K.I.D. (musician)
Geoffrey Bastow, better known as K.I.D., was a British songwriter, producer and Euro disco musician who gained fame in the early 1980s. He was born on May 20, 1949, in Yorkshire, England, and died on March 16, 2007, in Berlin, Germany, at age 57. As K.I.D., he released music on the SAM label and scored a club hit with You Don't Like My Music (Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!), which climbed the Billboard Dance Club charts in 1981.
Bastow lived in Munich and worked with disco and electronic pioneer Giorgio Moroder. He started as a guitarist and pianist in dance bands in Yorkshire, then moved to London and eventually Munich around 1976. He also played with Engelbert Humperdinck’s band for a time. In addition to his work as K.I.D., he was a session musician for Euro disco acts such as Amanda Lear and Boney M, and he wrote songs for artists including Elton John ("Born Bad") and Suzi Lane ("Harmony"). He co-composed the Austrian Eurovision entry "Kinder dieser Welt," performed by Gary Lux, which finished 8th in 1985.
As K.I.D., his track entered the Billboard Dance Club charts in September 1981 at No. 54 and peaked at No. 10 in November 1981. Bastow also released several albums under his own name in the 1970s, including Music To Varnish Owls By (1975), Flavour Of The Month (1977), and The Video Age (1980).
His brothers Trevor and Phil Bastow were also musicians. Bastow’s music has appeared in various media, including the children’s series There Goes a... (Real Wheels) and the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Dumped." He passed away in Berlin in 2007.
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