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Line 1: {{Short description\|Musical artist (born 1966)}} ~~{{Infobox musical artist \| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->~~ {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}} ~~\| Name = Arthur Loves Plastic~~ {{Infobox musical artist ~~\| Img = Alp george promo.jpg~~ \| ~~Img_capt~~name = Arthur Loves Plastic \| ~~Background~~image = ~~group_or_band~~Arthur Loves Plastic.jpg \| ~~Alias~~ caption = \| image_size = ~~\| Origin = [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], [[United States]]~~ \| birth_name = Beverly Joy Stanton ~~\| Genre = [[Electronica]]~~ \| ~~Years_active~~alias = ~~1995–present~~ = \| ~~Label~~ birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df= yes\|1966\|10\|19}} \| birth_place = [[The Bahamas\|Commonwealth of the Bahamas]] ~~\| Associated_acts = The Window Shoppers<br>[[Lisa Moscatiello]]<br>The Space Dots~~ \| ~~URL~~origin = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United = States]] \| ~~Current_members~~instrument = ~~Bev Stanton~~ \| genre = [[Ambient music\|Ambient]]<br/>[[Downtempo]]<br/>[[Electronic music\|Electronic]]<br/>[[Electronica]]<br/>[[Trance music\|Trance]] ~~\| Past_members =~~ \| occupation = \| years_active = 1994–present \| label = Machine Heart Music<br/>[[List of industrial music labels\|T.E.Q. Music?]]<br/>Hexagon Records \| associated_acts = [[Lisa Moscatiello]]<br/>Miserichord<br/>The Space Dots<br/>Then There Were None<br/>The Window Shoppers \| website = {{url\|http://arthurlov.es/}} \| current_members = \| past_members = }} '''Arthur Loves Plastic''' or '''ALP''' is the performing name ~~for~~of [[Washington, DCD.C.]] ~~based~~–based [[electronic music]] recording artist '''Beverley Joy "Bev" Stanton'''. == Biography == Stanton, (b. [[1966]]) was born in the [[Bahamas]] 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 independently released over a dozen CDs. Her early efforts at internet promotion prompted [[Keyboard Magazine]] to feature her in a cover story on indie-music promotion. Stanton was recently referred to as a "remix master" by the [[Washington Post]]. 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 T.E.Q. Music?. After T.E.Q. folded, Stanton has independently released most of her twenty one studio 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 three ALP tracks on her latest solo CD ''[[Trouble from the Start]]''. ~~Stanton has won over a dozen Washington Area Music Awards in the Electronica category, including two '''Washington Area Music Awards''' in 2005 (for Electronica DJ and Electronica Artist/ Producer).~~ == Machine Heart Records == ALP tracks have appeared in [[Access Hollywood]], [[Extra]] the Entertainment Magazine, [[America's Most Wanted]], '''MTV's Undressed''' and [[Cribs]], the [[Playboy]] Channel's Sexy Girls Next Door, [[American Idol]], and [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]. Stanton is in charge Machine Heart Records, which is an independent record label run out [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-loves-plastic-mn0001395765/biography\|title=Arthur Loves Plastic Biography, Songs, & Albums\|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> == Band name == 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''. Stanton's performing name is taken from her cat Arthur's fondness for plastic grocery bags.<ref name=monk /> Arthur Loves Plastic is regularly included in internet lists of weird/funny/worst band names.<ref name=weird /><ref name=worst /> == Remixer == [[The Washington Post]] has referred to Stanton as a "[[remix#In popular music\|remix]] master" for her work with artists such as [[Basehead]], [[Emmet Swimming]], [[Lisa Moscatiello]], [[Nebulae (band)\|Nebulae]], Sounds of Mass Production, Techno Squirrels and [[Trisomie 21]].<ref name=city /> == DJ == Since 2002, Stanton has performed as a [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)\|Beltway]] club [[Disc jockey\|DJ]] – initially as a member of the First Ladies DJ Collective.<ref name=allmusic /><ref name=first /> She describes her style as "[[downtempo]], [[Progressive dance music\|progressive house]], [[Trance music\|trance]] with original ALP tracks thrown in".<ref name=first /> == 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]]''.<ref name=wammie /><ref name=wammie08 /> In addition, ALP has 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.<ref name=post /><ref name=wammie06 /> == Music in other media == === Advertising === "Feel the Love", "Boogie Bonnie Bell", "[[Love or Perish\|Ravish]]" and a brief biography for ALP feature in the [[GEICO Cavemen]] [[Advertising campaign\|campaign's]] virtual website Caveman's Crib.<ref name=geico /> The track "I Can Dream" was featured on Pumawomen.com.<ref name=puma /> === Dance === Stanton produced the [[avant-garde]] piece "Fragile" for use in performances at [[Kirov Academy of Ballet\|The Kirov Academy of Ballet]] in Washington D.C.