DJ Nori is a leading light in the Japanese club scene and has been so for almost 40 years. Nori began his deejay career in 1979 in Sapporo. In 1986 he moved to New York City.It was there he met Larry Levan and through Larry he played at many of New York’s most prestigious venues including a residency at The Paradise Garage. He became friends with club luminaries David Mancuso, Walter Gibbons, Danny Krivit, Timmy Regisford, Little Louie Vega, Nick Jones and Francois K. His time in New York placed him at the epicentre of the birth of club culture. Testament to this is his role in the film “Maestro” by Josell Ramos (2004). In 1989 DJ Nori returned home to take up residency at legendary Tokyo nightclub “Gold”, while continuing to travel overseas to play at various parties and events including i-D magazine’s parties in Italy and a plethora of major clubs throughout Europe and The United States.

Musician, composer, DJ, producer. In addition to producing and remixing for various artists in Japan and overseas, he shows his talent in various fields producing TV commercial music, spatial music, and soundtracks, and also producing "music bars" focusing on vinyl records. In 2017, he released MONDO GROSSO's album "Reborn Again and Always Starting New" for the first time in 14 years. The music video for "Labyrinth" sung by Hikari Mitsushima has been played more than 29 million times so far. His representative works in charge of the soundtrack are the TV anime "BANANA FISH" and the movie "Diner" directed by Mika Ninagawa. Currently, he has performed a new unit, RHYME SO, and spread their music from Tokyo to the world. Formed a band in Kyoto in 1991. Shinichi Osawa is a leader and bassist of Mondo Grosoo. He made his major debut album in 1993 and toured Europe as a world-standard acid jazz band. The band broke up in 1996, and Mondo Grosso became Shinichi Osawa’s solo project featuring various artists for each song. Since then, he has released hit albums such as "MG4" including "LIFE feat. Bird" and "NEXT WAVE" including "Everything Needs Love feat. BoA" while seeking the innovative music of that era and was suspended in 2003.