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Monstercat
Monstercat's current logo, non-textual variant
Monstercat's current logo, non-textual variant
FoundedJuly 1, 2011
Founder
  • Mike Darlington, CEO
  • Ari Paunonen, COO
Genre
Country of origin Canada
LocationVancouver, British Columbia
Official websiteMonstercat.com

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

Monstercat signs artists for single releases only, rather than exclusivity deals, which lets its artists retain copyright control of their song and the ability to release tracks on other record labels.[4] The label follows a cycle, releasing a track every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in addition to an hour-long podcast that is live streamed every Tuesday at 1 PM, PST on the Monstercat Twitch.tv channel. Every 30 track releases, give or take a few, a new album is released, containing 30 tracks and two continuous mixes of the album. Releases are made available on the label's site, iTunes, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Spotify, Xbox Music, Google Play Music, Apple Music, Beatport, along with many other digital music services, and are featured on the Monstercat YouTube and Twitch channels, alternatively a small snippet of any released track are also promoted on their Facebook and Instagram pages.

History

History

In July 2011, Mike Darlington (CEO) and Ari Paunonen (COO) created Monstercat as a YouTube channel.[1] Monstercat served as a medium for Darlington and Paunonen's friends to share and promote their music.[1][2][5] The two created compilation albums to provide artists with a method of releasing their music and to lessen the competitiveness between them.[6][1] The first song on the label was "Dubstep Killed Rock 'n' Roll" by Ephixa. Monstercat's first album, Launch Week, featured seven artists: Feint, Halo Nova (now Varien), Stephen Walking, Ephixa, Neilio, Arion, and Going Quantum. Recent albums now feature upwards of 30 artists with an even larger variety of genres.[6]

Krewella Signs

In December 2011, Monstercat signed Krewella,[1][2][5] an American electronic dance music group from Chicago, Illinois. "Killin' It" was Krewella's first original song released by a label.[2][7] Monstercat promoted Krewella with social media campaigns and partnered with EDM YouTube promotional channels for a larger platform.[1] Their second song on Monstercat was a collaboration with Pegboard Nerds titled 'This Is Not The End'. The track was released during September 2013 but was only sold on Krewella's forthcoming album 'Get Wet' through Columbia Records.

2014 and onwards

In February 2014, Monstercat partnered with EDM lifestyle brand Electric Family to produce a collaboration bracelet for which 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Humane Society of Canada.[8]

In June 2014, Monstercat reached one million record sales[4] in the United States of America.

In July 2014, Monstercat announced its first official tour; "The Uncaged Tour", featuring Pegboard Nerds, Stephen Walking and Varien. The tour's locations were chosen by fan voting. 22,000 fan votes resulted in over 20 dates being booked for the tour.[9]

In September 2014, Monstercat celebrated its 3-year anniversary with a mix containing 78 of the top tracks from Monstercat's history. It was mixed by Didrick.[10]

In December 2014, Monstercat launched their 24-hour digital radio station, hosted and streamable on Twitch.tv.[11]

As of August 2015, Monstercat is now the 7th most subscribed YouTube channel in Canada, gaining 3.6 million subscribers and 732.1 million channel views.[12]

Albums

Discography

Album Title Total Tracks Release Date Ref
001 - Launch Week 7 7 July 2011 [13]
002 - Early Stage 15 28 September 2011 [14]
003 - Momentum 15 4 October 2011 [15]
004 - Identity 15 18 December 2011 [16]
Best of 2011 20 30 December 2011 [17]
005 - Evolution 20 20 February 2012 [18]
006 - Embrace 20 13 April 2012 [19]
007 - Solace 20 6 June 2012 [20]
008 - Anniversary 20 27 July 2012 [21]
009 - Reunion 20 12 September 2012 [22]
010 - Conquest 20 31 October 2012 [23]
011 - Revolution 20 19 December 2012 [24]
Best of 2012 30 4 February 2013 [25]
012 - Aftermath 30 11 March 2013 [26]
013 - Awakening 30 10 June 2013 [27]
014 - Discovery 30 2 September 2013 [28]
015 - Outlook 30 20 November 2013 [29]
The Best of 2013 30 20 December 2013 [30]
016 - Expedition 30 26 February 2014 [31]
017 - Ascension 30 21 May 2014 [32]
018 - Frontier 30 6 August 2014 [33]
019 - Endeavour 30 22 October 2014 [34]
020 - Altitude 30 15 December 2014 [35]
Best of 2014 30 26 January 2015 [36]
021 - Perspective 30 18 March 2015 [37]
022 - Contact 30 1 June 2015 [38]
023 - Voyage 30 17 August 2015 [39]

