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