Mondo Grosso

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MONDO GROSSO, also known as Shinichi Osawa, is an artist on the Avex Trax label. His work portrays genres from Acid Jazz to House, though it mainly stems from underground club music. The name "MONDO GROSSO" is Italian for "big world". HMV Japan rated MONDO GROSSO at #95 on their "Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists".

1 Background
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Background

Osawa was born on February 7, 1967. He was originally the leader and bassist for the popular Japanese musical group MONDO GROSSO, which formed in Kyoto in 1991 on the For Life Records label. However, in 1995, the group was disbanded, and Osawa worked more on his own, collaborating with many artists such as Monday Michiru, Amel Larrieux, UA, Chara, and Dragon Ash. In the midst of his collaborative work in 1997, he became a solo producer.

He made a move from For Life Records to Sony Music Associated Records in 1999, where he began his own label. Throughout the years, Osawa acted as a producer for artists such as bird and Eri Nobuchika. In 2006, Osawa changed major labels again, moving from Sony Music Associated Records to Avex Trax.

Osawa also provided the hypnotic array of techno music on the popular PlayStation Portable handheld game Lumines in 2005. However, he did not reappear as a composer for its sequel.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[1993.6.18] MONDO GROSSO
[1993.10.21] MARBLE
[1994.6.17] INVISIBLEMAN
[1995.2.17] Pieces from the editing floor
[1995.7.5] The European Expedition
[1995.10.20] Born Free
[1997.8.21] CLOSER
[2000.7.26] MG4
[2000.8.23] MONDO GROSSO best
[2003.6.25] NEXT WAVE
[2004.6.30] LIVE ON THE NEXT WAVE
[2007.2.21] Kitsune Udon (collaborative mix CD with Kitsune)

[edit] Remix Albums

[1996.04.03] DIGGIN' INTO THE REAL (mini-album)
[1998.3.21] THE MAN FROM THE SAKURA HILLS (mini-album)
[2000.10.18] MONDO GROSSO best remixes
[2001.7.25] MG4R
[2003.12.3] HENSHIN

[edit] Singles

[1995.6.7] Oh lord, let me do no wrong
[1995.8.19] FAMILY
[1997.5.21] Laughter in the rain
[1997.7.24] EVERYDAY LIFE / THINGS KEEP CHANGIN'
[2000.5.24] LIFE feat. bird
[2000.7.26] BUTTERFLY
[2000.8.30] NOW YOU KNOW BETTER
[2001.4.25] DON'T LET GO
[2002.5.2] BLZ
[2002.10.30] Everything Needs Love feat. BoA
[2003.5.2] SHININ'
[2003.7.16] 光 (Hikari / Light)