I've got to say, the strategy for this album was genius. Yes they broke Bandcamp for about an hour and forced them to stop allowing codes to be redeemed for some time (it was basically an unintentional DDoS attack haha), but the reach of all the Facebook posts, all the Tweets, all the Tumblr posts, was estimated at over 5 million. That is incredible, who knows how many more people were introduced to Monstercat through this, and all while allowing the hardcore fans/new fans to get an entire 30 track album with 2 mixes completely free. Thanks on behalf of the community, Darlington and the rest of the Monstercat team, and an insane job on both this album and the Thunderclap!
Best Album Yet! 1 Free 2 Return of hardcore 3 Addition of happy hardcore 4 Amazing mixes 5 Brought new people to Monstercat & EDM 6 The best releases we've heard in a while
How do you honestly expect us to vote for the best tracks of 2014 when they're all amazing? Only being able to pick three from this album, much less the others, is going to be a tough job, but I'm willing to put in the time to listen to each and every track again. :)
haha, so my chemistry teacher was cool enough to let me pull out my personal laptop in the middle of class and download the album xD...and right after her lecture she downloaded it as well, haha...best teacher ever!
Rhino Killer 100! lol, well it is an AP class, so she doesn't really care what we do as long as we pass..she teaches and if we don't learn it's our problem lol..but she is still cool
This is definitely one of your best albums so far, Monstercat. The last half especially, absolutely flawless. Putting Twothirds, Rameses B, Direct, Varien, Muzzy, Atmozfears, Bustre AND Nanobii together is just incredible.
This is looking to be my all time favorite album! Tons of different style, return of certain artists, and introduction of some amazing new ones! IMO Rainbow Road, New Game, Apollo and Once again are the best songs! Great job and many thanks to all of the artists!
I love Monstercat. It has such a great community. Both the artists and the fans are positive about the whole musical experience that is created. It's really nice to have a place where there's good music, good people, and a good feeling. Way to go, Monstercat!
Monstercat is so amazing. I missed the free album yesterday because I was busy and then I got an email from them with a code to get it for free still! Love you Monstercat and all the Monstercat artists
i went on at what i thought was 12 pst in est and it was too late. only option was to pay :(. i even added 600 points to their social buzz and have supported them before with case & point and pegboard nerds.
I LOVE how you also get the mixes free Along with the album Monstercat 016 is probably one of the best albums I've heard and owned so far! I really appreciate the fact that they allowed it to be free for 2 hours! I got it for free and It's AWESOME, anyhow, monstercat's Albums just get better and better as the y go! I'm pumped for 017!
Thank you to the artist who made this possible and thank you to Monstercat and co for compiling the tracks! On the behalf of everyone on TH-cam, we love you.
You guys keep surprising me with how great your music is. I have been listening since 2011, and the quality has never dropped, despite how much the music has evolved.
The few seconds of singing around 20:00 was pretty nice, inspirational too. Plus a part of that music kinda sounded like a remix of a Final Fantasy battle scene tune(before he starts singing).
MonsterLyrics I actually listened to the whole best of 2013 part 1 when playing minecraft + Listening to flight and till its over a couple of times + Listening to snake eyes 1792 times + Listening to this is not the end + throttle inspire. I had a lot of free time that day xD
I kinda wish the album covers were still the thumbnail for these. I don't mind the visualizer, but 13's subtle animations made the cover more alive for me.
Monstercat and crew, you all never disappoint me. This album has to be one of the greatest ones you guys have ever released! (In my opinion) Your music helps me get through some tough days with it's uplifting lyrics and foot-tapping beats. Sometimes I just want to cry because of how epic your music is. Keep up all the good work and don't stop being awesome as hell.
I just finished listening to this and it is 12:38 at night while I am doing homework. The best part, STILL NOT FINISHED, might as well hit replay and listen to the whole thing over again. Lol great music though.
Hrummm, I thought I saw a peacock while I was watching this, then I realised I'm just a daydreamer. Weird transformations going on right know, must be some sort of parralax.
Is there an instrumental version of Once Again? Nothing against Tristam, his voice is incredible and I can stop singing with him, but the melody behind it sounds beautiful and that would sound great too.