<ref name=monk /><ref name=baby /> === Film === "Ooh Baby" and "If I Fell Off This Earth Tonight" feature on the soundtrack of the Canadian [[Television movie\|TV movie]] ''Apartment Story'', while "Revolution (Reprise)" appears on the soundtrack of film [[Short subject\|short]] ''Paradise Attempted''.<ref name=general /><ref name=resolute /><ref name=imdb /> The track [[Beneath the Watchful Eyes\|"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'' and "Falling" appears in the film-poem ''Purple Ganymede''.<ref name=suffer /><ref name=wadd_suffer /><ref name=mock /><ref name=wadd_mock /><ref name=purple /><ref name=wadd_purple /> === Television === ALP tracks have appeared on ''[[Access Hollywood]]'', ''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'', ''[[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations]]'', ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)\|Extra]]'', ''[[here!\|Lesbian Sex & Sexuality]]'', ''[[Mind of Mencia]]'', ''[[MTV Cribs]]'', ''[[Playboy TV\|Sexy Girls Next Door]]'', ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' and ''[[Undressed (TV series)\|Undressed]]''.<ref name=city /><ref name=jersey /><ref name=theme /><ref name=mencia /> === Theatre === Eleven ALP tracks feature in the Solocat Productions [[Los Angeles]] premiere of [[David Hare (playwright)\|David Hare's]] play [[The Blue Room (play)\|The Blue Room]], and are included on [[The Blue Room (soundtrack)\|The Blue Room]] soundtrack album.<ref name=blue /><ref name=laweekly /><ref name=laist /> In the Rogue Machine production of Diana Son's play ''[[Stop Kiss]]'', the track "Yeah Baby" is featured in a scene at a lesbian club.<ref name=stop /> == Personal life == Openly [[gay]], Stanton is a regular performer at Queering Sound, an annual festival staged in Washington, D.C. which focuses on alternative artists from the [[LGBT]] community.<ref name=washington /><ref name=queering /> == Discography == {{Main\|Arthur Loves Plastic discography}} === Studio 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 (album)\|Nadir]]'' (2003) * ''[[Higher Fruit]]'' (2003) * ''[[Savage Bliss]]'' (2004) * ''[[Love or Perish]]'' (2005) * ''[[Pursuit of Happiness (Arthur Loves Plastic album)\|Pursuit of Happiness]]'' (2006) * ''Troubled'' (2006) * ''[[Beneath the Watchful Eyes]]'' (2007) * ''[[Brief Episodes of Joy]]'' (2008) * ''King Shag'' (2008) * ''[[Give It]]'' (2009) * ''Deeper'' (2010) * ''Special When Lit'' (2012) * ''Strings'' (2013) == References == {{reflist\|2\|refs= <ref name=allmusic>{{cite web \| first=Paula \| last=Carino \| title=Arthur Loves Plastic: Biography \| website=[[AllMusic]] \| url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-loves-plastic-p527025/biography \| accessdate=27 February 2011}}</ref> <ref name=monk>{{cite news \| first=Michael \| last=Lane \| title=Arthur Loves Plastic: One Woman Show \| url=http://www.monk.com/display.php?p=People&id=22 \| work=[[Monk Magazine]] \| date=31 March 1999 \| accessdate=11 October 2008}}</ref> <ref name=weird>{{cite web \| title=Canonical List of Weird Band Names \| url=http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/weirdbandnames/ \| work=[[Bright Lights Film Journal]] \| accessdate=28 September 2008}}</ref> <ref name=worst>{{cite web \| title=World's Worst Band Names \| url=http://www.southbeach-usa.com/features/features1/band-names/worst-names.htm \| publisher=[[South Beach Magazine]]\| accessdate=28 September 2008}}</ref> <ref name=city>{{cite news \| first=Carolyn \| last=Kleiner \| title=Arthur Loves Plastic: Representation Without Taxation \| url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/22776/representation-without-taxation \| publisher=[[Washington City Paper]] \| date=16 November 2001 \| accessdate=19 September 2008}}</ref> <ref name=first>{{cite web \| title=Residents – Arthur Loves Plastic \| url=http://www.firstladiesdc.com/wordpress/?page_id=70 \| publisher=First Ladies DJ Collective \| accessdate=30 September 2008 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112053140/http://www.firstladiesdc.com/wordpress/?page_id=70 \| archive-date=12 November 2007 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=wammie>{{cite web \| title=Wammie Winners 1985 – 2009 \| url=http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/WAMI-abc-0-b.htm \| publisher=Washington Area Music Awards \| accessdate=23 July 2009}}</ref> <ref name=wammie08>{{cite web \| title=23rd Annual Wammies – Nominees & Winners \| url=http://wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wambal23noms.html \| publisher=Washington Area Music Awards \| accessdate=16 February 2009\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090207092003/http://wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wambal23noms.html\| archivedate= 7 February 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=post>{{cite news \| first=Chris \| last=Klimek \| title=Live Last Night: The Wammies \| url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/02/live_last_night_washington_are.