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The Shin about The Shin
The Shin
formed in 1998 in Germany where Zaza
Miminoshvili and Zurab J. Gagnidze have been
living since the end of the 20th
century. In the early 21st
century, Mamuka Ghaghanidze hurried to join
them. Since then, The Shin has been
on their musical mission as a trio.
The group members are well known even in
their Georgian homeland as leading composers
and musicians. They have scripted pieces
for productions at the Tbilisi State
Theater, numerous film, TV, and radio
projects, have participated in various
festivals and have won several prizes in
recognition of their work.
Amazingly, The Shin
are able to smoothly combine Georgian folk
melodies with jazz, native polyphonic
singing with scat, and in general the music
of the near Orient with the modern sounds
popular in the West today.
EgAri – That’s it! (Georgian)
The Shin,
in their search for a sound that is
definitively Georgian, has created a
trans-regional fusion of various Georgian
styles. Their project EgAri is based on
Georgian instrumental music, traditional
polyphonic vocals, and folk dance, and
unites for the first time these quite
separate segments of Georgian culture. It is
an unusual, and highly non-traditional
combination of archaic and modern, Caucasian
and non-Caucasian instruments, elements of
Georgian harmonies with diverse jazz
threads. The Shin are not
iconoclasts, however. Only what continues
to evolve will remain — in that spirit, The
Shin see themselves as safe keepers of
Georgian traditions, not its destroyers.
EgAri brought together the
best musicians on the national scene, in
particular virtuosos of the archaic
instruments. EgAri is the reinitiation of a
peaceful dialog between East and West, old
and new, “Ours” and “Not-Ours”, that has
been characteristic of Georgian culture for
centuries. This dialog is recognizable in
the poetry of Rustaveli, the paintings of
Pirosmani, the architecture of Tbilisi, the
choreography of George Balanchine (Georgi
Balanchivadze), the films of Otar Ioseliani,
and yes...
…the music of The Shin.
The Shin:
“Egari” ARE:
Zaza Miminoshvili
(akustische, elektrische und Midi Gitarre,
Panduri),
Zurab J. Gagnidze (Fretless,
elektrischer und akustischer Bass, Guruli
Gesang, Song Writing),
Mamuka Gaganidze (Gesang und
Percussion, Song Writing).
Mamuka Chichinadze (Solo
Gesang, bass),
Guivi Bakuradze (Gesang),
Alexander Hizanhishvili
(Chonguri, Duduki, Salamuri, Chiboni,
Chuniri, Tanz),
Hvicha Hvitisiashvili
(Panduri, Duduki),
Zviad Totiauri (Solo Duduki),
David Shirtladze (Tanz, Doli)
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