I wish that when a song changes I think the equalizer should change the color to the songs origine Such as The Scarlet dawn Being Dubstep the equalizer should be purple. So we the audience will not only get amazing music but epic color changes!!!!!
Notice the stars don't move already in these mixes? A regular Monstercat video takes 6 hours to render, now imagine how long this would take, especially if they added all those effects to it. It's simply not reasonable to ask for it.
***** They should have just kept using the 013 album mixes style of videos for mixes, that was one of the best. (or they could hire someone insane like beeple to make them 2 hours of wicked animations, but that's unreasonable).
bloody disgrace isn't it. Hang on, i'll just ring Nanobii and tell him he's fired for not making his song 50 seconds long for some guy in the comments No seriously though, don't be a dickhead and comment that, because you know full well people are gonna get pissed by it.
I have three tests tomorrow and, because 016 came out in the most convenient time ever, I can now study to some awesome music. Unfortunately I think I'm furiously bobbing my head back and forth more than actually studying... Oh well, WORTH!
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E X P E D I T I O N
YUS!
STEPHEN! PIZZA PLANET!
Look who it is!
OH SNAP ITS *in Cleveland browns voice* its mr stephenwalking
DJ KLE Wait is it actually?
I've got to say, the strategy for this album was genius. Yes they broke Bandcamp for about an hour and forced them to stop allowing codes to be redeemed for some time (it was basically an unintentional DDoS attack haha), but the reach of all the Facebook posts, all the Tweets, all the Tumblr posts, was estimated at over 5 million. That is incredible, who knows how many more people were introduced to Monstercat through this, and all while allowing the hardcore fans/new fans to get an entire 30 track album with 2 mixes completely free.
Thanks on behalf of the community, Darlington and the rest of the Monstercat team, and an insane job on both this album and the Thunderclap!
Agreed
Gotta love the free music :D
The whole mix is epic but the best part begin at 00:00 and ending at 59:10 ..
Who's agree? :)
I agree :D
There's not a single part in your comment that anyone could argue about! :DD
LOL YEA!!!
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
UnitedPixelz the grammar
Best Album Yet!
1 Free
2 Return of hardcore
3 Addition of happy hardcore
4 Amazing mixes
5 Brought new people to Monstercat & EDM
6 The best releases we've heard in a while
It's right up there with the legends like the 007 release!
Help make 016 Expedition #1 on the charts for top dance music! #ExpeditionToTheTop
im in #ExpeditionToTheTop
It's already at #3 SO CLOSE
#ExpeditionToTheTop
It definitely deserves to be #1! :D
#RiseExpedition
Im so in this #ExpeditionToTheTop #RiseExpedition
#ExpiditionToTheTop Definitely supporting this:D #RiseExpidition
How do you honestly expect us to vote for the best tracks of 2014 when they're all amazing? Only being able to pick three from this album, much less the others, is going to be a tough job, but I'm willing to put in the time to listen to each and every track again. :)
Clare Bear I haven't yet tbh.
CravenTHC how about now did you listen again
Why isn't monstercat more popular man, it really bothers me that, these artists pour their hearts out and they just can't get there.
are you sure they really want it, being that famous?
Fire Panda Party Penguin I agree with you but I'm sure that the artists themselves would like to be a bit better known
Fire Panda Party Penguin Hey anyone could use a little more money in their youtube checks.
ikr dude they should be way more popular
One day. It will take over the whole world. And they'll make Dubstep nextgeneration music.
Such a beautiful track to start off the mix. Can't wait to game to this. So many amazing tracks in it. (:
Totally agree.
funny thing is that when i listen to this music when gaming, i cant concentrate on the game cause the music is so amazing! :D
To this day, this basically has persisted as my favorite mix on here, amazing job to all of the artists :)
Expedition Arrival Mix holds up in 2020. Golden age of Monstercat tracks on this one. Great for any occasion.
Nothing better than a whole Monstercat album for FREE.
