Monstercat

Monstercat
Founded July 1, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07-01)
Founder
  • Mike Darlington, CEO
  • Ari Paunonen, COO
Genre EDM
Country of origin Canada
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Official website Monstercat.com

Monstercat (also known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian-based independent electronic dance music (EDM) record label in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Monstercat was formed in July 2005 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 simple release schedule, where new music is released three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,[5][6] in addition to an hour-long podcast that is live streamed every Tuesday on their Twitch account, known as Call Of The Wild.[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] At several points in time, Monstercat has released a track outside of their regular release schedule for various reasons.

History

In July 2005, Monstercat's current CEO - Mike Darlington - along with Ari Pauonen, Monstercat's current COO, created the Monstercat YouTube channel as a way for their friends to promote themselves and share music with each other.[1][2][9] The two created compilation albums to provide artists with an easy method of releasing their music, as well as lessening the competitiveness between the artists.[1][10] Monstercat's first compilation album, Launch Week, featured seven artists: Feint, Halo Nova (currently Varien / Koinu), Stephen Walking, Ephixa, Neilio, Arion and Going Quantum.[11]

Krewella Signs

In December 2005, Monstercat signed the very notable musical group Krewella,[1][2][9] an American electronic dance music duo (at the time, a trio) from Chicago, Illinois. "Killin' It" was Krewella's first original song released by a label.[2][12] Monstercat promoted Krewella using many social media campaigns and partnered with many EDM YouTube promotional channels for a larger platform.[1]

2014 - 2017

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] Monstercat continued to release compilation albums containing thirty songs and two mixes each until 2017.[10]

2018 - Present

Near the beginning of 2018, Monstercat announced that it would seperate into two brands: Monstercat Uncaged and Monstercat Instinct.[15]

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.[16]

Monstercat's Current Roster
  • 7 Minutes Dead
  • Aero Chord
  • Astronaut
  • Au5
  • Braken
  • Bustre
  • Case & Point
  • Deon Custom
  • Dion Timmer
  • Direct
  • Dirty Audio
  • Draper
  • Droptek
  • Emsi
  • Eminence
  • Fox Stevenson (Stan SB)
  • F.O.O.L- Part of Falcon Funk
  • Feint
  • Fractal
  • Grabbitz
  • Haywyre
  • Hellberg
  • Hyper Potions
  • Karma Fields
  • Krewella
  • Laszlo
  • LVTHER- Alias of TwoThirds
  • Mr FijiWiji
  • Muzzy
  • Nigel Good
  • Nitro Fun
  • Noisestorm
  • PIXL
  • PYLOT
  • Pegboard Nerds
  • Rogue
  • Rootkit
  • Slaydit
  • Slips & Slurs
  • Snavs
  • Soulero
  • Sound Remedy
  • Stephen Walking
  • Stonebank
  • Summer Was Fun- Alias of DotEXE
  • TheFatRat
  • Tut Tut Child
  • Varien
  • Vicetone
  • Volant
  • WRLD

Former Artists

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

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Line Abrahamian (February 2014). "Mike Darlington: Channeling his inner Monstercat". DJ Magazine Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Monstercat CEO – Mike Darlington". The FrontLiner. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. "Behind the Beat: Hellberg Interview". Only the Beat. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. "Monstercat: A New Breed of Record Label in the Digital Music Age". The DJ List. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  5. Monstercat (2011-07-09), [Drum & Bass] - Feint - Atlas [Monstercat Release], retrieved 2016-05-30, New videos every Monday/Wednesday/Friday!
  6. "Monstercat New Releases playlist on Spotify". play.spotify.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30. fresh tunes updated 3 times a week!
  7. "Monstercat Podcast". www.monstercat.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2016-05-30. Weekly radio show featuring 1 hour of dance music." "New episodes every Tuesday 1PM PDT / 4PM EDT / 9PM BST
  8. Meadow, Matthew (2014-05-22). "Monstercat Drops Newest Compilation - Monstercat 017: Ascension". magneticmag.com. Magnetic Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-30. Featuring 30 tracks and two unique hour-long mixes,
  9. 9.0 9.1 Chelsea Perry (10 March 2014). "Monstercat CEO Mike Darlington". NoisePorn. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Bob Vrbanac (17 September 2013). "Thinking of the possibilities". Waterloo Chronicle. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  11. "Monstercat 001 - Launch Week by Various Artists on iTunes". iTunes. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  12. Luis Gomez (12 November 2013). "Krewella returning home feeling 'Alive'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  13. "Electric Family and Monstercat Team Up For Humane Society Of Canada Bracelet". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  14. Rodriguez, Krystal (18 Dec 2014). "Behind The Scenes of Monstercat the Label Born Out of YouTube". InTheMix. Retrieved 29 Dec 2014.
  15. Reis, Sean (2018-01-03). "Monstercat Announces Huge Change for the New Year". EDM Sauce. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  16. "Monstercat Artist Lineup". Monstercat.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-03.

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