Shinichi Osawa
Shin'ichi Osawa (Japanese大 沢 伸 一, Shinichi Osawa, born February 7, 1967 in Shiga Prefecture ) is a Japanese DJ, composer, musician ( bass player ) and music producer.
Osawa has actively worked with both international as well as with many Japanese artists, especially in the band Mondo Grosso. He has collaborated with artists such as Felix Da Housecat, Ayumi Hamasaki, Monday Michiru, Basement Jaxx, Ellen McIlwaine and Freeform Five. He is currently under contract with Avex Trax. His work portrays genres like jazz, soul, hip -hop, bossa nova and R'n'B although his recent productions are primarily meant for the dance floor.
Career
1989 Osawa began to produce music. He first founded the band Mondo Grosso ( self-titled album in 1993 ). The album was released overseas as well like in the Asian region, which led to the publication of several albums and 12 " EPs in the United States and Europe. The group broke up in June 1995. Shinichi Osawa used the name more for his solo projects. Various vocalists and musicians created with him the songs for his album Closer, which was released in 1997.
After Closer, Osawa turned to the production, and created and A. UA's "Rhythm " Charas "Junior Sweet ", and Monday Michiru's "You Make Me". After upgrading to Sony Music Associated Records, Osawa produced his best-selling album to date on his Sony belonging For Life Records label. The album was the first eponymous plate of R'n'B sensation Bird and sold over 800,000 times.
Osawa was followed in 2000 with his album MG4, which he published again under the name Mondo Grosso and with great Japanese musicians such as N'Dea Davenport ( Brand New Heavies ) and Amel Larrieux ( Groove Theory ) has recorded. Thus, he created a masterpiece of the present, the corresponding musical jegweiligem claim of jazz, funk and soul. The album contained the hit single life running up the radio in the summer of this year and running down. MG4 has been published in 25 countries. A gig with Jamiroquois as a result of a remix project and a track for the official Fifa - 2002s album Fever Pitch continued his musical career.
He continued to publish the smash hit Shinin ' featuring Kj from Dragon Ash, and helped rookie Mika Nakashima with her single Love Addict into the club jazz territory. His triumph came in 2004 further when he released his fifth album Next Wave featuring BoA, Kj, Towa Tei, UA, and a lot of other high-profile artists. 2005 composed Osawa et al the hypnotic techno music of the popular PSP game Lumines.
In 2006, Osawa his major label again, and turned for his album The One the label Avex Trax to. End of 2007, finally his latest album was released in collaboration with artists such as Au Revoir Simone, Princess Superstar and Ania from Freeform Five, among other information, a successful remake of The Chemical Brothers ' Star Guitar (featuring 'Au Revoir Simone ') can be found.
Away from his own musical career, Shinichi Osawa has worked with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, in Alejandro González Iñárritu ' cult film Babel, where he had the role of the DJ's in the club.
HMV Japan Osawa chose number 95 of the "100 best Japanese pop artists ."
As a composer and producer, Osawa has before more melodious and quiet tones, whereas he as a DJ and remixer remains mostly faithful to the bursting synth club sound (except for some remixes, such as Felix da Housecat Radio or Pogo by Digitalism, which is also in the broad mass appeal find ).
Discography
Mini albums
Albums
Live albums