(Picture of Shinichi Osawa taken from his official myspace)Mondo grosso means "big world" in italian, but it also means Shinichi Osawa, an artist rated in the Top 100 Japanese Pop Artists. Till some years ago, this musician was only known with the name of Mondo Grosso, taken from his ex music band. He was well known for house, jazzy, soulful and similar productions. But time has changed, and lately with his real name is producting different music such as electro, electro-rock, spank-rock and so on. His new album "The one" has been released the 26th of november, you can listen to the tracks HERE and also have a look to his official web site. I listened live to him october the 20th in the world club in Kyoto. Here is a short video of what it was about....fasten your seat belts before playing it!
Links: Official Shinichi's myspace
In this kind of event, such as Shinichi's partys, you may like or dislike the music, but you cannot feel the energy of the Japanese clubbers. Expecially in Osaka the crowd is absolutely amazing, and is different from any other part of the world. The young kids that go to specific clubs like Triangle (shinsaibashi) is really involved in the event, they know who is playing and they know everything about that kind of music. All the people dance looking at the dj, singing and jumping...I can assure and I have been told that there are no other better places in the world for a dj to play than Osaka.
Links: Triangle club
(Pictures from World club Kyoto)
1 comment:
I enjoy your focus on the local music scene. It's a nice theme and an interesting way to examine Japanese culture.
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