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Monstercat

kanadisches Independent-Musiklabel im Bereich der elektronischen Tanzmusik
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Monstercat (previously known as Monstercat Media) is an electronic dance music record label based out of Vancouver, Canada.[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 have copyright control of their song and the ability to release tracks on other record labels.[4] The label follows a cycle where three new tracks are released on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, as well as an hour-long podcast on Thursday, each week. This cycle continues until there have been thirty new tracks since the last album release. At that point, a new album is released containing the previous thirty songs and two continuous mixes of the album. The mixes are also released on Monstercat's YouTube channel. Artists' EPs and albums are not included in the album release and must be purchased separately.

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] Darlington and Paunonen created compilation albums to provide artists with a method of releasing their music and to lessen the competitiveness between them.[1][6] 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]

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'. It was released in September 2013, but was only sold on Krewella's forthcoming album 'Get Wet' through Columbia Records.

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, the partnership has raised over $5k as of July 2014.

In June 2014, Monstercat reached one million record sales, and became the 11th most subscribed channel on YouTube[4] in Canada. Monstercat is now the 10th largest YouTube channel in Canada and has broken into the Top 350 in the world.[8]

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 over 20 dates being booked for the tour.[9]

In September 2014, Monstercat celebrated its 3-year anniversary.

Albums

Discography

Producer Album Title Total Tracks Release Date
Monstercat 001 - Launch Week 7 7 July 2011
Monstercat 002 - Early Stage 15 28 September 2011
Monstercat 003 - Momentum 15 4 October 2011
Monstercat 004 - Identity 15 18 December 2011
Monstercat Monstercat Christmas Album 2011 6 23 December 2011
Monstercat Best of 2011 20 30 December 2011
Monstercat 005 - Evolution 20 20 February 2012
Monstercat 006 - Embrace 20 13 April 2012
Monstercat 007 - Solace 20 6 June 2012
Monstercat 008 - Anniversary 20 27 July 2012
Monstercat 009 - Reunion 20 12 September 2012
Monstercat 010 - Conquest 20 31 October 2012
Monstercat Monstercat Christmas Album 2012 8 15 December 2012
Monstercat 011 - Revolution 20 19 December 2012
Monstercat Best of 2012 30 4 February 2013
Monstercat 012 - Aftermath 30 11 March 2013
Monstercat 013 - Awakening 30 10 June 2013
Monstercat 014 - Discovery 30 2 September 2013
Monstercat 015 - Outlook 30 20 November 2013
Monstercat Best of 2013 30 20 December 2013
Monstercat 016 - Expedition 30 26 February 2014
Monstercat 017 - Ascension 30 21 May 2014
Monstercat 018 - Frontier 30 6 August 2014

Artist Albums/LPs

Artist Album Title Total Tracks Release Date
Haywyre Two Fold Pt. 1 8 31 March 2014

Artist EPs

Artist(s) EP Title Total Tracks Release Date
Project 46 Limitless 3 14 November 2011
Stephen Walking Christian The Lion 5 28 November 2011
Mr. FijiWiji Keeping It Surreal 7 4 January 2012
Tristam Smashing Newbs 6 11 January 2012
Noisestorm Renegade 3 1 February 2012
1uP Thundergun 3 4 April 2012
Going Quantum Hello 4 7 May 2012
Tut Tut Child Dance To It 3 30 May 2012
DotEXE Hipster Cutthroat 2 13 June 2012
TVDS Black Sky 3 2 July 2012
Droptek Polygon 4 11 July 2012
Muzzy Letz Rock 2 8 October 2012
TwoThirds Waking Dreams 5 26 October 2012
Tut Tut Child We're All Mad Here 6 12 November 2012
Rogue Dreams 4 26 November 2012
TVDS Another Day 4 4 January 2013
Pegboard Nerds We Are One 4 1 February 2013
Stereotronique w/
Sebastian Ivarsson
(feat.
Danyka Nadeau)		 Tonight
(The Remixes)		 5 8 April 2013
7 Minutes Dead 7 Minutes Dead 4 10 April 2013
PIXL Astrocat 2 26 April 2013
Vicetone Heartbeat
(The Remixes)		 7 24 May 2013
Project 46 Continuum 3 11 June 2013
Tristam Truth
(The Remixes)		 6 5 June 2013
Falcon Funk Falcon Funk 4 14 June 2013
Pegboard Nerds Guilty Pleasures 4 24 June 2013
Tut Tut Child Impossible Things
Before Breakfast		 3 15 July 2013
Au5 Blossom 2 7 August 2013
PIXL Sugar Rush 3 14 August 2013
Pegboard Nerds The Lost Tracks 6 30 August 2013
Televisor Old Skool
(The Remixes)		 5 27 September 2013
Protostar Scorpion Pit
(The Remixes)		 4 11 October 2013
Mr. FijiWiji w/ various artists Friends 3 16 October 2013
Rameses B Timeless 4 23 October 2013
Muzzy The Takeover 4 28 October 2013
Rogue Earth 4 4 November 2013
Hellberg &
Deutgen
vs.
Splitbreed		 Collide
(The Remixes)		 7 11 November 2013
Fractal Elements 2 15 November 2013
Au5 & Fractal Secret Weapon 4 2 December 2013
Astronaut Destination: Apollo
 6 9 December 2013
Astronaut Quantum 3 13 January 2014
Fractal Spection 2 20 January 2014
Rezonate Prelude 5 24 January 2014
7 Minutes Dead Peacock 2 27 January 2014
Astronaut Destination: Rain
 6 17 February 2014
Pegboard Nerds Bassline Kickin
(The Remixes)		 3 19 February 2014
Direct Wanna Know You 3 07 March 2014
Noisestorm Surge 2 12 March 2014
Astronaut Destination: Quantum 5 19 March 2014
SCNDL The Munsta (The Remixes) 4 20 June 2014
Au5 Follow You (The Remixes) 7 11 July 2014
Falcon Funk Pounce 3 16 July 2014
Rameses B Dream Catcher 2 25 August 2014
Varien & 7 Minutes Dead Mirai Sekai 5 1 September 2014
Astronaut Destination: Pinball 7 8 September 2014
Draper Perspectives 4 12 September 2014

