World's End Girlfriend
~BIO~
World's End Girlfriend is a solo project by Katsuhiko Maeda, who hails from Nagasaki, Kyushu in Japan, and currently resides in Tokyo. At the age of 10, he was inspired by his father's collection of classical music. 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.[citation needed]
Maeda is the older brother of musician Ryoma Maeda, who is better known as Milky-Chu or Milch of Source.
World's End Girlfriend's music has been featured in the Go Shibata directed film "Late Bloomer" (2004). He also composed the soundtrack to "Air Doll", a 2009 movie by award-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda.
Maeda has performed live in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Macau, Spain, Switzerland, China, Taiwan, UK and the USA. He did a 32 date tour of North America with Mono in 2007.
~DISCOGRAPHY~
Albums
Ending Story (2000)
Farewell Kingdom (2001)
Xmas Song (2001) (Released as World's End Boyfriend, reissued with 2 extra tracks in 2003)
Dream's End Come True (2002)
Enchanted Landscape Escape (2002) (Released as Wonderland Falling Yesterday)
The Lie Lay Land (2005)
Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain (2006) (Collaboration with Mono)
Hurtbreak Wonderland (2007)
Enchanted Landscape Escape (2007)
Seven Idiots (2010)
EPs
Sky Short Story (2000)
Listening You (2000)
Letter from Crying Klara (2001)
Halfmoon Girl (2001) (split 12")
Kira Kira Gibri, Nausicaa Requiem and Kimiwo Nosete (2007)
Division EPs (2010) (six 3-track volumes)
Film Soundtracks
Air Doll (2009)
~LISTEN~
Birthday Resistance
~LINKS~
Official Site
