Electronic dance music lovers, meet Bev Stanton, aka Arthur Loves Plastic, D.C.’s most successful and award-winning female DJ/producer. She’s won so many Wammies (over 20) that she’s been conferred emeritus status in some categories to allow others to win.

Her beats have been heard on TV shows "America’s Most Wanted," "American Idol," "MTV Cribs" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (to name a few), as well as on GEICO’s Caveman’s Crib Web site. In addition to numerous remixes, she’s also composed for the Kirov Academy of Ballet and various film projects.

Born in the Bahamas, Stanton grew up near Orlando, Florida, played clarinet in her high school band and switched to playing bass in a "satiric metal band." At the New College of Florida she played in bands influenced by the Smiths and the Cure. Her band Miserichord relocated to North Carolina, then to D.C.. As band members left, they were replaced by MIDI equipment.

"John Sudnik and I ended up being one of those synthpop duo type things as Then There Was None," said Stanton. "I started doing Arthur Loves Plastic because I really liked the world of sampling. I was going to a few raves here and there (including Buzz) and realizing that it was more about just creating a certain mood. I was getting into an arena I couldn’t get into with a band so I started doing my own thing more.

"It was a really important musical era because it was so different than the usual 9:30 Club thing -- and a lifestyle, too," Stanton continued. "The music really influenced me. When I worked in drug policy reform (for the Drug Policy Alliance), seeing how this culture came under attack because people didn’t understand it, I was glad to be working for an organization trying to put a stop to that."

In 1995 ALP (after a cat named Arthur who enjoyed playing with plastic grocery bags) put together a set of six songs which got released as an EP by British label TEQ Music. The label dissolved and she’s signed with other labels, but says, "Now there are mechanisms to get my music out there so I just focus on the music."

Formidably prolific, ALP recently released her 17th studio album, "King Shag," named for New Zealand penguins. One might hear traces of Moby, Underworld, Pet Shop Boys, and sweeping epic synths that rival Tiesto’s, but her sound is distinctly original, bristling with artistic intellect and teeming with deep emotion.