Jah Division

Jah Division
Jah Division
Origin	Moscow, Russia
Genres	Reggae
Years active	1991 — now
Website	http://www.jahdivision.com/

Jah Division (Russian: Джа Диви́жн) is a Russian reggae band. It is one of the oldest reggae bands in Russia, formed in early 1990s in Moscow.

History

Herbert Morales, also known as Gera Morales, was the founder of Jah Division.^[1] He is son of a Cuban revolutionary Leopoldo Morales an associate of Che Guevara.^[2]

In Russia and CIS, band has cult status and well known among reggae fans.^[3]^[4] But fame goes beyond Rastafarian subculture. The first TV broadcast of Jah Division was happened in 1992 at one of central TV channels. Since Morales repeatedly invited by different broadcasts alone or with other musicians of band. He constantly gives interview for newspapers and magazines.^[5]

Gerbert Morales collaborates with reggae band Dubska from Poland, recorded the common LP album ДабскаДивижн and performed on the different Poland fests. In summer 2011 Jah Division demonstrated new sound of band at Perm's White Night festival.

Discography

1992 — Индюки златоглавые (Indyuki zlatoglavye / Golden-headed turkeys) (live) [MC]
1994 — Концерт в ДК Горбунова (Concert at the Gorbunov recreation center) (live) [MC]
1995 — Cubana [MC]
2000 — Jah Division
2001 — Live in Forpost club
2001 — Ten years of Jah division (live in Forpost club) [MC]
2002 — Live in Warsaw
2002 — The single
2002 — Пассионарии Джа. День независимости (Passionarii Jah. Den nezavisimosti / Passionaries of Jah. Independence day)
2003 — Recycled
2003 — Пассионарии Джа (live in Forpost club) (Passionarii Jah / Passionaries of Jah)
2004 — The best
2004 — День рождения (live) (Den rojdenya / Birthday)
2005 — Cubana
2006 — Закат (Zakat / Sunset)
2007 — All music
2007 — Эссенция (Essenciya/ Essence)
2009 — Гений пламенных речей (Geniy plmennyh rechey / Genius of fiery speeches) (Maxi-Single)
2012 — Поднимайте сердца (Podnimayte serdca / Raise your hearts) (feat. NetSlov) (Maxi-Single)

References

^ Herbert Morales: «Jah Movement» Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Gera Morales: «Real happiness is not from drugs and yoga, but from good music and good company». Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine // Журнал «Техногид».
^ Give me Bob dreadlocks for happiness… Herbert Morales: «The idea of xenophobia lives in power», «Московский комсомолец», 06.11.2006
^ "Мегазвезды". www.holmi.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
^ "Техногид - Интервью с Герой Джа Моралесом". 2009-12-28. Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

Literature

Alexeev A.A. - Who is who in Russian rock

External links

Official website
Morales in Twitter
Jah Division in livejournal
JD in library of Maxim Moshkov
Rastafari in Russia Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Herbert Morales: «Jah Movement» Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Gera Morales: «Real happiness is not from drugs and yoga, but from good music and good company». Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine // Журнал «Техногид».

[3] Give me Bob dreadlocks for happiness… Herbert Morales: «The idea of xenophobia lives in power», «Московский комсомолец», 06.11.2006

[4] "Мегазвезды". www.holmi.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

[5] "Техногид - Интервью с Герой Джа Моралесом". 2009-12-28. Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

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