Monstercat (previously known as Monstercat Media) is an electronic dance music record label based in Vancouver, Canada. The label was founded in July 2011 by Mike Darlington, CEO, and Ari Paunonen, COO.Monstercat signs artists for single releases only, rather than exclusivity deals, which lets its artists retain copyright control of their song and the ability to release tracks on other record labels.The label follows a cycle, releasing three new tracks a week (usually on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) in addition to an hour-long podcast that is streamable every Tuesday at 1PM PST on Monstercat's Twitch Channel. About every thirty song releases, a new album is compiled containing these and two continuous mixes of the album. Releases are made available on Monstercat's site, iTunes, Xbox Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Google Play Music, and are featured on the Monstercat YouTube and Twitch channels.