Ian Dudfield - Guitar, Trombone and backing vocals.
Band member pics - Jonathan Barge - www.jonathanbarge.co.uk
Influences
Regina Spektor, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Chet Baker, The Cure, David Bowie, Gomez, The Incredible String Band, Jeff Buckley, John Renbourn, The Small Faces, Paul Simon, Robert Johnson, Leonard Cohen, Ray LaMontagne, Ralph McTell, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Kings of Convenience, Sigur Ros, Capdown, The Postal Service, Aphex Twin, Fourtet, Biffy Clyro, Coldplay, Million Dead, Radiohead, Bob Marley, The Cinematic Orchestra, NOFX, Mad Caddies, Fela Kuti, Orchestra Baobab, Reel Big Fish, Sidestepper, Youngblood Brass Band.
Sounds Like
"Darn good" - Greg James, BBC RADIO 1
"This band produces a sound that defines a new direction for the current music scene" - Emma Crichton - SANDMAN MAGAZINE
"One of the few things that has excited me this week." - Mark Lamarr, BBC RADIO 2
"This is the most amazing band in the world!" - Nick Margerrison, The Night Before Show, KERRANG RADIO
"Kid iD have mastered the Americana, folky numbers with beautiful harmonies to a tee. Sunny, summery little ditties making use of a whole host of instruments ... Throw in some cracking lyrics and you’ve got the makings of one of the best bands of the year." - Christine Toner, MUSIC-NEWS.COM
"With harmonies to die for on tracks like “Black Comedy” and “Colours of Love”. This is certainly one of the most exciting new bands I have been introduced to this year!" - Mark Thorpe, ROCKSELLOUT.COM
"I'd rather be kicked in the balls by Jonny Wilkinson than have to hear that again" - Anon. listener, KERRANG RADIO
"Sweet beats." - Natasha Tan, NME student guide
"They have things to say and music worth hearing, take note." - Leanne Dewsnap, THE MUSIC GURU
"Abso-bloody-lutely marvellous, fresh and fun. Exciting musicians and fabulous song-writers. Keep your hungry ears and eyes peeled..." - Alan Raw, BBC RAW TALENT
"Strings, brass, dancing, percussion, rhythms, beats, folk, latin. Uplifting, uptempo, soulful, rueful, joyous, humour. They crashed in and absolutely stormed it." - MiIDDLESBROUGH EVENING GAZETTE
ALBUM FOR SALE - ALBUM FOR SALE - ALBUM FOR SALE -
'That Dreaded Monster What If' is available in Crash and Jumbo records in Leeds, at gigs and from this website. ONLY TWO HARD COPIES LEFT, GET IN THERE!
Only £5 + p&p.
Available on itunes! Click on the link and make sure your itunes is open. Follow instructions from there.
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Or, please send a cheque for £5.50 made payable to Joshua Platman to
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(Artwork, most flyers, doodles and logo by James David Murphy - she_could_never_spell@hotmail.com - get in touch with him if you like it!)
Leeds University, 2004. Local lad Ralph Pelleymounter embarks on a music degree. He craves musical collaborators and discovers that course mates Will and Josh are just the men to accompany his then acoustic folk ramblings. Gigs are played to wild applause. Joe soon allies himself to the cause, and shortly after Pete and Ian enter the fray. The jigsaw is complete and Kid iD’s musical hydra now has all 6 heads…
Since 2006 Kid iD have been instigating rhythmic bodily writhing in venues across the UK with their exciting and invigorating sonic stew. After winning the reputable Bright Young Things competition at Easter that year, Kid iD quickly established themselves on the Leeds circuit, headlining the Cockpit in January 2007.
Kid iD's sound soon traveled nationwide, selling out shows from Camden to Glasgow; 2007 saw Kid iD play alongside Pendulum and Coldcut at Bloom Festival. Their stock has increased markedly since then; 2008 featured appearances with DJ Food, Mark Ronson, Gallows, The Cribs and Turin Brakes, not forgetting their storming sets at both Reading and Leeds!