Thank you for this gift, Monstercat!
haha, so my chemistry teacher was cool enough to let me pull out my personal laptop in the middle of class and download the album xD...and right after her lecture she downloaded it as well, haha...best teacher ever!
i hate you because your so lucky
Rhino Killer 100! lol, well it is an AP class, so she doesn't really care what we do as long as we pass..she teaches and if we don't learn it's our problem lol..but she is still cool
This is definitely one of your best albums so far, Monstercat. The last half especially, absolutely flawless. Putting Twothirds, Rameses B, Direct, Varien, Muzzy, Atmozfears, Bustre AND Nanobii together is just incredible.
3MineHero3 Tristam is meh. Now, Direct, Bustre, and Twothirds... They are the holy trinity of Monstercat.
NageekNoohac it can be meh for you, but he's mah favorite artist ^^
So glad nanobii made it on here
Waouh ! Just perfect !
Finally the new album has made its ARRIVAL!
OMG THAT SHADOW TO RAINBOW ROAD TRANSITION, REALLY, I FELL ON THE FLOOR, and got smashed by complete awesomeness. Best. Album. Ever.
the transition to rainbow road is amazing
This is such a sick mix. All you guys at monstercat are kickass.
This is looking to be my all time favorite album! Tons of different style, return of certain artists, and introduction of some amazing new ones! IMO Rainbow Road, New Game, Apollo and Once again are the best songs! Great job and many thanks to all of the artists!
You know you have a good album when it crashes band camp. Stay classy monstercat
3 years and some change later, still my favorite compilation album from Monstercat... So many amazing songs on this one!
23:46 Has to be by far my favorite. But this entire soundtrack is amazing :3
yea pretty good choice if i may say sir
Ура!1 час обалденной музыки!!!
Да Skri**ex Отдыхает)
ObkourTV
Та да
Я не один русскоязычный =)
Дима Терехов
да
точно
Дима Терехов да 100%
I have listened to this every day since it came out, simply amazing.
Please never stop monstercat
My favourite Album Mix since 007. The Transitions are smooth as f*** ^^
This made my day so much better. Thanks.
I love Monstercat. It has such a great community. Both the artists and the fans are positive about the whole musical experience that is created. It's really nice to have a place where there's good music, good people, and a good feeling. Way to go, Monstercat!
Monstercat is so amazing. I missed the free album yesterday because I was busy and then I got an email from them with a code to get it for free still! Love you Monstercat and all the Monstercat artists
***** ME TOO! :D
i went on at what i thought was 12 pst in est and it was too late. only option was to pay :(. i even added 600 points to their social buzz and have supported them before with case & point and pegboard nerds.
Death Chico (DJ DC) I already used my code.
I LOVE how you also get the mixes free Along with the album
Monstercat 016 is probably one of the best albums I've heard and owned so far!
I really appreciate the fact that they allowed it to be free for 2 hours! I got it for free and It's AWESOME, anyhow, monstercat's Albums just get better and better as the y go! I'm pumped for 017!
YES I CAN ONLY LISTEN TO THIS NOW BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE INTERNET AGAIN!!!!! BOOYAH!!!!
Somebody else who feels my pain, No internet and i knew this had been uploaded
Thank you to the artist who made this possible and thank you to Monstercat and co for compiling the tracks! On the behalf of everyone on TH-cam, we love you.
1 hour full of eargasms!!!
You guys keep surprising me with how great your music is. I have been listening since 2011, and the quality has never dropped, despite how much the music has evolved.
It's like MonsterCat read my mind and made it into an album.
then no one would listen to it
jjmodermoney /thread
***** your welcome bro
The few seconds of singing around 20:00 was pretty nice, inspirational too. Plus a part of that music kinda sounded like a remix of a Final Fantasy battle scene tune(before he starts singing).
Great mix! Perfect as always Monstercat! Keep up the amazing work C:
MonsterLyrics I actually listened to the whole best of 2013 part 1 when playing minecraft + Listening to flight and till its over a couple of times + Listening to snake eyes 1792 times + Listening to this is not the end + throttle inspire. I had a lot of free time that day xD
Happy 10 year anniversary to Monstercat 016! This album was amazing during 2014! Pretty much all the albums that came out in 2014 were all memorable!
I kinda wish the album covers were still the thumbnail for these. I don't mind the visualizer, but 13's subtle animations made the cover more alive for me.
