Artistes

Richard de Bastion

Pre Berlin - 1963–1973

Terry Web and the Spiders
Jim Capaldi, then John Bonham on drums.

Vitreous China - Jug Band
Radio, TV, Press, LP "Clean round the Bend"

Begin solo acoustic performance
London, Frankfurt-am-Main, New York.

Orange – acoustic guitar duo
Jon Shaw, then trio with Dave Taylor.

Invitation to Hagelberger Str.
Tom, Wayne and John Vaughan met in London.

Berlin 1 - 1973–1977

Orange becomes Cirrus
3 weeks, then Jon and Dave join Ramesh W.

Henn Style Merklin de Bastion
LP "To our friends in prison" prod. Jack White.

Solo Artist Contract with Hansa
Various releases incl. Peter Maffay.

Ginger – acoustic trio
With Erwin Brühn (g, v), Hansi Behrend (perc).

Solo tour USA
Incl. Rosebud Cafe, NY with Tom Cunningham.

Barita – acoustic quartet
With Peter Henn, Hannjörg Merklin, Wölli Rohde.

Anyway – Jazz-rock-funk
With Conni Göckel (k), Walter Schneider (g), Peter Kuchholz (b) Gonzo (dr).

Concept LP "Full Circle"
With Anyway and Chris Evans (dr), Hans-Dieter Lorenz (b), Joe Kuchera (sax) and others.

England 1 - 1978–1980

Solo performances
West Midlands

Edgar Broughton Band
LP "Parlez Vous English?" and other releases. European Touring.

Berlin 2 - 1980–1990

Joe Blow - rock
With John Thomas, Steve Miller, Bob Howell.

Guest Keyboards
Bel Ami, Twins, Else Nabu, Rozzay, Sally Barker.

L3 Studio and Rehearsal Rooms
Berlin Government supported project.

Anyway 2 – stage musical
With Daniella Sonntag, Lee Exans & Hidegun (voc) Hakki Werk (g), Eddie Seidler (b), Mattias Kaebs (dr.), Turhan Gezer (perc) and others.

That’s Life LP Release
With and Chris Evans (dr), Hans-Dieter Lorenz (b), Hakki Werk & Tom Nordon (g) Ingo Bischof /k) Ramesh W, Ron R & Hannjörg M (voc)

Song writing collaboration
With Ramesh W and Mattias Härtl. Various releases incl. Sally Oldfield LP "Instincts"

England 2 - 1990–1996

Music Pedagogic
supply to Warwickshire County Education

Head of Music, Alderman Smith
Comprehensive School, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

Gayle Warning Band – rock
With Mandy Evans (v), John Gainer (sax) Tim Chimes (dr) Andy Norman (b), Jim Batty (g)

Berlin 3 - 1996–2006

Gayle Warning Band
With Mandy Evans (v), John Gainer (sax), Hansi on tour in Berlin 1995 1996 1997 Behrend (dr), Lee Evans (g), Dek Decker (b).

Music Pedagogic
Supply to Reinickendorf Disrtict Council and others

Atlantis Festival 1997
1000 young actors on Scharfenberg Island in Berlin

CD "Atlantis Island Party"
With, among others "Quantum Leap" feat. Roxanne, "New Beat Street" feat, Sido.

Brave New World Festival 1999
500 young actors in Raboma Hall, Berlin

Band Exchange 2000
Berlin bands “Pastime” and “Sofaplanet” meet Coventry bands “Tris Spencer” and “Swamp Donkey” for exchange home and away gigs

Solo acoustic performances
Hagelberger connection, incl. CD Release, 1996 Piano accompaniment for John Vaughan.

English through Music
Published teaching method with audio CD, 2005

Personal Archive Recordings digitally re-mastered and available on CD

That’s Life
10 songs written and performed by R de Bastion band details as above. See CDBaby.com .

Full Circle
Musical written and performed by R de Bastion band details as above

Sally Barker live in Berlin
recorded live at Quasimodo, Berlin, in 1983 with R de Bastion (k) Chris Watson (b) Gonzo (dr) Joe Kuchera (sax & lyricon), engineer :Amadeus

Gayle Warning Band in Berlin
recorded live at Franz Club, Berlin, in 1995. Band details as above.

Currently in progress / under consideration

To our Friends in Prison
copy of original 1974 vinyl recording

Unreleased material
Wittelsbacher recordings by Pit Pitkowski, 1974 Ginger, live at the Strassenbahn, 1975

Barita
Including Hannjörg Merklin at Beat Studio, 1976 and many, many more