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😽Monstercat Megabinge w/ @knewnie😽
005 - Evolution
We are finally here! The age of Monstercat that gave them their initial reputation and praise. This is the compilation where Monstercat started having more consistency, as well as some TRUE standout tracks. A lot of my track reviews have been fairly standard up to this point, but I’m hoping that going forward some of these tracks will excite me enough to actually try with my reviews (read to the end to find some of them!)

Arion - ... read more

😼Monstercat Megabinge w/ @knewnie😼
004 - Identity

What’s this?!? The score is finally going up? AAAAND it’s above 50?!?

That’s right! This compilation marked the beginning of Monstercat’s inevitable rise. For the most part, the tracks are much more consistent, better produced, and more memorable in the right ways instead of the wrong ways. Of course, there is still PLENTY of room for improvement here, but for now, let’s just enjoy the uptick in ... read more

🙀Monstercat Megabinge w/ @knewnie 🙀
I’ll be honest. I don’t remember a lot of tracks from this specific era (003-004). To me, this period in time is always turbulent for labels starting out, because by not your back catalog is starting to run dry, but you’re still trying to put out music of the same quality. In Monstercat’s case especially, it results in this sort of fever dreamlike run of songs where everything is so painfully average and forgettable that ... read more

002 - Early Stage
😻Monstercat Megabinge w/ @knewnie 😻

Welp, here we go again. Round two baby! Why do we like torturing ourselves with bad and poorly aged electronic music? I don’t know, nostalgia?!!?? Yeah let’s go with that.

ASIDE: It’s honestly crazy to think that it’s been nearly 10 years since Monstercat originated, I feel like an old man now.

Alright so this time I’m gonna copy Knewnie (because Knewnie is good at reviewing) and rank the tracks because ... read more