grand journey through nearly a century of recorded music, a densely layered montage of electronic manipulations and live instruments made under conditions that were certainly unusual.
[12] After a long hiatus from studio recording and rumors of drug abuse, Kandel returned in 2012 with a sophomore effort entitled Heartbreaks & Hallelujahs.