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The two got together in to create the album Bird , featuring bird laying soulful, jazz-infused vocals over music and beats arranged by Osawa. The genre was a kind of jazzy dance music that straddles the line between traditional instrumental musicality and electronic production. The album went on to sell more than , copies and earned both performers accolades and recognition within and without Japan.

This surge in popularity for Osawa led to the international release of his next album, MG4 in Like his contemporaries, such as the esteemed Ryuichi Sakamoto , Shinichi Osawa is always looking to find new and interesting ways to express himself.

Genius never sleeps. In , Osawa released 'The One', an electro departure from his earlier works, laden with techno beats wherein Osawa fully embraces the electronic side of things. He continued to collaborate with international artists outside of Japan for vocals as he branched out creatively.

This is all the while he was performing live DJ sets, in Japan and abroad, by the way. He continued down this electronic trajectory with his next release under his own name, SO2, in These years have been formative for his newfound sound and love for electronic music, migrating from his previous electro releases into house-ier territory. Beginning in , Osawa began teasing a new music project.

At least, that was the year he made any mention of it by name on his Facebook page. The first teaser for the project was released on YouTube in Bits and pieces, hints and teasers were dropped like cryptic breadcrumbs that an eager audience followed and gobbled up like emaciated pigeons.

The project was titled Thousand Tears Orchestra , and for a long time, details were lacking as to what exactly the project entailed. However, Osawa provided clips of some of his biggest hits remixed with orchestral strings from his private orchestra project. The project has developed over the years as being an intriguing mix between the traditional and the modern. The rain that had been falling stopped in the early morning and it made possible to shoot an ideal picture of wet asphalt.

Thanks to the versatility of the participating vocalists, it was able to deliver the news weekly before, on that day, and after the release of the album. It also brought about the effect that made conscious of an album for the first time in 14 years continuously. I'd like to promote it'. Then I talked to Mr. My parents might be pleased. Moreover, this dramatic appearance was not because of the offer from the organizer.

But as I wanted to make it a legendary night appropriate for the comeback after 14 years, I could only think of Fuji Rock as its venue. Thus, not only music fans who were on site, all the media picked up a surprise appearance of Hikari Mitsushima, and it successfully continue to make the peaks even after the album release. However, I also wanted to collaborate with young artists in the company whom we couldn't feature last time.

So I made her come to the test recording once, and Mr. Osawa was also inspired by her singing voice. Then we decided to feature her immediately. It is said that the evaluation of the previous work had a huge effect on this tie-up.

Since it had been released and became a topic, next offer would come. It works like that sometimes. There was that kind of aspect. How Koseki summarize this work as of this moment? There was a pleasure that I could reflect the things that I have done so far, and the reaction from everyone to the project was also my pleasure. The live at Fuji Rock was an unforgettable moment in my music life.

It led to a sense of accomplishment that the works which could only be created by artist, Shinichi Osawa, and the teamwork with staffs who involved with him were created and known to many people. Not just the attitude about the era which the core work takes, it also required the knowledge and personal connections that supported the story making to sublime artist's resurrection to a certain phenomenon phase.

That's the dynamism of work called producer. This was an example that fused an instinct of a musical individual with her know-how accumulated in the past work in high dimensions. It is also a hope for artistic entertainment in the future. Avex Entertainment Inc. Company Message from the Chairman. Compliance Policy. For Visitors. All about the Avex building. Currently, Osawa is under cutting edge. The album was very well received both domestically and internationally, leading to a new style in Japanese club music that would eventually become a standard.

In , after a second album released on October 10, Born Free , featuring acid jazz stalwart Monday Michiru and the completion of their touring, the band officially disbanded. Osawa began solo work soon after the dissolution, becoming a collaborator with already established musicians in Japan. Around that same time, he began his career as a hit-making producer.

After the release of his third full-length album, Osawa turned his focus on production, working with many high-profile artists in Japan. His first explorations into full production began with the release of UA 's single, " Rhythm ", on September 24, He soon followed his first success in the field with the production of Monday Michiru 's well-received single " You Make Me ", released in Osawa produced another full-length album for a then-upcoming musician bird. Her first album, SOULS , was released on March 20, , and became a massive hit domestically, selling well over , units.

The following year Osawa would release his most popular single to date, " Life ", once again collaborating with bird on vocals.