Monstercat

Monstercat (formerly known as Monstercat Media) is a Canadian independent electronic dance music record label based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 2011 by Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen, the label released music on a tri-weekly basis until 2018, when this was changed to four releases a week.Monstercat's mascot is a black anthropomorphic cat wearing headphones, a reference to the label's name. Beginning with the release of its first compilation album, Monstercat 001 – Launch Week, the label releases regular compilation albums featuring music from various artists. Until the release of Monstercat 030 – Finale in 2017, each compilation was given a name and depicted the story of the aforementioned mascot in the album cover. This preceded a rebranding of the label, with a new series of albums titled Monstercat Uncaged. In 2018, Monstercat introduced a new brand titled "Instinct". Monstercat has featured numerous notable artists, including Seven Lions, Infected Mushroom, Kill Paris, Pegboard Nerds, Vicetone, Modestep, and ShockOne. Additionally, Monstercat has released soundtrack albums for various video games, including Rocket League and Beat Saber.The label is known for the 2016 release of the song "Alone" by American DJ Marshmello, which reached Platinum status in the United States and Canada in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The April Fool's Day release of "Crab Rave" by Irish music producer Noisestorm became an internet meme four months after release.