World's End Girlfriend
Katsuhiko Maeda, better known by his stage name World's End Girlfriend, is a Japanese musician from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the founder of the record label Virgin Babylon Records.
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World's End Girlfriend
- Name
- World's End Girlfriend
- Birth Name
- 前田 勝彦
- Born
- 1 November 1975
- Birthplace
- Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Record producer
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Fields
- post-rock, ambient, electronica and classical.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Katsuhiko Maeda, better known by his stage name World's End Girlfriend, is a Japanese musician from Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the founder of the record label Virgin Babylon Records.
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World's End Girlfriend (born 1975) is a Japanese composer. The composer was born in Gotō Islands.
Genres include ambient, classical and electronica, among others. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name — World's End Girlfriend • Alias — * World's End Boyfriend • Wonderland Falling Yesterday • Birth Name — 前田 勝彦 • Born — 1 November 1975 • Birthplace — Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan • Genre — * Electronic • Occupation — Record producer • Years Active — 2000–present • Label — * Noble • Human Highway • Virgin Babylon • Erased Tapes
Biography
Biography
Katsuhiko Maeda was born on 1 November 1975 in Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture. At the age of 10, he started making music. His debut studio album, Ending Story, was released in 2000. It was followed by Farewell Kingdom (2001). In 2005, he released a collaborative album with Mono, titled Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain. In February 2007, American webzine Somewhere Cold voted Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain No. 7 on their 2006 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame. He released Hurtbreak Wonderland in 2007, Seven Idiots in 2010, and Last Waltz in 2016. He has also written the score for films such as Air Doll and Starry Starry Night.
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Ending Story (2000) • Farewell Kingdom (2001) • Dream's End Come True (2002) • Enchanted Landscape Escape (2002) (as Wonderland Falling Yesterday) • The Lie Lay Land (2005) • Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (2005) (with Mono) • Hurtbreak Wonderland (2007) • Seven Idiots (2010) • Voices of Days Past (2015) (with Vampillia) • Last Waltz (2016) • Resistance & the Blessing (2023)
Soundtrack albums
Soundtrack albums
• Air Doll (2009) • Starry Starry Night (2011) • Tasha Tudor: A Still Water Story (2017) • A Girl on the Shore (2021)
Compilation albums
Compilation albums
• Last Waltz Remix (2017)
Live albums
Live albums
• Song to the Siren: Live 3.11 (2015) • Live/10/10/2015 (2016) • Last Waltz in Tokyo (2018)
EPs
EPs
• Sky Short Story (2000) • Division One (2010) • Division Two (2010) • Other Voices (2010) • I Know You (2012) • Story Telling Again and Again (2012) • Yudechang (2013) (with Bool) • Girls/Boys Song (2014) • Requiem EP (2017) (with Daisuke Kashiwa) • Meguri (2018)
Singles
Singles
• "Xmas Song" (2001) (as World's End Boyfriend) • "Halfmoon Girl" (2001) (split with Cinq) • "Kimi o Nosete: Nausicaa Requiem" (2007) (split with Special Others) • "Boy" (2017) • "Eve" (2019) (with Smany) • "Rendering the Soul" (2019) • "Re-Rendering the Soul (Yaporigami Remix)" (2020) • "In the Name of Love" (2021) • "Black Box Fake Fact" (2022) (with CRZKNY)
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- 1.world's end girlfriend、6年ぶりとなるフル・アルバム『LAST WALTZ』その表現の核心に迫る. Ototoy. 26 November 2016.
- 2.Michel, Patrick St. Katsuhiko Maeda builds a diverse musical arsenal at Virgin Babylon Records. The Japan Times. 22 May 2016.
- 3.world's end girlfriend、幻の1stアルバムが新装盤で復刻. Music Natalie. 7 June 2011.
- 4.衝撃的な災害や事件を前に、音楽は? world's end girlfriendに訊く (page 1 of 3). Cinra.net. 25 November 2016.
- 5.MONO×world's end girlfriendのコラボ作完成!. CD Journal. 10 November 2005.
- 6.Lamoreaux, Jason T. 2006 Somewhere Cold Awards. Somewhere Cold. February 7, 2007.
- 7.Mineo, Mike. Worlds End Girlfriend: Hurtbreak Wonderland. PopMatters. 6 July 2007.
- 8.world's end girlfriend、破壊と構築の3年半ぶりアルバム. Music Natalie. 4 July 2010.
- 9.world's end girlfriend、"存在そのものの強さと美で見せる"トレイラーに日南響子. Music Natalie. 6 October 2016.
- 10.wegがカンヌ正式出品作「空気人形」の映画音楽を制作. Music Natalie. 27 June 2009.
- 11.world's end girlfriend×湯川潮音が台湾映画の音楽制作. Music Natalie. 26 October 2011.
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