Monstercat

Monstercat (also known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian-based independent electronic dance music (EDM) record label in Vancouver, British Columbia. Monstercat was formed in July 2005 by Mike Darlington CEO, and Ari Paunonen, COO.
The label signs artists on a non-exclusive single-track basis, allowing artists to freely move between other labels and brands. Monstercat follows a simple release schedule, where new music is released three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in addition to an hour-long podcast that is live streamed every Tuesday on their Twitch account, known as Call Of The Wild. Once Monstercat has released thirty tracks consecutively, a new compilation album is created containing these tracks and two continuous mixes of the album. 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. 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. Monstercat's first compilation album, Launch Week, featured seven artists: Feint, Halo Nova (currently Varien / Koinu), Stephen Walking, Ephixa, Neilio, Arion and Going Quantum.
Krewella Signs
In December 2005, Monstercat signed the very notable musical group Krewella, 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. Monstercat promoted Krewella using many social media campaigns and partnered with many EDM YouTube promotional channels for a larger platform.
2014 - 2017
During the first few months of 2014, Monstercat partnered with the electric family in aid of the Humane Society of Canada. In December 2014, Monstercat launched a 24-hour digital radio station, hosted on Twitch. Monstercat continued to release compilation albums containing thirty songs and two mixes each until 2017.
2018 - Present
Near the beginning of 2018, Monstercat announced that it would seperate into two brands: Monstercat Uncaged and Monstercat Instinct.
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.
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.
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
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References
Other websites
Record labels