Bastow, who is also known as
Geoff Bastow (20 May 1949 in
Yorkshire, England – 16 March 2007 in
Berlin, Germany), was a
Munich-based
English songwriter and
record producer. 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. 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. 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. Around 14 November, it jumped to position No. 10. His brother Trevor (1945–2000) was also a noted London composer and session pianist. His younger brother Phil Bastow is also a musician. 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. "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. 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. Bastow died in Berlin, Germany on 16 March 2007, at the age of 57. ==Discography==