Artist Albums, LPs and EPs

Artist Album Title Total Tracks Release Date Ref
Project 46 Limitless EP 3 14 November 2011 [40]
Stephen Walking Christian the Lion EP 5 28 November 2011 [41]
Mr FijiWiji Keeping It Surreal EP 7 6 January 2012 [42]
Tristam Smashing Newbs EP 6 11 January 2012 [43]
Noisestorm Renegade EP 3 7 February 2012 [44]
1uP Thundergun EP 3 4 April 2012 [45]
Going Quantum Hello? EP 4 7 May 2012 [46]
Tut Tut Child Dance to It EP 3 6 June 2012 [47]
Chris Ramos Emergency EP 3 18 June 2012 [48]
DotEXE Hipster Cutthroat EP 2 20 June 2012 [49]
TVDS Black Sky EP 3 2 July 2012 [50]
Droptek Polygon EP 4 11 July 2012 [51]
Muzzy Letz Rock EP 2 8 October 2012 [52]
TwoThirds Waking Dreams (The Remixes) 5 26 October 2012 [53]
Tut Tut Child We're All Mad Here EP 6 19 November 2012 [54]
Rogue Dreams EP 4 26 November 2012 [55]
TVDS Another Day EP 4 4 January 2013 [56]
Pegboard Nerds We Are One EP 4 1 February 2013 [57]
Stereotronique & Sebastian Ivarsson Tonight (The Remixes) 5 8 April 2013 [58]
7 Minutes Dead 7 Minutes Dead EP 4 10 April 2013 [59]
PIXL Astrocat EP 2 26 April 2013 [60]
Vicetone Heartbeat (The Remixes) 7 24 May 2013 [61]
Project 46 Continuum EP 3 29 May 2013 [62]
Tristam Truth (The Remixes) 6 5 June 2013 [63]
Falcon Funk Falcon Funk EP 4 14 June 2013 [64]
Pegboard Nerds Guilty Pleasures EP 5 24 June 2013 [65]
Tut Tut Child Impossible Things Before Breakfast EP 3 15 July 2013 [66]
Au5 Blossom EP 2 14 August 2013 [67]
PIXL Sugar Rush EP 3 21 August 2013 [68]
Pegboard Nerds The Lost Tracks EP 6 30 August 2013 [69]
Televisor Old Skool (The Remixes) 5 27 September 2013 [70]
Protostar Scorpion Pit (The Remixes) 4 11 October 2013 [71]
Mr FijiWiji Friends EP 3 16 October 2013 [72]
Rameses B Timeless EP 4 23 October 2013 [73]
Muzzy The Takeover EP 4 28 October 2013 [74]
Rogue Earth EP 4 4 November 2013 [75]
Hellberg & Deutgen vs. SPLITBREED Collide (The Remixes) 7 11 November 2013 [76]
Fractal Elements EP 2 15 November 2013 [77]
Au5 & Fractal Secret Weapon EP 4 2 December 2013 [78]
Astronaut Destination: Apollo 6 9 December 2013 [79]
Astronaut Quantum EP 3 13 January 2014 [80]
Fractal Spection EP 2 20 January 2014 [81]
Rezonate Prelude EP 5 24 January 2014 [82]
7 Minutes Dead Peacock EP 2 27 January 2014 [83]
Astronaut Destination: Rain 6 17 February 2014 [84]
Pegboard Nerds Bassline Kickin (The Remixes) 3 19 February 2014 [85]
Direct Wanna Know You EP 3 7 March 2014 [86]
Noisestorm Surge EP 2 12 March 2014 [87]
Astronaut Destination: Quantum 5 19 March 2014 [88]
Haywyre Two Fold Pt. 1 8 31 March 2014 [89]
SCNDL The Munsta (The Remixes) 4 20 June 2014 [90]
Au5 Follow You (The Remixes) 7 11 July 2014 [91]
Rameses B Dream Catcher EP 2 25 August 2014 [92]
Varien & 7 Minutes Dead Mirai Sekai EP 5 1 September 2014 [93]
Astronaut Destination: Pinball 7 8 September 2014 [94]
Draper Perspectives EP 4 12 September 2014 [95]
Tut Tut Child Ask Your Friends First EP 4 31 October 2014 [96]
Favright Taking Over (The Remixes) 3 5 November 2014 [97]
Pegboard Nerds The Uncaged Remixes 4 17 November 2014 [98]
Astronaut Destination: Champions 4 12 January 2015 [99]
Astronaut & Far Too Loud Destination: War 5 11 February 2015 [100]
Mr FijiWiji Growing Up EP 5 13 February 2015 [101]
Eminence Universe EP 5 18 February 2015 [102]
Muzzy Get Crazy / Feeling Stronger 2 20 February 2015 [103]
Excision & Pegboard Nerds Bring the Madness (The Remixes) 4 23 March 2015 [104]
Rezonate Rebirth EP 4 25 March 2015 [105]
Televisor Venture EP 4 6 April 2015 [106]
Hellberg This is Me EP 5 15 April 2015 [107]
F.O.O.L Knight EP 4 20 April 2015 [108]
Grabbitz Friends EP 7 27 April 2015 [109]
San Holo Victory EP 3 25 May 2015 [110]
Karma Fields Build the Cities (Reconstructions) 7 28 May 2015 [111]
Laszlo Closer EP 5 24 June 2015 [112]
Muzzy Get Crazy / Feeling Stronger (The Remixes) 4 29 June 2015 [113]
Hellberg The Girl (The Remixes) 5 13 July 2015 [114]
Varien The Ancient & Arcane 8 5 August 2015 [115]
WRLD Chase It EP 4 24 August 2015 [116]
Televisor Venture (The Remixes) 4 4 September 2015 [117]
Grabbitz Don't Stop/Ballin' 2 14 September 2015 --
Fractal Gaia TBA TBA

