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The Shin / Project "Egari" Georgia

Biography
The Shin formed in Germany in 1998, where Zaza Miminoshvili and Zurab Gagnidze have been living since 1994. Mamuka Ghaghanidze joined the group in 2002.In their Georgian homeland, these musicians belong to the artistic elite of the country and are well known as leading composers and musicians. They have scripted pieces for productions at the Tbilisi State Theater, numerous film, TV, and radio projects in Georgia and around the world, have taken part in several international projects, working together with great composers, and directors and artists such as Gia Kancheli, Robert Sturua, Giora Feidman, Chaka Khan, Randy Brecker, Okay Temiz, Fuat Saka, Ramesh Shotham, Raymond Kaczynski, Samir Essahbi and many others. Musicians have lead several workshops on Georgian polyphony polyrhythmic and improvisation-theory. The Shin has participated in various festivals and won several prizes in recognition of their work.Music of The Shin smoothly combines 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.

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Photo: Dmitry Klimensky / Juliana Voloz download

EgAri is collaboration with Georgian virtuoso folkloric musicians, singers and a dancer. In their search for a sound that is definitively Georgian, The Shin have created a trans-regional fusion of various Georgian styles. Based on Georgian instrumental music, traditional polyphonic vocals, and folk dance, EgAri for the first time unites 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.

Source: Womex / Mondomix (with photos in best quality)

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