# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-kirchin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:51:28.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-kirchin"
name: "Basil Kirchin"
slug: "basil-kirchin"
description: "Basil Kirchin was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the sounds of birds, animals, insects and children."
tagline: "British musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-08-08"
deathDate: "2005-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.415876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456289/"
    handle:    "nm0456289"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/202191"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "باسيل كيركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Kirchin"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%80%D1%87%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Басіль Кірчін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8516591-dedf-410b-a810-7baee09ad0e1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867207"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82651"
    title: "Basil Kirchin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump