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".
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[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, Dragon Ash and even Ayumi Hamasaki. 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. In 2008, he remixed #1-hit song Startin' by Japanese pop sensation Ayumi Hamasaki. The mix appeared on the album Ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Mini Albums
1993 - Marble
1994 - Invisible Man
1995 - Pieces From the Editing Floor
[edit] Albums
1993 - Mondo Grosso Etc.
1995 - Born Free
1998 - Closer
2000 - MG4
2003 - Next Wave
2007 - The One
[edit] Live Albums
1995 - The European Expedition
[edit] Remix Albums
1996 - Diggin' Into The Real
1998 - The Man From The Sakura Hills
2000 - Mondo Grosso Best Remixes
2001 - MG4R
2003 - Henshin
[edit] Singles
1995 - Oh Lord, Let Me do No Wrong
1995 - Family
1997 - Laughter in The Rain
1997 - Everyday Life / Thing Keep Changin'
2000 - Life (feat. Bird)
2000 - Butterfly
2000 - Now You Know Better
2001 - Don't Let Go
2002 - Blz
2002 - Everything Needs Love (feat. BoA)
2003 - Shinin'
2003 - 光 (Hikari / Light)
