Debuted as a leader of a band Mondo Grosso in 1993. Later on, Mondo Grosso became his solo project. As Shinichi Osawa, he’s been releasing groundbreaking works internationally. The Album “The One” was released in Japan by avex, Europe by Southern Fried Records and in the US by Dim Mak Records.

As a producer, his recent works include of Japanese top artists including Namie Amuro and MINMI and as a remixer he is outstanding works for world-wide artists such as Digitalism and Felix da Housecat. His remixes works for both domestic and international artists are put together as “ TEPPAN-YAKI” which saw a release in Europe and Asia. As a DJ, he was selected as the most popular DJ in Japan for 2 consecutive years and he is quite active touring in Europe as well.

”Singapore Swing feat. Paul Chambers” from Shinichi’s latest album “SO2″ has been on a playlist of FATBOY SLIM, 2MANY DJS, EROL ALKAN, BOYS NOIZ and more.