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Where were you born?  Welwyn Garden City.
Where do you live at the moment?  Used to be Watford, now south-west France.
What gets you all hyped up?  Good music, good surf and sunny skies.
What really pisses you off?  Disrespect!!!
Got any other nicknames we should know about?  Emming, Moonshine, Benny Benito...the list goes on and on...
What would you most like to be doing right now?  Travelling with my lady.
Who has been your biggest influence?  Man, hard one!! lets say screen-printing wise - Paul Morris of Ktandpaul fame / art wise - Jean-Michel Basquiat / music wise - my dad for his broad horizons and deep collection / surf wise - Wayne Lynch, Rusty Keaulana / skating wise - the original Bones Brigade, Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Tommy Guerrero, Steve Caballero, Ray Barbee / living wise - eastern philosophies.
What was your 1st Job?  Probably a cleaner.
Funniest place you’ve ever slept?  Our old beat up Citroen H-van, top bunk!
Random Quote?  Don't tread on my toes, and i won't tread on yours.
Favourite Music?  Hip hop jazz funk soul reggae blues folk.
Favourite Movies?  Ciudade des Homens, Motorcycle Diaries, Star Wars, 80s b-boy classics like Beat Street...
Favourite Book?  Monkey by Wu Cheng'en.
What’s next?  LOTS AND LOTS MORE UNIQUE PRINTS ON LOTS AND LOTS MORE T-SHIRTS FOR YOU !!!

Nature323 x Pistache Artist x Website / Marketing Director

Where were you born?  Near London, in a hospital, nothing too fancy.
Where do you Live?  French/Spanish border. Atlantic side, sea, mountains, tapas, good graffiti.
What gets you hyped up?  Having a job at Pistache, jiu jitsu & no-gi grappling, playing Karl Frampton's underground game Knifey, travelling, basketball, drawing & painting, taking photos & making videos, living near the beach, surfing & bodysurfing.... guarana or ginseng energy drinks.
What really pisses you off?  Doing paperwork, paying the bills, middle aged male French drivers who think they're fucking Jackie Chan, shitty Spanish mustard, not too much else really.
Got any other nicknames?  Benoit the Rabid Wolverine.
What would you most like to be doing right now? Winning an NBA Basketball Championship (beating Kobe & the Lakers) and being the Finals MVP.
Who are your biggest influences?  My GF & family, Tito Ugartemendia (SJLO Jiu Jitsu), Keith Edwards (ATEA chinese martial arts), Mike Clamp (Btz Boardriders), Sean Stussy, Rick Klotz, Michael Jordan, Eddie Bravo (the ganja grappler), Charles Barkley, Bruce Lee, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Jim Morrison, Tony Hawk, Tom Curren, Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
What was your 1st Job?  I lasted one day at Sainsbury's on the 'goods in' door, the guy I was working with said he'd been there for 15 years, it was time for a quick exit before the same shit happened to me.
Random Quote?  Shit happens..... & Assume Nothing.
Favourite Music?  UK hip hop, All the Pistache Clothing affiliated artists, almost all US hip hop between '92-'96, quality mixtapes, rock like Led Zeppelin & Red Hot Chili Peppers, a bit of reggae... but classic P-Funk like Zapp is probably the best.
Favourite Movies?  Star Wars, old school b-boy / graffiti films, anything by Kurosawa, Kubrick or Cronenberg, LOTR, Goodfellas, Godfather Trilogy, Z-Boys, Scratch, Fist of Legend, Platoon, Enter the Dragon, Shogun Assassin, 110/240, Mondo Extreme, Sprout.

Pistache Clothing has been featured in a bunch of different magazines like fashion industry bible Streetwear Today, Japanese fashion magazines Street Jack & Spymaster as well as Touch, Undercover, Hooker, Blowback, Who's Jack, Hip Hop Connection, Wavelength, Pit Pilot, Carve, Bomb Alert & loads more. Here's a few of our favourites (Scroll down the page for our Press Release which can be used for magazines, blogs & websites). Streetwear Today Magazine featured a Pistache Clothing editorial with photos of UK Hip Hop Artist Yungun aka Essa.

Undercover Magazine (Back Cover) & Touch Magazine featured a Pistache Clothing Advert featuring UK Hip Hop Legend Tommy Evans.

Hooker Magazine featured a Pistache Clothing Interview with Nature323 & Mr.Moon & some photos of UK Hip Hop Artists Asaviour & DJ IQ.

Spymaster Magazine is a Japanese streetwear magazine which featured some Pistache Clothing t-shirts, sweats & hoodies.