With BBC airplay, live sessions on Kerrang Radio, an exciting debut album and national magazine coverage, Kid iD have gone from strength to strength, rapidly gaining a reputation for their original and upbeat performances. Kid iD are now based in London and are on a mission to up the ante and pleasure more eardrums. Let the games begin!
Black Comedy E.P, available online NOW, at gigs, and Crash and Jumbo records in Leeds.
basically we need your help, we've just entered a competition that if we win we could play at Tignesfest a festival in the french alps, but we need your help getting past the 1st round, so we can play the semi's at the Barfly in Camden, all you need to do is click on the link below (or copy and paste it into ur browser) then scroll down the page, and click near where it says 'Love scare' VOTE FOR THIS BAND!
THE PLAYGROUND presents Filthy Electro Trash on Saturday 14th Novmber. Come along and celebrate with:
Punks Jump Up (KITSUNE)// Punx Soundcheck (KITSUNE)// Steed Lord// Gobsausage// Glass Diamond// TOY TOY// The Education// Mr. Beasley// Ben Osborne// DJ Darkorse// Circa Burlesque- Little Bo Freak// Chrys Columbine// Slinky Sparkles and Straightola (VJ Set)
That wanker's me Mr Redway. Whatever you do, don't put the little wanker of a child wearing sunglasses on the top row of your friends. He deserted the band after all. I never did.
Hi kid i.d. i miss you all. please change me to top friend instead of that wanker wearing the sunglasses. hope recording went well. i love you will xxxx
Wow! Sounds like a bumper edition EP, cannot wait to get my hands on it :D Yeah, I know the Coma song (play it on repeat on my mobile video - have yet to put it up on YouTube). Thanks for the info, always a pleasure to come and see you.x
Hey, what's the "Kid iD Demo" user profile? Great gig last night in a cool venue - hats off to Ear Music! Good sound, pretty polished set andthe new s tuff is so exciting! What was the name of the first new one you played, I particularly loved that one, could be an epic. Please tell me it's one of the ones you're going to record on the new EP. And well done to Ian on the electric guitar and Joe on keys! x
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
Holaaa hope all is well and your mission is going swimmingly :)
Its a Fishy world out there....DO YOU HAVE FISH IN YOUR BONES? To maintain a balenced diet we have added 3 new essentail vitamins to our myspace...of which you can sample on our site with a added bonus of a whacky video...based on TERMINATOR 2, new pics and a whole new look and feel...ITS altogether more Fishy.
....thanks loads hopefully we will cross over along the way, have a good one...any comments would be lovely and feel free to to promote your stuff on our site. Cheers JFF
THE PLAYGROUND Vs Noise Of Art will give you a big Halloween bash on Saturday 31st October featuring
Man Like Me// My Tiger My Timing// My Toys Like Me// Trash Fashion// The Midi Midis// Glitches// The Teeth// Kindle// Gene Serene// DARKORSE-DJ set/// Rack ‘n’ Ruin – DJ Set// Afro Punk-DJ set// Slinky Sparkle// Chris Columbine// Little Bo Freak and Lydia Darling// Noise of Art’s “Dance of the Vampires” with They Came From The Stars and I Saw Them Vs Les Hommers DU Train// Ben Osborne -DJ set// Immaculate Extremists// Overlap// Your Mum// MOTH and more
“You're unlikely to attend another event in London like this so our advice is to get your ticket sharpish.” DJ Magazine, 2009.
yo! just a quick message to let you know october 3rd is gonna be BIG! The Queen Victoria Hotel in Leeds is hosting egokillertv, which is making a roaring come back with free scrumptious nosh, free hip jigglin music from 5 bands including egokiller, Mr Pasty..and L-mo plus! mind blowing must know info....and guess what its all free! PLUS its all being filmed for SKY TV, so the theme is french revolutionary, but it is optional :)
we've got what will be a funkin belter suppoting tha ever impressive Middleman at Leeds' Elbow Rooms on October 2nd!
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