Monstercat
Monstercat | |
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Monstercat's official logo with a black background, commonly used on their social mediums. | |
Founded | July 1, 2011 |
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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]
Contents
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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- 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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- 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
References
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