RIP Michael Kandel aka Tranquility Bass

Man.

http://5chicago.com/features/michael-kandel-tranquility-bass/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgSr4-pr_y4

Very sad. ‘Let the Freak Flag Fly!'”

RIP "they came in peace for all mankind"

"Cantamilla" is one of my favorite tracks ever. RIP

They Came In Peace was by far the best thing on that 1994 Mo Wax comp everyone and their brother seemed to have, the cricket sounds at the end, just absolute bliss. Very sad.

Cantamilla often plays in my head, even though I rarely listen to it. Great tune. RIP

Listened to LTFFF in full for the first time only a couple of weeks ago. Would've had at least one thing from it in the recent 'EPICS' tracks poll.

gah, love 'they came in peace'.

They Came In Peace was by far the best thing on that 1994 Mo Wax comp everyone and their brother seemed to have, the cricket sounds at the end, just absolute bliss.

OTM. Thank you for that and thank you for Exist Dance (I loved that first Freaky Chakra album). RIP.

I still listen to his music a lot - I feel like he was always in his own zone, a kind of milder mellower place than other people but with a very deep focus. When I bought something of his off bandcamp once, he sent me a "thanks!" and we had a brief back-and-forth about his music. seemed like such a positive guy. Heartbreaks & Hallelujahs, the album he finished in '02 but didn't release until 2012, is really good -- pretty weird, for sure, but addictive, which is my read on Freak Flag, too.

When I listen to his stuff, more than with many other, bigger artists, I feel like the world is poorer without his voice in it - the pocket in which Tranquility Bass's music sits is its own place.

'let the freak flag fly' is a great album for a heatwave.

I cherry picked a few tracks from the compilation of his Commander Mindfuck output that's on the Exist Dance bandcamp but probably should have just bought the lot.

So very lysergic.

https://existdance.bandcamp.com/album/commander-mindfuck-presents-the-complete-floor-mutilator

never heard any, so, ta for the pointer