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Multiphase Records reissues Carl Weingarten?s 1988 ensemble recording, Laughing At Paradise. Out of print for more than a decade, Laughing At Paradise has been digitally remastered and is available on CD for the first time. All the original tracks are included, featuring three excerpts from the Lemurs score, comissioned by Ross Winter for the Mid-America Dance Company. Also included is the previously unreleased track, Circle Flight, recorded in February 1988. During it?s initial release, Laughing At Paradise was well received nationaly, including extensive airplay across the U.S., and featured on WNYC-FM New Sounds program in New York. Reviews appeared in Music Technology and The San Francisco Chronicle who wrote, "Laughing At Paradise moves seamlessly from solo ambient electronics to more structured ensemble pieces that skirt the edge of modern chamber music. Highly recommended." The musicians appearing on Laughing At Paradise read like a who?s-who list of before they were famous, including RSBryan percussion (from Sheryl Crow?s band), Jim Mayer bass (with Jimmy Buffett), Butch Thomas saxophone (Jaco Pastorous), Asa Harris, Dominic Schaeffer, David Udell, Gale Ormiston, Walter Whitney, and others. The cover and artwork have been repackaged for the CD, which features Photography by Mary Bigham.