Arch Stanton
Arch Stanton, right next to the grave marked 'Unknown.' Real Hip-Hop, proper Jungle and if we say R%B we mean Rhythm and Blues - not black pop music.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I've been wandering the Underworld for centuries but I found a home when I disvered The Highjinks and Capers Society and they've helped me find a voice to communicate with the living.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
'The Alma' in Chapel Market in London has a quality Kareoke night where gangsters 70 yers old will throw pint glasses at you if you sing Frank Sinatra before they do.
Your musical influences
Enio Moricone, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Sizzla, Bob Marley, Capleton, anton, Frank Sinatra, The Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Ras Kass, 2Pac, Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Onyx, Kurupt, NWA,
What equipment do you use?
Acid. The computer programme AND the psychedelic.
Anything else?
"Unfortunately, in the world we live in, I can do 10 baby I love you-and he dont love you like I do-and Ima buy you a Bentley records and the bitches are gonna love that. And thats corny. Or I can do 10 Im hard-I sell crack-and I kill niggas all the time records, and the labels gonna roll with that and the thugs are gonna love it. And then when I take my shirt off and show my bullet wounds the bitches gonna love that too. People in the industry and the streets are just as corny as the backpackers. You gotta figure out which way you wanna go. Do I wanna sell to these stupid bitches and these corny ass industry niggas, and the street niggas that dont know nothing 1+1 or do I want to sell to these college white kids and still breakdancing, graffiti writing cats who think if I wear any kind of jewelry Im selling out. So theyre happy when Im broke and these other people are happy when Im completely on some superficial bullshit, or some fake-ass love shit. Whats wrong with me being me? I got both sides tugging at me. And I have to ask, How come I cant just be me, which is probably a little bit of both. When the fuck wasnt that cool?" Ras Kass