Christmas and Halloween EPs

EP Title Total Tracks Release Date Ref
Monstercat Christmas Album 2011 6 23 December 2011 [118]
Trick or Treat - EP 4 20 October 2012 [119]
Monstercat Christmas Album 2012 8 15 December 2012 [120]

Best of Genre Compilations

Genre / Volume Total Tracks Release Date Ref
Dubstep Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012 [121]
DnB/Drumstep Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012 [122]
Electro Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012 [123]
Dubstep Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013 [124]
DnB/Drumstep Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013 [125]
Electro Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013 [126]
Electronic Music Vol. 1 15 2 July 2013 [127]
House Vol. 1 15 2 July 2013 [128]

Artists

Current Roster[129]

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

Former

  • 1uP
  • 23
  • Archie
  • Arion
  • Atmozfears
  • AZEDIA
  • Chris Ramos
  • Day One
  • DotEXE (Now Summer Was Fun)
  • Dzeko & Torres
  • Ephixa
  • Halo Nova (Now Varien)
  • Hot Date!
  • I.Y.F.F.E
  • Insan3lik3
  • Lets Be Friends
  • Matduke
  • Mitchell Claxton
  • nanobii
  • Neilio
  • Obsidia
  • OVERWERK
  • Rundfunk (Now 1/2 Televisor)
  • SCNDL
  • Skifonix
  • Stereotronique
  • Teqq
  • Throttle
  • TVDS
  • TwoThirds (Now LVTHER)
  • yh

Singer

  • Charlotte Haining
  • Danyka Nadeau
  • EMEL
  • Holly Drummond
  • Jonny Rose
  • Laura Brehm
  • Syrin (Designated Singer for Fractal)
  • Veela

