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Tranquility Bass

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About Me

-Born in Chicago -Lived in L.A. -Released First Record "They Came in Peace" in April Of 1991 -Only Other Founding Member Tom Chasteen (Born in Woodstock, New York) Left the Band in April of 1993 -Lived on Lopez Island -Had a Garden Once -Lived in Ende, Flores -is Photographer -Met John Cage -Got Bottle Smashed Across Head by Lao Gangster in Vientiane Once -Lived in Chicago -Went Whale Hunting Once -Lived in Bagsu Nag for a Short While -Has Been in Love -Owns One or More James Taylor Records -Was the Only Lucky Bastard on the Steve Reich Remix Album to get his Mitts on Reich's Whole Catalog -Toured with Live Band in The Late 90's -David Byrne Stole My Drummer -First Full Length Album "Let the Freak Flag Fly" Released in April of 1997 -Likes to Cook Chili ---TBC

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2006
Band Members: Michael Kandel
Influences: significant listening experiences that marked directional shifts and personal reflection: Donny Hathaway-"Live", Nonsuch-"Music From The Morning Of The World", King Sunny Ade-"Juju Music", Yoko Ono-"Why" & "Mindtrain", Igor Stravinsky-"Le sacre du printemps" (The Rite of Spring), Public Enemy-"It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back", Sir Shina Peters-"Afro-Juju 1", Steve Reich-"Six Marimbas", Seeing Kluster Live, Earth, Wind & Fire-"Faces" Side D, Marvin Gaye-"Got to Give it Up"...
Sounds Like:"Chili""Gift From God (Instrumental)""LA LA LA" VIDEO

Record Label: Exist Dance + Astralwerks
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Interesting things to do with Pi

Did I say Pi? I meant Pie. Whilst in Louisville last week I had been served a Kentucky favorite "Derby Pie" but thrown in a blender with ice cream and milk to make a delicious Derby Pie Milk Shake. Wh...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:12:00 PST

Tranquility Bass Live Line Up

Tranquility Bass Live at the Double Door, ChicagoDecember 27th 1997Band Line Up:Rade Krklec - GuitarMathew Lux  BassJohn Paul Redmond  KeyboardsMatthew Fusello  Drum Kit, Percussion & Samples Georg...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:08:00 PST

Borneo Road Trip!

So I am here in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and decided to rent a car for a handful of days to drive across/around Sabah. Sabah is decidedly geared toward the package "adventure" traveler or the Scuba touris...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:20:00 PST

Himalayazy...

"That is the Dahli Lama's Temple!" "Hmm... Dahli Lama huh?" "Yes, would you like to see it now or maybe later?" "Would I have to do any walking?" "Yes, just a little." "What's inside of it?" "A big st...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Thu, 22 May 2008 01:58:00 PST

Someday my Prince will Come...

So I ended my last email with the dangers of late night bowling and landing in Cambodia. There where no real surprises in store for me in Cambodia. I flew straight into Siem Riep and flew straight out...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:27:00 PST

Bowling for Blood...

Bowling for Blood... Well Lao has been a definite highlight of this trip thus far. I leave tonight from the capitol city Vientiane of which I have spent 6 nights, to a smaller city in the the south of...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:01:00 PST

Laos (Silent S)

Laos (Silent S)Another perfect day in Laos... My three day trip to Luang Prabang started out fairly uneventfully. It was a six hour minivan ride to the Thai border town of Chang Kong in which I met a ...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:54:00 PST

Follow the Black Sarongs...

Follow the Black Sarongs... Hey ho! So my foot is for the most part much better and I've been having a ball in Sulawesi. Before I left Makassar I went out on a 2-day boat trip to the very small island...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:38:00 PST

You havent eaten an egg untill&

After a few failed attempts at getting out a update from Makassar Sulawesi, (one due to four brilliantly written paragraphs getting lost do to poor computers and two due too trying to recreate said pa...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:30:00 PST

Indonesia at last...

So I made into Indonesia two days ago with out a hitch. I did not even have too bribe the Imagrasi like the last time I arrived here. The boat from Tawua to Tarakan was painless and as I was in Indone...
Posted by Tranquility Bass on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:38:00 PST