Years active 1998 — Present Music director The Village | Website www.the-shin.com Genre Jazz | |
Members Zaza MiminoshviliZurab J. GagnidzeMamuka Gaganidze Albums EgAri, Black Sea Fire, ManyTimer, ADIO Shin, Es Ari, Tseruli Record labels Acoustic Music Records, Jaro Medien Similar Firelight, Can‑linn, Carl Espen, Axel Hirsoux, Hersi Matmuja Profiles | ||
The Shin (Georgian: შინ) is a Georgian fusion jazz band formed in Germany in 1998. The Shin are Zaza Miminoshvili (guitars, panduri), Zurab J. Gagnidze (bass, vocals) and Mamuka Gaganidze (vocals, percussion). The music of The Shin smoothly combines Georgian folk melodies with jazz, famous native polyphonic singing with scat, and tunes of the near Orient and flamenco with a modern Western sound.
The group represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 along with singer Mariko Ebralidze with the song "Three Minutes to Earth", but they came in last place in their semi-final and did not advance.
The word "Shin" literally means "home" or "going home" in the Georgian language.
Songs
GelinoBlack Sea Fire · 2009
Georgia: Three Minutes to Earth2014
Chips on the WaterEgAri · 2006