Monstercat

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Monstercat
Monstercat's official logo with a black background, commonly used on their social mediums.
Founded July 1, 2011
Founder
  • Mike Darlington, CEO
  • Ari Paunonen, COO
Genre EDM
Country of origin  Canada
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Official website Monstercat.com

Monstercat (previously known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian-based independent electronic dance music record label located in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Monstercat was formed during July 2011 by Mike Darlington CEO,[2][3] and Ari Paunonen, COO.[1]

The label signs artists on a non-exclusive single-track basis, allowing artists to freely move between other labels and brands.[4] Monstercat follows a release schedule, where new music is released three times a week,[5][6] in addition to an hour-long podcast that is live streamed every Tuesday on their Twitch account.[7] Once Monstercat has released thirty tracks consecutively, a new compilation album is created containing these tracks and two continuous mixes of the album.[8]

History

In July 2011, Mike Darlington, Monstercat's current CEO and Ari Paunonen, Monstercat's current COO, created the Monstercat YouTube channel as a medium for their friends to promote themselves and to share their music with each other.[1][2][9] The two created compilation albums to provide artists with a method of releasing their music and to lessen the competitiveness between them.[1][10] Monstercat's first compilation album, Launch Week, featured seven artists: Feint, Halo Nova (now Varien), Stephen Walking, Ephixa, Neilio, Arion and Going Quantum.[11]

Krewella Signs

In December 2011, Monstercat signed the very notable musical group Krewella,[1][2][9] an American electronic dance music trio from Chicago, Illinois. "Killin' It" was Krewella's first original song released by a label.[2][12] Monstercat promoted Krewella with numerous social media campaigns and partnered with a plethora of EDM YouTube promotional channels for a larger platform.[1]

2014 - Present

During the first few months of 2014, Monstercat partnered with the electric family in aid of the Humane Society of Canada.[13] In December 2014, Monstercat launched a 24-hour digital radio station, hosted on Twitch.[14] To this day, Monstercat continues to release compilation albums containing thirty songs and two mixes each.[10]

Artists

Current Roster

The following is a list of all the artists that are on Monstercat's current roster. Please note that not all artists who've released with Monstercat are necessarily supposed to be on this list.[15]

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Monstercat's Current Roster
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  • 7 Minutes Dead
  • Aero Chord
  • Astronaut
  • Au5
  • Braken
  • Bustre
  • Case & Point
  • Deon Custom
  • Direct
  • Draper
  • Droptek
  • Eminence
  • F.O.O.L- Part of Falcon Funk
  • Feint
  • Fractal
  • Going Quantum
  • Grabbitz
  • Grant Bowtie
  • Haywyre
  • Hellberg
  • Hyper Potions
  • Karma Fields
  • Krewella
  • Laszlo
  • LVTHER- Alias of TwoThirds
  • Mr FijiWiji
  • Muzzy
  • Nigel Good
  • Nitro Fun
  • Noisestorm
  • PIXL
  • PYLOT
  • Pegboard Nerds
  • Project 46
  • Protostar
  • Puppet
  • Rameses B
  • Razihel
  • Rezonate
  • Rich Edwards
  • Richard Caddock
  • Rogue
  • Rootkit
  • San Holo
  • Savoy
  • Slips & Slurs
  • Snavs
  • Soulero
  • Sound Remedy
  • Stephen Walking
  • Stonebank
  • Summer Was Fun- Alias of DotEXE
  • Televisor
  • Tristam
  • Trivecta
  • Tut Tut Child
  • Varien
  • Vicetone
  • Volant
  • WRLD

Former Artists

The following is a list of artists who previously released music with Monstercat.

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Former Monstercat Artists
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  • 1uP
  • 23
  • Archie
  • Arion
  • Atmozfears- Now TVDS
  • AZEDIA
  • Chris Ramos
  • Day One
  • DotEXE- Now Summer Was Fun
  • Dzeko & Torres
  • Ephixa
  • Falcon Funk
  • Favright
  • Halo Nova- Now Varien
  • Hot Date!
  • I.Y.F.F.E
  • Insan3lik3
  • Lets Be Friends
  • Matduke
  • Mitchell Claxton
  • nanobii
  • Neilio
  • Obsidia
  • OVERWERK- Now an independent artist
  • Rundfunk- Now part of Televisor
  • SCNDL
  • Skifonix
  • Stereotronique
  • Teqq
  • Throttle
  • TVDS
  • TwoThirds- Now LVTHER
  • Virtual Riot
  • yh


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