Street Jack (Japan) featured some Pistache Clothing Hoodies & Sweats. Blowback Magazine featured a Pistache Clothing review with photos of UK Hip Hop MC Yungun aka Essa.

Pistache Clothing x Press Release 2010 x Brand History X

(Feel free to use this press release on your website, magazine, blog or anywhere else, but please add a link to our homepage www.pistacheclothing.com from wherever you post the content)

After years working in the fashion industry for brands like American Apparel & Quiksilver, Mr.Moon & Nature323 established their own brand 'Pistache' in London, 2003. Like a fighter with a chip on his shoulder, Pistache has been on a mission.... to produce the best quality screen printed t-shirts available. As well as creating limited edition graffiti caps, skateboards, mixtapes & other artwork, with minimum impact on the environment & maximum impact when you wear them. Pistache doesn’t use any machinery in the screen printing process, it’s all done by hand with eco-friendly inks.

Before Pistache, Mr.Moon was an MC with renowned UK Hip Hop Crew Dupa Styles (with Yungun, Devise & Harry Love) & member of pirate hip hop radio station Parlay FM. So, naturally Pistache started out by clothing personal friends from the UK Hip Hop scene. Since then, Pistache has made all sorts of organic music connections with artists like DJ Mr Thing, Yarah Bravo, Asaviour, DJ Vadim, DJ Excalibah, Guru, Mark De Clive Lowe, Nigel NK, Harry Love, MC Wrec, The Infadels, Soweto Kinch, Tommy Evans, Evil Ed, Verb T, DJ IQ, GTA, Chima Anya, DJ Stirfry, DJ Kojak & Infinite Potential.

Pistache has been featured in a load of magazines like fashion industry bible Streetwear Today, Japanese fashion magazines Street Jack & Spymaster, as well as Touch, UK Hip Hop mag Undercover, Hooker, Blowback, Who's Jack, Hip Hop Connection, Wavelength, Pit Pilot, Carve & Bomb Alert. Pistache has also been Graffing some Custom Kicks & Caps for a new TV show which is hosted by Radio 1Xtra's Mistajam & features UK Hip Hop & Grime Artists like Tinie Tempah, Chipmunk, Skepta, Scorcher & Staplehouse, Bashy, Mo Ali & Goldielocks.

Pistache released it’s first UK hip hop mixtape 'Beats'n'Rhymes Vol.1’ mixed by DJ IQ. The mixtape features UK hip hop artists Yungun, Klashnekoff, Harry Love, Mr Thing, Kyza, Asaviour, Braintax, Lowkey, Blade, Doc Brown, Tommy Evans, Reveal, Stylah, Yogi, Rukus, Ty, Verb T, Confuscius, Eric Lau, Genesis Elijah, L Roneous, DJ IQ, Kashmere, Mr Tibbs, Devise, Infinite Potential, Amber MC, Twisted Link, Wordsmith, GTA, Brotherman & Solisai as well as US Hip Hop legends KRS1, Chuck D & Immortal Technique…… Vol.1 is still available to download or buy on CD from the Pistache Online Store. Look out for exclusive new releases in the 'Pistache Presents' series.

The Pistache Boys do almost all of the design work themselves, but sometimes they collaborate with underground graffiti writers & graphic designers like Board Chicks & Lady Luck to help keep the designs fresh. Pistache Clothing also has it's own Extreme Sports Team featuring Karl Frampton, Marco Vicari, Sebastien Lopez, Eugene Tollemache & Louis Selby.

Pistache does very limited collections for independent urban & hip hop retailers in the USA, Japan, France, Spain & Belgium, but their main focus is online, forming direct relationships with their customers & providing them with the ability to get involved & fully customize all aspects of their clothing.

The Pistache Boys are making their lives, and the brand, even more eco-friendly by growing a sustainable Paulownia Plantation on 4.5 acres of disused agricultural land. The O2 produced by the Paulownia trees should more than offset the CO2 produced from shipping Pistache orders worldwide.

Following the blueprints laid down by the original Streetwear Kings like Stussy & Fresh Jive, Pistache is flowing in the veins of different subcultures from UK Hip Hop to Graffiti & from Grime to Skateboarding. The Pistache Boys are sticking to their mission to produce the best quality t-shirts, graffiti caps, skateboards & mixtapes with minimum impact on the environment & maximum impact when you wear them.

Hip Hop Clothing, Urban Clothing, Streetwear, whatever you want to call it, we call it Pistache...