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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| image_name = Monstercat logo with text.png
| name = Monstercat 
| founded = July 2011 
| launch date    = {{Start date and years ago|mf=yes|2011|7|4}}
| founder = Mike Darlington<br>Ari Paunonen 
| genre   = Electronic Dance Music
| location = Vancouver, Canada 
| url = {{URL|http://www.monstercat.com/}}
}}

'''Monstercat''' is an [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] [[record label]] based out of [[Vancouver, Canada]].<ref name="djmag canada">{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/djmagcanada/docs/dj_20mag_20canada_20issue_20feb_fin_c35b700c37e354?e=0/6931372|title=Mike Darlington: Channeling his inner Monstercat|author=Line Abrahamian|work=DJ Magazine Canada|date=February 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> Mike Darlington, [[chief executive officer|CEO]],<ref name="the frontliner">{{cite web|url=http://thefrontliner.com/interviews/labels/interview-monstercat-ceo-mike-darlington-37214|title=Monstercat CEO – Mike Darlington|work=The FrontLiner|date=8 November 2013|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlythebeat.com/interviews/2013/04/11/behind-the-beat-hellberg-interview/|title=Behind the Beat: Hellberg Interview|work=Only the Beat|date=11 April 2013|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> and Ari Paunonen, [[Chief operating officer|COO]], founded Monstercat in July 2011.<ref name="djmag canada"/> Monstercat is a team of 10: Mike Darlington (Co-Founder, CEO), Ari Paunonen (Co-Founder, COO), Jon Winter (Head of Music, also known as the artist [[Going Quantum]]), Rob Allen (Merchandise Manager), Gavin Johnson (Head of Licensing), Ryan Petrie (Design Manager), Dan Scarcelli (Podcast & Music Manager), William Casarin (Lead Developer), Jack Zhang (Developer), and Connell McCarthy (Designer and Web Developer).<ref>{{cite web|title=We are Monstercat, an indie Electronic record label that recently broke 1 million subscribers. AMA!|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1qs50f/we_are_monstercat_an_indie_electronic_record/cdfwbws|work=http://reddit.com|date=December 2013|accessdate=May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Connell McCarthy working for Monstercat announcement|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=801330023232790&set=a.464947076871088.109403.464889213543541&type=1|website=Facebook.com}}</ref>

Unlike other labels that sign artists, Monstercat signs their artists on a per-track basis, giving them full [[copyright]] to a song while still giving the artist freedom to release other productions where they see fit.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} Monstercat releases 3 new tracks per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. After certain amount of releases - currently 30 - Monstercat puts all of them into a compilation album; however some do not go in the album because they are either a promotional release for something else or because the artist has released more than two tracks within the time frame.

==History==
In July 2011, Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen created Monstercat as a [[YouTube]] channel.<ref name="djmag canada"/> Monstercat served as a medium for Darlington and Paunonen's friends to share and promote music.<ref name="djmag canada"/><ref name="the frontliner"/><ref name="noise porn">{{cite web|url=http://www.noiseporn.com/2014/03/noiseporn-interviews-monstercat-ceo-mike-darlington/|title=Monstercat CEO Mike Darlington|author=Chelsea Perry|work=NoisePorn|date=10 March 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> Darlington and Paunonen created compilation albums to provide new artists with a method of releasing their music and attempt to lessen the competitiveness between the artists.<ref name="djmag canada"/><ref name="waterloo chronicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/thinking-of-the-possibilities/|title=Thinking of the possibilities|author=Bob Vrbanac|work=Waterloo Chronicle|date=17 September 2013|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> The first song on the label was ''Dubstep Killed Rock 'n' Roll'' by Ephixa on Monstercat's first album, ''"Launch Week"'', which features 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 generes. Five of the artists on the album were close friends with Darlington and Paunonen.<ref name="waterloo chronicle"/>

In December 2011 Monstercat signed [[Krewella]],<ref name="djmag canada"/><ref name="the frontliner"/><ref name="noise porn"/> an American electronic dance music group from [[Chicago, Illinois]]; "Killin' it" being their first song released by the label.<ref name="the frontliner"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-11-12/entertainment/chi-interview-krewella-returning-home-feeling-alive-20131112_1_krewella-trindl-band-members|title=Krewella returning home feeling 'Alive'|author=Luis Gomez|work=Chicago Tribune|date=12 November 2013|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref> Monstercat promoted Krewella with social media campaigns and partnered with [[Electronic dance music|EDM]] YouTube channels for a larger platform.<ref name="djmag canada"/> 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]].

