Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1

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Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1
Monstercat Uncaged Vol 1 Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Monstercat
Released12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
Genre
Length1:55:00
Label Monstercat
Producer Various Artists
Monstercat chronology
Monstercat 030 – Finale
(2017)
Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1
(2017)
Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 2
(2017)

Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 is the thirty-first compilation album by the independent record label Monstercat and was released on 12 May 2017. Uncaged Vol. 1 contains thirty-one songs from various artists as well as an album mix. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Background

Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 is the first of the Uncaged Monstercat compilation series, replacing the previous compilation series which was first introduced with 001 - Launch Week, released on 7 July 2011. [4] [2] [3] The compilation series ended with 030 - Finale which released on 22 February 2017. [5] Unity, a song by Rogue, Stonebank and Slips & Slurs was released as an album-exclusive to Uncaged, Vol. 1 a few days prior to the album being released. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 features 31 songs from various artists including Watch Out by Dirtyphonics & Bassnectar (featuring vocals by Ragga Twins), [10] [11] Borneo by Aero Chord & Wolfgang Gartner, [12] [13] Move That Body by Pegboard Nerds & Quiet Disorder [14] [15] and This Time by Kayzo. [16] [17] Uncaged Vol. 1 features several recurring artists from previous Monstercat compilation albums such as Mr FijiWiji, [18] [19] Pegboard Nerds, [14] [15] Darren Styles [20] [21] and Aero Chord [12] [13] as well as several newcomer artists such as Kayzo, [17] [16] Dirtyphonics, [11] [10] Bassnectar [11] [10] and Wolfgang Gartner. [13] [12]

Track listing

Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1 [22]

No.TitleMusicGenreLength
1."Unity"Rogue x Stonebank x Slippy [lower-alpha 1] Trap3:23
2."Watch Out" (featuring Ragga Twins) Dirtyphonics & Bassnectar Drumstep3:23
3."Borneo" Wolfgang Gartner x Aero Chord Electronic3:55
4."Everything Black" (featuring Mike Taylor) Unlike Pluto Electronic3:49
5."Move That Body" Pegboard Nerds x Quiet DisorderElectro3:37
6."This Time" Kayzo Hard Dance2:50
7."Us Against the World" Darren Styles Happy Hardcore4:31
8."Starship"GrantFuture Bass3:33
9."BLAST"Tokyo MachineBreaks4:21
10."Afterdark" (featuring Aviella)MyrneFuture Bass3:20
11."Waiting on Your Call" (featuring Park Avenue)AnevoElectronic4:31
12."Chardonnay" (featuring Karra) Conro Future Bass3:29
13."Bandit" Kuuro Trap2:45
14."Spectrum" Muzz Drum & Bass6:56
15."Turmoil"Slippy [lower-alpha 1] x HollyTrap3:13
16."Want You"OrbiterElectronic3:23
17."Bass Drop"Zero Hero (Darren Styles & Stonebank)Hard Dance3:06
18."Bollywood Stunna"ReachMoombahton2:55
19."Escape" Noisestorm Breaks3:09
20."Home"Nitro FunElectronic3:26
21."Swapping Things"TopiHouse3:12
22."Ripped to Pieces" (featuring EMEL)StonebankHappy Hardcore4:27
23."Levitate" (featuring Tylor Maurer)RootkitHouse3:43
24."Boom"RicciHouse4:24
25."Neos"GlacierFuture Bass4:01
26."Bubble Beam"NanobiiHappy Hardcore2:58
27."CRAZY"Tokyo MachineElectro3:17
28."Tomorrow" (featuring Matt Van & Holly Drummond) Mr FijiWiji & DirectChillout4:10
29."Sweet" (featuring Mister Blonde)Unlike PlutoElectronic3:11
30."Illuminate" (featuring Slyleaf)DuumuElectronic4:02
31."Andromeda" (featuring Matt Van)Mr FijiWiji & Exist StrategyChillout3:44
Total length:1:54:49
  1. 1 2 At the time of this single's release, Slippy was credited as Slips & Slurs until he changed his alias in 2018.

Album mix

No.TitleMusicLength
32."Uncaged Vol. 1 Mix"Monstercat1:42:11

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [23] 24

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