Prod & The Moonbay / Ash In October

This split LP compiles the output of two closely related bands from, as suggested by the title, the hot, humid and (at the time) socially isolated city of Brisbane, Australia – an unlikely location for synth-pop and new wave music during the 1980s. Prod and the Moonbaby were a high school duo experimenting with tape loops, cheap electronics and primitive sampling.. the result is certainly lo-fi, light-hearted and naive, but also charming and the music belies the young age of the musicians. Ash In October was in many ways a logical progression of Prod and the Moonbaby and shared some of the same personnel, but also added some new wave influence through extra instrumentation and more serious, considered lyrics. Most of these tracks have never been heard before outside a handful of self-distributed tapes and this compilation was compiled over several years by the artists in collaboration with Hysteric and Nick Mariano (Crispy Nuggets).

• 01 Prod And The Moonbaby - Headphones
• 02 Prod And The Moonbaby - Close Your Eyes
• 03 Prod And The Moonbaby - Ill Be Back
• 04 Prod And The Moonbaby - Mind in Motion
• 05 Prod And The Moonbaby - No More Looking Worried
• 06 Prod And The Moonbaby - Placement
• 07 Ash in October - Greater Crime Alt Single
• 08 Ash in October - Sex Machine
• 09 Ash in October - Together Forever
• 10 Ash in October - It Willl Come
• 11 Ash in October - Ash in October
• 12 Ash in October - Something New