===#OperationDethrone===

Monstercat's compilation album ''007 Solace'' reached #1 in the [[iTunes]] EDM charts and #9 in the dance charts, sparking their popularity and giving them the #1 position for their next albums to come. When Monstercat's next album, 008 Anniversary (named in honor of the 1-year anniversary of the label) came along, they set up #OperationDethrone, a challenge to see if they could climb over the artists that had "held the iTunes EDM Albums for as long as [they could] remember," those artists being [[Skrillex]], [[David Guetta|Guetta]], [[Knife Party]], [[Deadmau5]], and [[Tiësto]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Darlington|first=Mike|title=#OperationDethrone Home Page|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/Monstercat/comments/x2mst/operationdethrone_home_base/|work=http://www.reddit.com/|accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

The album became so popular that it was marked as urgent to be moved to the iTunes dance charts. Once moved, it had surpassed albums from [[Adele]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[One Direction]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Maroon 5]], [[John Mayer]], [[Katy Perry]], and other well-renown artists at the time.

==Albums==

===Discography===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 || 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 || 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
|}

===Artist Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Artist !! Album Title !! Total Tracks !! Release Date
|-
| Haywyre || Two Fold Pt. 1 || 8 || 31 March 2014
|}

===Artist EPs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Artist(s) !! [[Extended Play|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
|-
| Various artists || Trick Or Treat || 4 || 20 October 2012
|-
| TwoThrids || 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/<br>Sebastian Ivarsson<br>(feat. <br>Danyka Nadeau) || Tonight<br>(The Remixes) || 5 || 8 April 2013
|-
| 7 Minutes Dead || 7 Minutes Dead || 4 || 10 April 2013
|-
| PIXL || Astrocat || 2 || 26 April 2013
|-
| Vicetone || Heartbeat<br>(The Remixes) || 7 || 24 May 2013
|-
| Project 46 || Continuum || 3 || 11 June 2013
|-
| Tristam || Truth<br>(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<br>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<br>(The Remixes) || 5 || 27 September 2013
|-
| Protostar || Scorpion Pit<br>(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 w/<br>Duetgen<br>vs.<br>Splitbreed || Collide<br>(The Remixes) || 7 || 11 November 2013
|-
| Fractal || Elements || 2 || 15 November 2013
|-
| Au5 & Fractal || Secret Weapon || 4 || 2 December 2013
|-
| Astronaut || Destination: Apollo<br> || 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<br> || 6 || 17 February 2014
|-
| Pegboard Nerds || Bassline Kickin<br>(The Remixes) || 3 || 19 February 2014
|-
| Noisestorm || Surge || 2 || 12 March 2014
|-
| Astronaut || Destination: Quantum<br> || 5 || 19 March 2014
|}

===Best of ''Genre'' Compilations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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<ref>{{cite web|title=Monstercat Artist Lineup|url=http://www.monstercat.com/artists/|website=Monstercat.com}}</ref>===
* 7 Minutes Dead
* Aero Chord
* Astronaut
* Tim van de Stadt | Atmozfears
<!-- Dont change to TVDS, we're trying to differentiate his aliases -->
* Au5
* Braken
* Bustre
* Case & Point
* Chris Ramos
* Day One
* Direct
* Draper
* DotEXE
* Droptek
* Dzeko & Torres
* Eminence
* Falcon Funk
* Favright
* Feint
* Fractal
* Going Quantum
* Grant Bowtie
* Hellberg
* Haywyre
* Insan3Lik3
* Lets Be Friends
* Mitchell Claxton
* Mr. Fijiwiji
* Muzzy
* nanobii
* Nitro Fun
* Noisestorm
* Pegboard Nerds
* PIXL
* Project 46
* Protostar
* [[Rameses B]]
* Razihel
* RedMoon
* Rezonate
* Rogue
* Rootkit
* SCNDL
* Soulero
* Splitbreed
* Stephen Walking
* Stereotronique
* Stonebank
* Televisor
* Teqq
* Throttle
* Tristam
* Trivecta
* Tut Tut Child
* TwoThirds
* [[Varien]]
* WLRD

=== Former ===
* Arion
* Ephixa
* Halo Nova (now [[Varien]])
* IYFFE
* Matduke
* Neilio
* Obsidia
* Rundfunk
* Skifonix
* Tim van de Stadt | TVDS
<!-- This is in the former category because he's focusing on his Atmozfears alias currently -->
* [[Vicetone]]

==Sources==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Canadian record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 2011]]
[[Category:Electronic music record labels]]
[[Category:Drum and bass record labels]]
[[Category:Dubstep record labels]]