The Shin are: Zaza Miminoshvili (guitars, panduri, songs), Zurab J.
Gagnidze (bass, vocals, songs) and Mamuka Gaganidze (vocals,
percussion, songs). The Shin formed in 1998 in Germany, where Zaza
Miminoshvili and Zurab Gagnidze have been living since 1994. Mamuka
Gaganidze joined the band in 2002. In their native Georgia these
musicians are acclaimed among the country¹s most elite composers and
musicians.
The Shin's "instrumental theatre" is the sound of Georgia's musical
encounter with the world. In The Shin's music Georgian-style vocal
pyrotechnics, intricate polyphony and instrumental virtuosity meet
jazz scat, funk and fusion, flamenco, Ravel and Shakti. How does it
sound? Sophisticated, surprising, hip, humorous, and always
exhilarating - even at its most sensitive. The Shin¹s celebratory
musical dialogues know no bounds. Listen again and you'll hear
something new each time.
Members of The Shin have composed original works for productions at
the Tbilisi State Theatre and for film, television and radio programs
in their native Georgia and around the world. They have collaborated
internationally with artistic greats like Gia Kancheli, Robert
Sturua, Jorge Pardo, Giora Feidman, Chaka Khan, Randy Brecker, Okay
Temiz and Theodossii Spassov, Fuat Saka and many others. The Shin is regularly spotlighted in international festivals and has received significant
critical acclaim for its unparalleled originality and magnetic appeal.
In Georgian "Shin" means coming home. Although each of us has our own
home and our own road home, The Shin¹s music has the amazing ability
to lead everyone "home", no matter how far it may be. It may lead
you somewhere you know you've been before, where the windows are
fogged over from the rain and familiar smells waft in from the
kitchen, where you hear familiar voices and you understand, even when
you can¹t make out the words.
In November 2009 The Shin releases new album "Black Sea Fire", which is inspired by the great and reach music of the Black Sea region. In
this project "The Shin" wants to present a new generation of world music:
multicultural synthesis à la the Black Sea, envisioning the myth
of the Black Sea with its fire, its temperament, its profundity, its
emotion and unique salty sense of humour.
Outstanding musicians from the Black Sea countries participate in this
unique cross-cultural project.
According to an ancient Georgian proverb, the native sun is within you and around you. In the last project, "EgAri", this proverb led The Shin to Georgia, to their own roots. But a home is not only a place of residence and one's own family, but also neighbors and friends as well. Along with the friends, a large number of well-known great musicians and dancers of the Black Sea region, The Shin introduces a culture reminiscent of Atlantis itself.
2006- EgAri CD - Order
2009- Black Sea Fire CD - Order
