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Conversation with
A little background:
One of the beauties with ‘Setting Sun’ is often the fact using
The interview you can interview acts from all of the world,
And certainly over the 4 or so years I have being doing
I have interviewed acts from all over the world but to my
Knowledge I don’t think at least so far anyhow I have ever
Interviewed any act at least from Japan.
‘Worlds End’ according to their notes on myspace.com
‘Consists of a at most times, three man playing and
Composing instrumental, cinematic music. They have
Also performing and arranging their digital &
Analogy mixed music for other artists.‘
Certainly from listening to their music, there is a real
Mood that I think goes beyond just being music
Rather as I would like to simply a mood, but a place
That I certainly full of layers that made it beautiful to
Listen and also at the same time almost quite unsettling.
Thanks to ‘Worlds End’ for the interview.
More on them can be found at their website
Which is
‘Worlds End’ describe their website as ‘ since we
Are hoping the website above to be a particular
Space for every listener to be able to use their
own lens called feelings, the website consists of
Only instrumentals to avoid words that spacify the
Worlds and feelings. It would be so delighted if
The website colours your day.’
Cheers
Andy N
Setting Sun:
How are things and what’s happening at the
Moment?
Worlds End:
Currently, we are focusing on writing and arranging
New songs.
Setting Sun:
Next, can you tell us a little bit about your music – what
Started you off etc or as I like to say sometimes, who fired
The starting pistol?
Worlds End:
It would be the Japanese artist called “Mr. Children”.
They motivated me to start fiddling around with
My guitar.
Setting Sun:
Next, can you tell you a little bit music wise, what are your
Influences and who you are listening to at the moment?
Worlds End:
My tunes are influenced by U2, Radiohead, Oasis,
Aqualung and of course, Mr. Children as I mentioned
In Question 2.
Setting Sun:
Do you play concerts? If so, how do they differ to
your recordings? Is their one you prefer over
the other?
Worlds End:
Unfortunately, gigging takes up a lot of our time.
It sure is fun to have gigs, but we enjoy arranging and
creating more than that. So at the moment, we do gigs
and try to find extra time to make new material when
we can .We have had many gigs before, and the some
of the set lists are on our website. We once rearranged
one of our songs in a live collaboration with a rapper.
However, I still prefer the original recorded sets.
Setting Sun:
I have being enjoying your songs on myspace.com,
but the one that I think I have enjoyed the most out
of has being is simply titled ‘til the end’? Can you tell
us a little bit more about this song?
Worlds End:
Thanks. I wanted to write something that is
relative to us as humans.
This tune doesn't really have a main melody.
All our other songs have one but not this song.
The base has been cut off in every 16th bar, and
the tunes have been layered over each other.
Towards the end, it was composed by piling melodies
and sounds that were created by 5 guitars, a bass, and
a synthesizer. I wanted to express that we all are
changed by other people, and every little thing that
occurs between others makes the present you.
I believe that music itself is something relative, but
recently I see lots of the Japanese artists of my age
have forgotten about it, (or maybe they are not
even aware of the fact.), and I cannot help having
big doubts myself about its importance.
Also, the title states that we can keep changing and
improving ourselves “till the end”. It also always
reminds me and encourages me not to give it up
“till the end”.
Setting Sun:
What is the inspiration behind your name
World’s End too out of interest?
Worlds End:
It's kind of hard to explain, (and this is gonna be
long!) but, basically “World's End” represents
somewhere in “the end of the world“ that I saw
right after I wrote this particular song.
I once thought about quitting music, since I
just could not write any songs at all at that
time. Then I gave myself a last chance to write
just one last song - if I could create a song that
could satisfy me, then I would try music again,
and if not, I was really going to quit. I focused
on writing a song, I didn't do anything except
write kept creating piles of tunes, and arranged
them day and night for weeks.
And yes, I made it, (which goes 8min.!) and I could
imagine this beautiful but so peaceful place while
I was listening to the song. I had never seen the
scenery, and I had no clue where that place would
be, but I thought it must still exist somewhere the
end of the world. So I named the band “World's end”
to remember the feeling and to remind me about my
decision to keep creating music.
And I am hoping that people who listen to us can
see or feel the scenery while listening to our songs.
Setting Sun:
What plans do you have next, music wise? Do you
have any recordings or gigs planned at the moment?
Worlds End:
No, We are not planning to have any gigs at the
moment. We are focusing on the recording and
creating tunes so that we won't miss any new songs.
Setting Sun:
Where are you from out of interest? What’s the
music scene like were you are from? Have you
being to any good concerts recently?
Worlds End:
Personally, I prefer alternative, and ambient
music.
I always check what's up in the UK scene,
and it has been something that I am aiming for.
I definitely would like to go to the UK before
long and would like to collaborate with
UK artists.
I don't really go to gigs in Japan (since it
sucks most of time), but I went to an Aqualung
concert in Tokyo in June this year. I also
went to the U2 concert that was held in November
last year in Tokyo.
Their concert left me speechless. The Edge
especially (guitarist from U2) blew my mind.
Setting Sun:
What do you do when you are not being a
Musician?
Worlds End:
Just work part-time.
Setting Sun:
Anyway, a few light hearted questions to finish
off with, firstly what would you like to be doing
when you are 60?
Worlds End:
I wanna be able to create music that totally
satisfies me.
Setting Sun:
Lastly, what do you think you will be
doing when you are 60?
Worlds End:
I'll probably still be a musician if I can continue
to be successful otherwise I might be creating
fireworks(fabulous ones!) in Japan.