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K.I.D. was a 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.〔 The name is a pseudonym used by Geoffrey Bastow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=K.I.D. on Billboard charts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Geoff Bastow )〕 ==Career== Bastow, who is also known as Geoff Bastow (born 1949 in Yorkshire, England, died 2007 in Munich), was a Munich-based English songwriter and music producer.〔(Geoff Bastow - Credits - Writing & Arrangement ). ''Discogs''. Retrieved 2011-08-23〕 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.〔 He wrote songs for artists including Elton John (song "Born Bad" from ''Victim of Love'') and Suzi Lane ("Harmony").〔 Bastow co-composed with Mick Jackson an Austrian entry for Eurovision in the early 1980s. 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 September 26, respectively. Around November 14, 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. 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「K.I.D. (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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