Jäh Division Jäh Division - Dub Will Tear Us Apart...again

A supergroup born of Brooklyn's early 21st century DIY scene, Jah Division's sole 2004 12-inch Dub Will Tear Us Apart earned them an instant infamy for their psychedelic dub interpretations of Joy Division classics. Featuring members of Home and Oneida and recorded in the literal shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, Jah Division grew from a joke between roommates Brad Truax and Barry London into a rolling improv collective that included members of Animal Collective and Black Dice, among others.Expanded with 5 extra songs--2 from the original session, 3 from a scrapped album--Dub Will Tear Us Apart. Again is the sound of Manchester beamed into Brooklyn by way of the Black Ark, all linked by some intercosmic hook-up in the depths of Barry London's Space Echo tape loop. Recorded by the core Jah Division quartet, the original release--part of Social Registry's 12-inch series-- featured London on vintage keyboards, Truax on bass, Home's Chris Millstein on drums, and Oneida's Kid Millions on Barry's collection of synth percussion, including trash-salvaged electronic drum pads, run through dubby delays and effects and a Farfisa reverb tank. Residents of free103point9--a combination micro-casting FM radio station, performance space, and residential loft with back windows overlooking the Williamsburg Bridge's Brooklyn-side descent--Brad and Barry had real bands with real ambitions. Both had spent months sweating hard hours over albums with Home and Dan Melchior's Broke Revue -- both albums destined to remain never-properly-released after falling into wormholes of music biz malarkey. Jah Division was, as the original 12-inch label put it, "a good smoke and a joke." But it quickly became much more.Drafting in Home drummer Chris Millstein on the night of their first show, and Oneida drummer Kid Millions shortly thereafter, Jah Division found its expression in London's collection of strange and/or vintage gear, from the Roland RS-09 that triggered the original joke to the Realistic Concertmate MG-1, a Moog once sold at Ra