Arthur Loves Plastic

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Arthur Loves Plastic

Background information
Birth name Beverly Joy Stanton
Born October 19, 1966 (1966-10-19) (age 42)
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Origin Washington, D.C., United States
Genre(s) Ambient
Downtempo
Electronic
Electronica
Trance
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) TEQ Music?
Machine Heart Music
Associated acts Lisa Moscatiello
Miserichord
The Space Dots
Then There Were None
The Window Shoppers
Website arthurlovesplastic.com

Arthur Loves Plastic or ALP is the performing name for Washington, D.C. based electronic music recording artist Bev Stanton.

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[edit] Biography

Stanton was born in the Bahamas in 1966 and raised near Walt Disney World. She recorded ALP's first project, Sperm Warfare, in her basement, and it was released in Europe by Britain's TEQ Music. After TEQ folded, Stanton has independently released seventeen full length albums. Her early efforts at internet promotion prompted Keyboard Magazine to feature her in a cover story on indie-music promotion.

Stanton also plays bass in the Baltimore band The Window Shoppers and is an honorary Space Dot. ALP's part-time vocalist, Lisa Moscatiello, featured 3 ALP tracks on her latest solo CD Trouble from the Start.

[edit] Band name

Stanton’s performing name is taken from her cat Arthur’s fondness for plastic grocery bags.[1] Arthur Loves Plastic is regularly included in internet lists of funny/weird/worst band names.[2][3][4]

[edit] Remixer

The Washington Post has referred to Stanton as a "remix master" for her work with artists such as Basehead, Alice Despard, Emmet Swimming, Lisa Moscatiello, Nebulae, Verlette Simon, Techno Squirrels and Trisomie 21.[5]

[edit] DJ

Since 2002, Stanton has performed as a Club and Event DJ - initially as a member of the First Ladies DC DJ Collective. She describes her style as "downtempo, progressive house, trance with original ALP tracks thrown in".[6]

[edit] Awards

Stanton and ALP have won over twenty Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) in the Electronica category, including the 2008 Electronica Recording Wammie for the album Brief Episodes of Joy.[7][8]

ALP has also been awarded the Electronica Emeritus Award (2008 Wammies) and Emeritus Standing in the Electronica Performing Artist (live) category (2006 Wammies), while Stanton has been awarded Emeritus Standing in the Electronica DJ category (2006 Wammies) - an honour handed out to a select few artists which acknowledges their continuing success in these fields.[9] [10]

[edit] Music in other media

[edit] Advertising

"Feel the Love", "Boogie Bonnie Bell", "Ravish" and a brief biography for ALP feature in the GEICO Cavemen campaign's virtual website Caveman's Crib.[11] The track "I Can Dream" was featured on Pumawomen.com.[12]

[edit] Dance

Stanton produced the avant-garde piece "Fragile" for use in performances at The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C..[13][1]

[edit] Film

"Ooh Baby" and "If I Fell Off This Earth Tonight" feature on the soundtrack of the Canadian TV movie Apartment Story, while "Revolution (Reprise)" appears on the soundtrack of short Paradise Attempted.[14][15][16] The track "Afterglow" is featured in its entirety in the film-poem To Suffer is to Slip Unnoticed, while "Klondyke 5" appears in the film-poem To Mock the Purists in Their Rabidity.[17][18][19][20]

[edit] Television

ALP tracks have appeared on Access Hollywood, American Idol, America's Most Wanted, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Extra, Lesbian Sex & Sexuality, Mind of Mencia, MTV Cribs, Sexy Girls Next Door, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed.[5][21][22][23][24]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] Other releases

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Monk Magazine interview with Bev Stanton - Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  2. ^ Funny Band Names - Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. ^ Canonical List of Weird Band Names - Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  4. ^ World's Worst Band Names - Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  5. ^ a b Washington City Paper interview with Bev Stanton - Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  6. ^ First Ladies DC DJ Collective Residents - Arthur Loves Plastic - Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  7. ^ Wammie (Washington Area Music Awards) Winners 1985 - 2006 - Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  8. ^ The 2008 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) - Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  9. ^ The Washington Post - Live Last Night: The Wammies - 16 February 2009 - Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  10. ^ The 2006 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) - Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  11. ^ The GEICO Caveman's Crib - Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  12. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - I Can Dream - Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  13. ^ CD Baby - Arthur Loves Plastic CD - Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  14. ^ The General Coffee Company Film Productions - Apartment Story - Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  15. ^ Resolute Pictures - Paradise Attempted - Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  16. ^ The Internet Movie Database profile for Arthur Loves Plastic - Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  17. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - To Suffer is to Slip Unnoticed - Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  18. ^ Sir Richard Wadd - To Suffer is to Slip Unnoticed - Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  19. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - To Mock the Purists in Their Rabidity - Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  20. ^ Sir Richard Wadd - To Mock the Purists in Their Rabidity - Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  21. ^ Shejay interview with Bev Stanton - Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  22. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - Arthur Loves Jersey - Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  23. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - As seen on TV - Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  24. ^ Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - In the Background - Retrieved 23 January 2009.

[edit] External links

[edit] Arthur Loves Plastic websites

[edit] Bev Stanton websites

[edit] Arthur Loves Plastic audio

[edit] Video

[edit] Music videos from the forthcoming Arthur Loves Plastic album Give It


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