Jah Division () 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. He is son of a Cuban revolutionary Leopoldo Morales an associate of Che Guevara.

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In Russia and CIS, band has cult status and well known among reggae fans. 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.

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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.

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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

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

Russian reggae musicians

Musical groups from Moscow

1991 establishments in Russia