Arthur Loves Plastic

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Arthur Loves Plastic
Background = group_or_band
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Origin = Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Genre = Electronica
Years_active = 1995–present
Label = TEQ Music?, Machine Heart Music
Associated_acts = Lisa Moscatiello Miserichord The Space Dots Then There Were None The Window Shoppers
URL = [http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Bev Stanton
Past_members =

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

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 CDs. 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".

Band name

Stanton’s performing name is taken from her cat Arthur’s fondness for plastic grocery bags. Arthur Loves Plastic is regularly included in internet lists of funny/weird/worst band names. [http://www.monk.com/display.php?p=People&id=22 Monk Magazine interview with Bev Stanton] .] [http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/quotes/funnyband.html Funny Band Names] .] [http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/weirdbandnames/ Canonical List of Weird Band Names] .] [http://www.southbeach-usa.com/features/features1/band-names/worst-names.htm World's Worst Band Names] .]

Remixer

The Washington Post refers to Stanton as a "remix master" for her work with artists such as Basehead, Alice Despard, Emmet Swimming, Lisa Moscatiello, Nebulae, Techno Squirrels and Trisomie 21.

DJ

Since 2002, Stanton has performed as a Club and Event DJ - initially as a member of the First Ladies DC DJ Collective. Stanton describes her style as downtempo/progressive house/trance with original ALP tracks thrown in. [http://www.firstladiesdc.com/wordpress/?page_id=70 First Ladies DC DJ Collective Residents - Arthur Loves Plastic] .]

Awards

Stanton and ALP have won twenty Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) in the Electronica category, including the 2007 Electronica Recording Wammie for the album "Beneath the Watchful Eyes". [http://www.wamadc.com/wama/the_wammies.html The Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards)] .] [http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal22.htm The 2007 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards)] .]

At the 2006 Wammies Stanton was awarded Emeritus Standing in the Electronica DJ category, while ALP received Emeritus Standing in the Electronica Performing Artist (live) category - an honour handed out to a select few artists which acknowledges their continuing success in these fields. [http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal06.html The 2006 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards)] .]

Tracks in other media

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. [http://www.cavemanscrib.com/ The GEICO Caveman's Crib] .]

Dance: Stanton produced the avant-garde piece "Fragile" for use in performances at The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C.. [http://www.monk.com/display.php?p=People&id=22 Monk Magazine interview with Bev Stanton] .]

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". [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1334770/ The Internet Movie Database profile for Arthur Loves Plastic] .]

Television: ALP tracks have appeared on Access Hollywood, American Idol, America's Most Wanted, Extra, Lesbian Sex & Sexuality, MTV Cribs, Sexy Girls Next Door, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed. [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=22776 Washington City Paper interview with Bev Stanton] .] [http://www.shejay.net/articleDetail.php?articleID=490 Shejay interview with Bev Stanton] .] [http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/05/as-seen-on-tv.html Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - As seen on TV] .]

Discography

EPs

*"Sperm Warfare" (1995)
*"Who Do You Trust?" (2001)

tudio albums

*"The Zero State" (1995)
*"Professor Fate" (1996)
*"Teflon Diva!" (1997)
*"Slice" (1998)
*"Klondyke 5" (1999)
*"Second Avenue Detour" (2000)
*"Fixed Star" (2001)
*"No Nations, No Peoples" (2002)
*"Nadir" (2003)
*"Higher Fruit" (2003)
*"Savage Bliss" (2004)
*"Love or Perish" (2005)
*"Pursuit of Happiness" (2006)
*"Troubled" (2006)
*"Beneath the Watchful Eyes" (2007)
*"Brief Episodes of Joy" (2008)
*"King Shag" (2008)

Remixes & compilations

*"DCremixes" (1998)
*"Remixes 2" (1999)
*"Remixes 3" (2000)
*"Remixes 4" (2001)
*"Remixes" (2001)
*"The Tapegerm Mixes" (2001)
*"Arthur Loves Plastic" (2004)

External links

* [http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/ Arthur Loves Plastic Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/arthurlovesplastic Arthur Loves Plastic Official MySpace Page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/msarthur Arthur Loves Plastic Official YouTube Page]
* [http://www.isound.com/arthur_loves_plastic/arthurlovesplastic Arthur Loves Plastic Official iSOUND.COM Page]
* [http://www.tapegerm.com/jamroom/bands/4/ Arthur Loves Plastic Official Tapegerm Collective Page]

* [http://www.bevstanton.com/ Bev Stanton's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/msarthur Bev Stanton's Official MySpace Page]

* [http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=ylONGD3Kl3I Video interview with Bev Stanton]

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