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109180310/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/02/live_last_night_washington_are.html \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=9 November 2009 \| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \| date=16 February 2009 \| accessdate=18 February 2009}}</ref> <ref name=wammie06>{{cite web \| title=2006 Wammies – Nominees & Winners \| url=http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal06.html \| publisher=Washington Area Music Awards \| accessdate=11 September 2008\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828070606/http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal06.html\| archivedate= 28 August 2008 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=geico>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – GEICO Caveman's Crib 2.0 \| url=https://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2007/08/geico-cavemans-crib-20.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=8 September 2007 \| accessdate=1 March 2011 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127182839/http://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2007/08/geico-cavemans-crib-20.html \| archive-date=27 November 2012 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=puma>{{cite news\|first=Bev \|last=Stanton \|title=Blog – I Can Dream \|url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2006/11/i-can-dream.html \|publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \|date=10 November 2006 \|accessdate=23 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517122012/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2006/11/i-can-dream.html \|archivedate=17 May 2008 }}</ref> <ref name=baby>{{cite web \| title=''Arthur Loves Plastic'' CD \| url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/arthurlovesplastic \| publisher=[[CD Baby]] \| accessdate=17 December 2008\| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625195411/http://cdbaby.com/cd/arthurlovesplastic \| archivedate=25 June 2008}}</ref> <ref name=general>{{cite web \| title=Apartment Story \| url=http://www.generalcoffee.com/apartmentstory/soundtrack.html \| publisher=The General Coffee Company Film Productions \| accessdate=7 February 2009}}</ref> <ref name=resolute>{{cite web\|title=Paradise Attempted \|url=http://www.resolutepictures.com/Films/ParadiseAttempted.html \|publisher=Resolute Pictures Incorporated \|accessdate=21 January 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821105316/http://www.resolutepictures.com/Films/ParadiseAttempted.html \|archivedate=21 August 2008 }}</ref> <ref name=imdb>{{cite web \| title=Filmography – Arthur Loves Plastic \| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1334770/ \| publisher=[[IMDb]] \| accessdate=11 September 2008}}</ref> <ref name=suffer>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – ''To Suffer Is to Slip Unnoticed'' \| url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/11/to-suffer-is-to-slip-unnoticed.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=1 November 2008 \| accessdate=15 November 2008 \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206082042/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/11/to-suffer-is-to-slip-unnoticed.html \| archivedate=6 December 2008 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=wadd_suffer>{{cite web \| title=Sir Richard Wadd – ''To Suffer Is to Slip Unnoticed'' \| url=http://www.sirrichardwadd.com/Erotica/018ToSuffer/01ToSuffer.html \| publisher=Infinitive Ink Limited \| accessdate=15 November 2008}}</ref> <ref name=mock>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – ''To Mock the Purists in Their Rabidity'' \| url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/12/to-mock-purists-in-their-rabidity.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=21 December 2008 \| accessdate=8 January 2009 \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204141654/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/12/to-mock-purists-in-their-rabidity.html \| archivedate=4 February 2009 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=wadd_mock>{{cite web \| title=Sir Richard Wadd – ''To Mock the Purists in Their Rabidity'' \| url=http://www.sirrichardwadd.com/Erotica/017MockPurists/01MockPurists.html \| publisher=Infinitive Ink Limited \| accessdate=8 January 2009\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081230191140/http://www.sirrichardwadd.com/Erotica/017MockPurists/01MockPurists.html\| archivedate= 30 December 2008 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=purple>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – ALP as Seen on TV: Purple Ganymede \| url=https://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2011/03/alp-as-seen-on-tv-purple-ganymede.