Monstercat

Monstercat

Artist

Monstercat (previously known as Monstercat Media) is an independent EDM record label based out of Vancouver, Canada. Mike Darlington, CEO, and Ari Paunonen, COO, founded Monstercat on July 1st, 2011.

Unlike other labels that sign artists to exclusive label deals, 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.

Prior to January 8, 2018, Monstercat released three new tracks per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Following January 8, Monstercat split their content into two brands: Monstercat Uncaged and Monstercat Instinct. On Mondays and Thursdays, an energetic and heavy song is released on Monstercat: Uncaged, which replaced the original Monstercat YouTube channel. On the other hand, Monstercat: Instinct releases a melodic and vocal-driven track on Tuesdays and Fridays. They also run a 24/7 live stream playing all their songs on shuffle on Twitch and Mixer. An hour-long radio show titled “Call of the Wild” takes place every Wednesday on their channel on Twitch.

After a certain amount of releases (currently 40 per album) on either Instinct or Uncaged, Monstercat bundles them into a compilation album.

In February 2021, Monstercat announced that Silk Music would merge and become their third brand. On March 22, 2021, Silk Music officially became a part of Monstercat and finished merging into Monstercat: Silk. Monstercat: Silk features progressive house, deep house, trance, chillout, pop, and other genres.