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". 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 fo

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