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=21 March 2011 \| accessdate=30 March 2011 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121130002509/http://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2011/03/alp-as-seen-on-tv-purple-ganymede.html \| archive-date=30 November 2012 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=wadd_purple>{{cite web \| title=Sir Richard Wadd – ''Purple Ganymede'' \| url=http://www.sirrichardwadd.com/Erotica/020PurpleGanymede/01PurpleGanymede.html \| publisher=Infinitive Ink Limited \| accessdate=30 March 2011}}</ref> <ref name=jersey>{{cite news\|first=Bev \|last=Stanton \|title=Blog – Arthur Loves Jersey \|url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2007/05/arthur-loves-jersey.html \|publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \|date=4 May 2007 \|accessdate=23 January 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706115632/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2007/05/arthur-loves-jersey.html \|archivedate=6 July 2008 }}</ref> <ref name=theme>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – As seen on TV \| url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/05/as-seen-on-tv.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=26 May 2008 \| accessdate=19 September 2008 \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827230155/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2008/05/as-seen-on-tv.html \| archivedate=27 August 2008 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=mencia>{{cite news\|first=Bev \|last=Stanton \|title=Blog – In the Background \|url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2006/10/in-background.html \|publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \|date=14 October 2006 \|accessdate=23 January 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517143920/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2006/10/in-background.html \|archivedate=17 May 2008 }}</ref> <ref name=blue>{{cite news \| first=Bev \| last=Stanton \| title=Blog – The Blue Room \| url=https://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2010/03/blue-room.html \| publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \| date=27 March 2010 \| accessdate=8 April 2010 \| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129184240/http://arthurlovesplastic.blogspot.com/2010/03/blue-room.html \| archive-date=29 November 2012 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=laweekly>{{cite news \| first=Rebecca \| last=Haithcoat \| title=Theater Review: The Blue Room \| url=http://www.laweekly.com/2010-04-01/stage/theater-reviews-the-confusion-of-my-illusion-the-psychic-sweet-sue/ \| publisher=[[LA Weekly]] \| date=1 April 2010 \| accessdate=8 April 2010\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100413044906/http://www.laweekly.com/2010-04-01/stage/theater-reviews-the-confusion-of-my-illusion-the-psychic-sweet-sue/\| archivedate= 13 April 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=laist>{{cite news \| first=Christine N. \| last=Ziemba \| title=Theater Review: ''The Blue Room'' at the Odyssey \| url=http://laist.com/2010/04/03/theater_review_the_blue_room.php \| publisher=[[Gothamist\|LAist]] \| date=3 April 2010 \| accessdate=8 April 2010 \| url-status=dead \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409173733/http://laist.com/2010/04/03/theater_review_the_blue_room.php \| archivedate=9 April 2010 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> <ref name=stop>{{cite news\|first=Bev \|last=Stanton \|title=Blog – Stop Kiss! \|url=http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2009/07/stop-kiss.html \|publisher=Arthur Loves Plastic \|date=12 July 2009 \|accessdate=18 September 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707165855/http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/2009/07/stop-kiss.html \|archivedate=7 July 2011 }}</ref> <ref name=washington>{{cite news \| first=Joey \| last=DiGuglielmo \| title=Queery: Bev Stanton \| url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/16/queery-bev-stanton/ \| work=[[Washington Blade]] \| publisher=Brown, Naff, Pitts Omnimedia, Inc. \| date=16 February 2012 \| accessdate=21 February 2012}}</ref> <ref name=queering>{{cite web \| title= QUEERING . SOUND \| url= http://members.iglou.com/artbear/queeringsound.html \| publisher= ARF/STUTTERtones \| accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> }} == External links == * [http://arthurlov.es/ Official Website] * {{YouTube\|id=ylONGD3Kl3I\|title=Interview with Bev Stanton}} {{Arthur Loves Plastic}} {{Authority control}} ~~==External links==~~ *[http://www.arthurlovesplastic.com/ Arthur Loves Plastic] - Official ALP Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Arthur Loves Plastic}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Ambient musicians]] [[Category:Electronica musicians]] [[Category:American DJs]] [[Category:American electronic musicians]] [[Category:~~Electronic~~American dance musicians]] [[Category:American techno musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Songwriters from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:American lesbian musicians]] [[Category:American women in electronic music]] [[Category:Downtempo musicians]] [[Category:Electronic dance music DJs]] [[Category:Bahamian emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:20th-century American LGBTQ people]] [[Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people]] [[Category:21st-century American women musicians]]