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Approved: World’s End Girlfriend

By | Published on Monday 18 January 2010

It’s hard to describe the music of Katsuhiko Maeda, aka World’s End Girlfriend. He blends electronica, post-rock and his first love, classical music, to create incredible soundscapes, though not always all at the same time, and depending at what point you delve into his back catalogue, you could find yourself with a very different view of his work.

Amongst western audiences he is best known for his collaboration with post-rock band Mono on the album ‘Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain’, an orchestral work which slowly builds, over the course on an hour, to a massive post-rock crescendo. His latest album, the soundtrack to the film ‘Air Doll’, delves even further into classical music, going down a more traditional Japanese orchestral route than any of his previous work.

The four tracks on his MySpace page veer between glitchy electronica, majestic strings, soaring guitars and almost unlistenable noise (though that last bit only on the aptly-titled ‘I Don’t Need Friends Here’) which, despite being fairly lengthy, will leave you desperate to hear more.

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