K.I.D. (musician)

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K.I.D.
(Geoff Bastow)
Birth nameGeoffrey Bastow
Born20 May 1949
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died16 March 2007(2007-03-16) (aged 57)
Berlin, Germany
Genres Post-disco
Italo disco
Euro disco
Hi-NRG
Labels Baby Records (Italy)
SAM Records (US)
Bruton Music (UK)

K.I.D. was a British musician and the 1980s Italo disco musician best known for his SAM import and club hit "You Don't Like My Music (Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!)" that entered the Billboard Club charts. [1] The name is a pseudonym used by Geoffrey Bastow. [2] [3]

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Career

Grave of Geoffrey Bastow on the Westfriedhof in Munich Bastow Geoffrey 1.jpg
Grave of Geoffrey Bastow on the Westfriedhof in Munich

Bastow, who is also known as Geoff Bastow (20 May 1949 in Yorkshire, England – 16 March 2007 in Berlin, Germany), [4] was a Munich-based English songwriter and record producer. [5]

In the early 1970s, Bastow recorded albums such as Music To Varnish Owls By (1975), Flavour Of The Month (1977) and The Video Age (1980) for various British labels. Originally working as a guitarist and pianist in dance bands around Yorkshire, he moved to London in the early 1970s, and then Munich in around 1976. He collaborated with disco/electronic innovator Giorgio Moroder around that era. He also toured with Engelbert Humperdinck's band as a guitarist.[ citation needed ]

Aside from his main work as K.I.D., he has also worked as a session musician for Euro disco acts such as Amanda Lear (1981 album Incognito ), Boney M (1981 album Boonoonoonoos ), Mick Jackson and Gary Lux. [5]

He wrote songs for artists including Elton John (song "Born Bad" from Victim of Love ) and Suzi Lane ("Harmony"). [5] Bastow co-composed with Mick Jackson the Austrian entry for Eurovision Song Contest in 1985, entitled "Kinder dieser Welt" which was sung by Gary Lux. The song placed 8th among 19 songs. [6]

Bastow, as an electronic act called K.I.D. managed to get into the Billboard Dance Club charts in 1981. It entered the chart around September 1981, reaching No. 54 in 26 September, respectively. [7] Around 14 November, it jumped to position No. 10. [1] His brother Trevor (1945–2000) was also a noted London composer and session pianist. His younger brother Phil Bastow is also a musician.[ citation needed ]

Bastow has had a number of his compositions used in notable video productions. Some of his music can be heard in the children's video series There Goes a... also known as Real Wheels hosted by Dave Hood and Richard Blade's Video One. For example, in the video There Goes a Fire Truck, his songs "Current Advances 1", "Current Advances 3", "and Horizons 1" are used as background music. [8] "Daytime Drama" was used in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Dumped". Posthumously, some of his production music has appeared in Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule , an Adult Swim comedy show stylized to parody public-access television. [9] Geoffrey Bastow also contributed Lyrics for 'We Need Protection’, which was a song composed by Edwin Hind and Eckhart Debusmann techno-funk band ‘Picnic At The Whitehouse’ (CBS RECORDS/Portrait 1985 – 1990. This Record is still referred as one of the most Important songs of the eighties. [10] Bastow died in Berlin, Germany on 16 March 2007, at the age of 57. [4]

Discography

Albums as K.I.D.

#NameLabelNotes
1980Number OneEsquireRecorded in Milano, Italy
1981Don't StopAriola / Baby RecordsRecorded at Union Studios, Munich, Germany
1982Fine Time Tonight Baby Recorded at Union Studios, Munich, Germany

Albums as Geoff Bastow (Incomplete)

Source: [11]

#NameLabelNotes
1975Music To Varnish Owls ByJW Music Library
1976Double ExposureProgramme MusicTrevor Bastow is a co-composer of the album.
1976Merry ChristmasImpressAnthony Mawer is a co-composer of the album.
1977Flavour Of The MonthJW Theme Music
1980The Video Age Bruton Music Trevor Bastow is a co-composer of the album.
1982Tomorrows WorldBruton Music
1986The AV Conception Volume 1Sonoton
1987Industry 2 - New LookMusic House
1987The AV Conception Volume 2 Sonoton
1992Daytime Drama Sonoton
1995Daytime Drama 2 Sonoton

Singles as K.I.D.

#NameLabelInfo
1981"Don't Stop" / "Do It Again" Baby (Italy)
SAM (US)
#4 Dance [2]
1981"It's Hot (Take It To The Top)" / "Hupendi Muziki Wangu?! (You Don't Like My Music)" SAM (US)#10 Dance [1]
1981"No 1." / "You Can't Keep Me Waiting"Esquire (Italy)
Record Shack (UK)
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1982"I Wanna Piece Of The Action" Baby (Italy)
Carrere (UK, France)
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1983"Come And Get It" Baby (Italy)-

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