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Line Abrahamian (February 2014). "Mike Darlington: Channeling his inner Monstercat". DJ Magazine Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b Medved, Matt (8 July 2014). "The Monstercat Label Model: From YouTube Channel to One Million Record Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b Chelsea Perry (10 March 2014). "Monstercat CEO Mike Darlington". NoisePorn. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b Bob Vrbanac (17 September 2013). "Thinking of the possibilities". Waterloo Chronicle. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  7. ^ Luis Gomez (12 November 2013). "Krewella returning home feeling 'Alive'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Monstercat joins the Electric Family".
  9. ^ Matthew Meadow (2 July 2014). "Monstercat Uncaged Tour, Chosen By You!". YourEDM. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Monstercat Live Performance, by Didrick for 3rd-year anniversarry". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ^ Rodriguez, Krystal (18 Dec 2014). "Behind The Scenes of Monstercat the Label Born Out of YouTube". InTheMix. Retrieved 29 Dec 2014.
  12. ^ "YouTube Top 100 Most Subscribed Canada Channels List - Top by Subscribers". VidStatsX. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  13. ^ Launch Week
  14. ^ Early Stage
  15. ^ Momentum
  16. ^ Identity
  17. ^ Best of 2011
  18. ^ Evolution
  19. ^ Embrace
  20. ^ Solace
  21. ^ Anniversary
  22. ^ Reunion
  23. ^ Conquest
  24. ^ Revolution
  25. ^ Best of 2012
  26. ^ Aftermath
  27. ^ Awakening
  28. ^ Discovery
  29. ^ Outlook
  30. ^ The Best of 2013
  31. ^ Expedition
  32. ^ Ascension
  33. ^ Frontier
  34. ^ Endeavour
  35. ^ Altitude
  36. ^ Best of 2014
  37. ^ Perspective
  38. ^ Contact
  39. ^ https://twitter.com/Monstercat/status/630902958499102720
  40. ^ "Limitless EP".
  41. ^ "Christian the Lion".
  42. ^ "Keeping It Surreal".
  43. ^ "Smashing Newbs".
  44. ^ "Renegade EP".
  45. ^ "Thundergun".
  46. ^ "Hello EP".
  47. ^ "Dance to It".
  48. ^ "Chris Ramos".
  49. ^ "Hipster Cutthroat".
  50. ^ "Black Sky".
  51. ^ "Polygon EP".
  52. ^ "Letz Rock".
  53. ^ "Waking Dreams (Remixes)".
  54. ^ "We're All Mad Here".
  55. ^ "Dreams EP".
  56. ^ "Another Day EP".
  57. ^ "We Are One EP".
  58. ^ "Tonight (The Remixes)".
  59. ^ "7 Minutes Dead EP".
  60. ^ "Astrocat EP".
  61. ^ "Heartbeat (The Remixes)".
  62. ^ "Continuum EP".
  63. ^ "Truth (The Remixes)".
  64. ^ "Falcon Funk EP".
  65. ^ "Guilty Pleasures".
  66. ^ "Impossible Things Before Breakfast".
  67. ^ "Blossom EP".
  68. ^ "Sugar Rush EP".
  69. ^ "The Lost Tracks".
  70. ^ "Old Skool (The Remixes)".
  71. ^ "Scorpion Pit (The Remixes)".
  72. ^ "Friends EP".
  73. ^ "Timeless EP".
  74. ^ "The Takeover".
  75. ^ "Earth EP".
  76. ^ "Collide (The Remixes)".
  77. ^ "Elements EP".
  78. ^ "Secret Weapon EP".
  79. ^ "Destination: Apollo".
  80. ^ "Quantum EP".
  81. ^ "Spection EP".
  82. ^ "Prelude EP".
  83. ^ "Peacock EP".
  84. ^ "Destination: Rain".
  85. ^ "Bassline Kickin (The Remixes)".
  86. ^ "Wanna Know You".
  87. ^ "Surge EP".
  88. ^ "Destination: Quantum".
  89. ^ "Two Fold Pt.1".
  90. ^ "The Munsta (The Remixes)".
  91. ^ "Follow You (The Remixes)".
  92. ^ "Dream Catcher".
  93. ^ "Mirai Sekai".
  94. ^ "Destination: Pinball".
  95. ^ "Perspectives EP".
  96. ^ "Ask Your Friends First EP".
  97. ^ "Taking over (The Remixes)".
  98. ^ "The Uncaged Remixes".
  99. ^ "Destination: Champions".
  100. ^ "Destination: War".
  101. ^ "Growing Up EP".
  102. ^ "Universe EP".
  103. ^ "Get Crazy / Feeling Stronger".
  104. ^ "Bring the Madness (The Remixes)".
  105. ^ "Rebirth EP".
  106. ^ "Venture EP".
  107. ^ "This is Me".
  108. ^ "Knight EP".
  109. ^ "Friends EP".
  110. ^ "Victory EP".
  111. ^ "Build the Cities (Reconstructions)".
  112. ^ "Closer EP".
  113. ^ "Get Crazy / Feeling Stronger (The Remixes)".
  114. ^ "The Girl (The Remixes)".
  115. ^ "The Ancient & Arcane".
  116. ^ "Chase It EP".
  117. ^ http://www.slacker.com/album/televisor/venture-the-remixes
  118. ^ "Monstercat's Christmas Album 2011".
  119. ^ "Monstercat's Trick or Treat album".
  120. ^ "Monstercat's Christmas Album 2012".
  121. ^ Best of Dubstep, Vol. 1
  122. ^ Best of DnB/Drumstep, Vol. 1
  123. ^ Best of Electro, Vol. 1
  124. ^ Best of Dubstep, Vol. 2
  125. ^ Best of Dnb/Drumstep, Vol. 2
  126. ^ Best of Electro, Vol. 2
  127. ^ Best of Electronic Music, Vol. 1
  128. ^ Best of House, Vol. 1
  129. ^ "Monstercat Artist Lineup". Monstercat.com.
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