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    <title>Wes Willenbring</title>
    <description>Wes Willenbring was forced into taking piano lessons at the age of seven, and after years of arduous practice he eventually turned to the guitar so he could learn the chord progression to “Lay Lady Lay.” An obsession with recording techniques and aesthetics then led to a disturbingly large collection of equipment and microphones. After years of writing and recording music both solo and in a variety of collaborations he has now set up home and studio in San Francisco.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Willenbring’s songs revolve around the primary elements of piano and guitar. They are disassembled, reconstructed and manipulated to create music that is both visceral and expressive. This bridging of melody and texture, of form and formlessness act to draw the listener into territory that is at once unknown yet intimately familiar.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His first album for Hidden Shoal Recordings (to be released on the 26th of Feb, 2007), “Somewhere Someone Else”, is a work of muted radiance. Sounds of piano and guitar wash in and out of recognition, providing a kind of dislocated comfort. The album slowly breathes in and out with an un-deniable melancholic warmth, like a sad dream you don’t want to wake from. Traversing some of the post ambient territories of peers such as Windy and Carl, The Dead Texan and Labradford, “Somewhere Someone Else” manages to carve its own unique sonic and emotional landscape.</description>
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      <title>Wes Willenbring Kite Radio Feature</title>
      <description>Listen in to the wonderful ambient radio show, Kite Radio (playing on &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.stillstream.com/"&gt;Stillstream&lt;/a&gt;) this week for a feature on the Wes Willenbring album, “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38&amp;amp;zenid=c4dc1e5aa1f6fff4adcb66c46c21b0ce"&gt;Someone Somewhere Else&lt;/a&gt;“.&lt;br/&gt;Wes will be joining the host of the show for a bit of an online chat.&lt;br/&gt;If you’re lucky you may even catch some other gems from the HSR&lt;br/&gt;catalogue being played. The show broadcasts on Tuesday night from 10pm&lt;br/&gt;to 1am US Eastern time. Check out the Stillstream &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.stillstream.com/schedule.php"&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; for start times in other time zones.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/experimental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/listen" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/preview" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kite" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/download" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/featured" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:32:05 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wes Willenbring on Error FM</title>
      <description>Catch a selection from Wes Willenbrings “Somewhere Someone Else” on the excellent &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://music.hiddenshoal.com/www.errorfm.com"&gt;Error FM&lt;/a&gt; show, “The Waiting Room”. The show airs on Wednesdays, 10pm  - Midnight GMT. Listen to the show online &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.errorfm.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/error" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/experimental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/listen" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/fm" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/download" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/featured" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:30:49 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wes Willenbring Playing On WWUH Radio</title>
      <description>If you were lucky enough to catch the last episode of the “Ambience” show on the Connecticut radio station, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.wwuh.org/"&gt;WWUH 91.3 FM&lt;/a&gt; you would have heard large slabs of albums by &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=26"&gt;Slow Dancing Society&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=35"&gt;Sankt Otten&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Wes Willenbring&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=39"&gt;Colour Kane&lt;/a&gt;. Check out the show for more slices from the HSR pie over the coming months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/kane" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/listen" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/connecticut" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambience" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/show" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/wwuh" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/colour" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambieny" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/radio" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/05/07/VhWzbEXB/wes-willenbring-playing-on-wwuh-radio</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:29:25 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Slow Dancing Society, Sankt Otten and Wes Willenbring Reviews</title>
      <description>How’s this for a triple treat - reviews of three HSR releases in the latest edition of the &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ambientmusicguide.com/"&gt;Ambient Music Guide&lt;/a&gt;. The Slow Dancing Society album “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=26"&gt;The Sound of Lights When Dim&lt;/a&gt;“, The Sankt Otten album “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=35"&gt;Wir Koennen Ja Freunde Bleiben&lt;/a&gt;” and Wes Willenbring’s “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Somewhere Someone Else&lt;/a&gt;” were all met with a wonderful reception from the excellent ambient and downtempo zine. You can read the reviews &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ambientmusicguide.com/pages/recent/marchApril2007.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/review" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/willenbring" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/digital-label" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/australian-music-label" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/05/07/v0IyO1Im/slow-dancing-society-sankt-otten-and-wes-willenbring-reviews</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:27:41 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wes Willenbring Review In The Silent Ballet</title>
      <description>Here’s yet another excellent review of the Wes Willenbring album, “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Somewhere Someone Else&lt;/a&gt;” in the very fine music zine, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/422/Default.aspx"&gt;The Silent Ballet&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/silent" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/willenbring" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/zine" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/review" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ballet" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/05/07/KBzksY5j/wes-willenbring-review-in-the-silent-ballet</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 16:26:11 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Hidden Shoal Recordings Label Profile and Reviews in Textura</title>
      <description>The latest edition of the ever excellent &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.textura.org/"&gt;Textura&lt;/a&gt; online magazine features a Hidden Shoal Recordings Label profile as well as reviews of albums by &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Wes Willenbring&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=35"&gt;Sankt Otten&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=26"&gt;Slow Dancing Society&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;Other goodness to be found in the April issue include a feature on the&lt;br/&gt;wonderful Dynamophone label, reviews for albums by Stars of the Lid,&lt;br/&gt;Explosions in the Sky, Do Make Say Think as well as some deliciously&lt;br/&gt;free mp3’s to feed your ears with.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/make" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/experimental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/of" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/in" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/explosions" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/do" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/label" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/lid" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/profile" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/05/07/R_3o_S04/hidden-shoal-recordings-label-profile-and-reviews-in-textura</link>
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      <title>Updates to playlist: Somewhere Someone Else</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:10:26 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Wes Willenbring Album Feature on Nowlikephotographs</title>
      <description>The Wes Willenbring album, “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Somewhere &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Someone &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Else&lt;/a&gt;“, will be featured on the excellent &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.nowlikephotographs.com/"&gt;Nowlikephotographs&lt;/a&gt; show on &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://radiok.cce.umn.edu/"&gt;Radio K&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sunday the 18th of March, 4-6pm central U.S time. You can tune in on&lt;br/&gt;your radio if you live in Minneapolis or stream the show online by&lt;br/&gt;clicking on “Listen Now” at the &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://radiok.cce.umn.edu/"&gt;Radio K&lt;/a&gt; website. If you can’t catch the show live then you can always listen to the podcast &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NowLikePhotographsPodcast"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/experimental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/listen" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/preview" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/nowlikephotograhs" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/download" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/featured" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/03/18/zdZ7DtXa/wes-willenbring-album-feature-on-nowlikephotographs</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:59:04 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>"Somewhere Somone Else" Review</title>
      <description>The first review has come in for the new Wes Willenbring release, “&lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;Somewhere Someone Else&lt;/a&gt;“. The good people at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://boringmachines.blogspot.com/2007/03/wes-willenbring-somewhere-someone-else.html"&gt;Boring Machines Disturb Sleep&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;have given this wonderful and important album a deservedly glowing&lt;br/&gt;write up - the first of many we are sure. The album is currently&lt;br/&gt;available as a pre-release exclusively from the HSR Store and will be&lt;br/&gt;officially released in March 2007. Preview the album in full &lt;a href="http://agora.hiddenshoal.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=38"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/willenbring" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/experimental" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/listen" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/review" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/preview" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hsr" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/ambient" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/album" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/download" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hiddenshoal" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/weswillenbring/blogs/2007/03/18/SzEuzj-n/somewhere-somone-else-review</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:57:59 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:21:16 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>As You Fade Away by Wes Willenbring</title>
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