World's End Girlfriend

World's End Girlfriend (ワールズ・エンド・ガールフレンド) is the musical project of Katsuhiko Maeda (Born November 1). Placing the solo musician's music into one well-defined genre is difficult, as it blends elements of electronica and post-rock to create a unique style.

Discography

Albums

*Ending Story (2000)
* [http://www.noble-label.net/catalog/?en&code=CXCA-1089 Farewell Kingdom] (2001)
*Xmas Song (2001) (Released as World's End Boyfriend, reissued with 2 extra tracks in 2003)
* [http://www.noble-label.net/catalog/?en&code=CXCA-1118 Dream's End Come True] (2002)
* [http://www.cubicmusic.com/japanese/release/cm10.html Enchanted Landscape Escape] (2002) (Released as Wonderland Falling Yesterday)
* [http://www.noble-label.net/catalog/?en&code=CXCA-1160 The Lie Lay Land] (2005)
* [http://www.humanhighwayrecords.com/release/hhr32.html Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain] (2006) (Collaboration with Mono)
* [http://www.humanhighwayrecords.com/release/hhr42.html Hurtbreak Wonderland] (2007)
* [http://www.humanhighwayrecords.com/release/index.html Enchanted Landscape Escape] (2007)

EPs

* [http://www.cubicmusic.com/japanese/release/cm02.html Sky Short Story] (2000)
*Listening You (2000)
*Letter from Crying Klara (2001)
*Halfmoon Girl (2001) (split 12")
* [http://www.happinet-p.com/jp2/music/special/071120_1.html Kira Kira Gibri, Nausicaa Requiem and Kimiwo Nosete] (2007)

Trivia

*Katsuhiko Maeda is the older brother of Ryoma Maeda, also known as Milky-Chu or Milch of Source.
*Katsuhiko Maeda is from Nagasaki, Kyushu in Japan, and currently resides in Tokyo.
*At the age of 10, he was inspired by his father's classical music collection albums. This is how his interest was sparked. When he was 12 years old he started composing on keyboards, guitar, tape recorders and computers. To date he has composed more than 600 songs.
* World's End Girlfriend's music is used in the Go Shibata directed film "Late Bloomer" (2004)
* World's End Girlfriend's music is available in America, Asia and Europe. He has played live in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Macau, Spain, Switzerland, China, Taiwan, UK and USA
* World's End Girlfriend did a 32 date tour of North America with Mono in 2007.

External links

* [http://www.noble-label.net/artist/?en&weg World's End Girlfriend on Noble Records]
* [http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-241/artist_name-world___s_end_girlfriend/ World's End Girlfriend on Nippop]
* [http://www.humanhighwayrecords.com/release/hhr42.html World's End Girlfriend on Human Highway Records]
* [http://www.cubicmusic.com/japanese/release/cm02.html World's End Girlfriend on Cubic Music records]
* [http://www.worlds-end-girlfriend.org/ World's End Girlfriend's official Home Page]