Christmas and Halloween EPs

EP Title Total Tracks Release Date
Monstercat Christmas Album 2011 6 23 December 2011
Trick or Treat EP 4 20 October 2012
Monstercat Christmas Album 2012 8 15 December 2012

Best of Genre Compilations

Producer Genre / Volume Total Tracks Release Date
Monstercat Dubstep Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012
Monstercat DnB/Drumstep Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012
Monstercat Electro Vol. 1 15 28 May 2012
Monstercat Dubstep Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013
Monstercat DnB/Drumstep Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013
Monstercat Electro Vol. 2 15 2 July 2013
Monstercat EDM Vol. 1 15 2 July 2013
Monstercat House Vol. 1 15 2 July 2013

Artists

Current - 2014 Roster[10]

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  • 7 Minutes Dead
  • Aero Chord
  • Astronaut
  • Au5
  • Braken
  • Bustre
  • Case & Point
  • Chris Ramos
  • Direct
  • DotEXE
  • Draper
  • Droptek
  • Dzeko & Torres
  • Eminence
  • Falcon Funk
  • Favright
  • Feint
  • Fractal
  • Going Quantum
  • Grabbitz
  • Grant Bowtie
  • Haywyre
  • Hellberg
  • Insan3Lik3
  • Kasbo
  • Krewella
  • Lazslo
  • Lets Be Friends
  • Mr FijiWiji
  • Muzzy
  • Nitro Fun
  • Noisestorm
  • PIXL
  • Pegboard Nerds
  • Project 46
  • Rameses B
  • Razihel
  • Rezonate
  • Rogue
  • Rootkit
  • SCNDL
  • Soulero
  • Stephen Walking
  • Stonebank
  • Televisor
  • Tristam
  • Trivecta
  • Tut Tut Child
  • TwoThirds
  • Varien
  • WRLD

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Former

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  • 1uP
  • 23
  • Archie
  • Arion
  • Chrisson
  • Day One
  • Ephixa
  • Hot Date!
  • Matduke
  • Neilio
  • Obsidia
  • OVERWERK
  • Skifonix
  • SPLITBREED
  • Subformat
  • Stereotronique
  • Timmy Trumpet
  • Throttle
  • TVDS (Also known as Atmozfears)
  • Vicetone

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References

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Line Abrahamian: Mike Darlington: Channeling his inner Monstercat. In: DJ Magazine Canada. Februar 2014, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d Monstercat CEO – Mike Darlington. In: The FrontLiner. 8. November 2013, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  3. ↑ Behind the Beat: Hellberg Interview. In: Only the Beat. 11. April 2013, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  4. ↑ a b Vorlage:Citeweb
  5. ↑ a b Chelsea Perry: Monstercat CEO Mike Darlington. In: NoisePorn. 10. März 2014, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  6. ↑ a b Bob Vrbanac: Thinking of the possibilities. In: Waterloo Chronicle. 17. September 2013, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  7. ↑ Luis Gomez: Krewella returning home feeling 'Alive'. In: Chicago Tribune. 12. November 2013, abgerufen am 26. Mai 2014.
  8. ↑ Vorlage:Citeweb
  9. ↑ Matthew Meadow: Monstercat Uncaged Tour, Chosen By You! YourEDM, 2. Juli 2014, abgerufen am 31. Juli 2014.
  10. ↑ Monstercat Artist Lineup. In: Monstercat.com.
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