I miss the Animations that where in 007. That was just awesome. Hope they do that again.
***** Damn straight.
They where in some others if I remember.
16:49 thats my fav
I really feel bad for everyone that's waiting for the other mix to 016.
So do I.
The best album mix yet! I already bought the whole album on iTunes!
Nice _album_ we have here! I love especially this one. *Keep It Up!*
This mix has made practising combos even more entertaining.
Rainbow road is like a end credit to something.
So is "Till It's Over"
I just got a pretty eargasm... thanks Monstercat family, I'm going to the corner and cry because this kind of perfection is too much for me.
Amazing. I loved all of these songs. They should've used the original Astronaut - Rain or Apollo, though.
That's in Departure Mix. The Album is so big they had to split the whole thing up in two mixes.
justwitti Ah. Didn't listen to Departure yet.
justwitti It's always that way, well, atleast since 012.
justwitti duh
Monstercat and crew, you all never disappoint me. This album has to be one of the greatest ones you guys have ever released! (In my opinion) Your music helps me get through some tough days with it's uplifting lyrics and foot-tapping beats. Sometimes I just want to cry because of how epic your music is. Keep up all the good work and don't stop being awesome as hell.
I love how they did Rainbow Road for the gran finale~ nanobii 4 evah!
It's a happy ending :)
Sure is!
sofia bittencourt It is the perfect closing song, since it is so upbeat and it just makes you wanna keep listening instead of feeling sad it's over :)
enderrevolution2 Yep! Eventhought I almost cried of epicness XD
I just finished listening to this and it is 12:38 at night while I am doing homework. The best part, STILL NOT FINISHED, might as well hit replay and listen to the whole thing over again. Lol great music though.
all way's gana be loyal to monster cat for doing this type of epic ness :)
Probably my favorite album out of all 16, this one is amazing all the way through.
I love it! :D
I'm so impressed with Monstercats giveaway yesterday, truly a fan of what they've done :)
omg if jizzing with your ears could be possible... that's what I'd be doing.
I'm glad I was at school while this was free, now I get to support my favorite artists as well as get this awesome mix!
Tristam
This may or may not be one of the best albums, in my opinion, that Monstercat has ever released.
Once Again, I'm dancing Till It's Over.
Hrummm, I thought I saw a peacock while I was watching this, then I realised I'm just a daydreamer. Weird transformations going on right know, must be some sort of parralax.
Love this and these. They're basically a recap of the music released, and it's always touching to go back to all the music released.
The transition from Shadow to State of Mind is very funny :D
Takes some skill to listen to the album backward.
YES, FINALLY! Incredible!!
The transition from Shadow to Rainbow Road was brilliant.
I would pick " let's be friends - FTW "
YEAH MONSTERCAT!! Thanks for releasing the free album! I made sure that all my friends knew about the free release!
Is there an instrumental version of Once Again? Nothing against Tristam, his voice is incredible and I can stop singing with him, but the melody behind it sounds beautiful and that would sound great too.
Just busted out an entire research paper thanks to this mix- credit to this semesters 3.9 goes to Monstercat!
I wish that when a song changes I think the equalizer should change the color to the songs origine Such as The Scarlet dawn Being Dubstep the equalizer should be purple. So we the audience will not only get amazing music but epic color changes!!!!!
Agreed.
Notice the stars don't move already in these mixes? A regular Monstercat video takes 6 hours to render, now imagine how long this would take, especially if they added all those effects to it. It's simply not reasonable to ask for it.
***** They should have just kept using the 013 album mixes style of videos for mixes, that was one of the best. (or they could hire someone insane like beeple to make them 2 hours of wicked animations, but that's unreasonable).
Thanks, Monstercat! I shall, now, enjoy my Expedition!
Monstercat..... Fuck me now. thanks.
ill do the honors
jjmodermoney weheyyyy! ;)
GropeMyRod Get a room
finally most my favourite monstercat releases in one album
Thumbs up if you got the album for free. :D
n0
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Right click and copy the URL, then open a new tab and go to www.vidtomp3.com, and copy and paste URL and download the audio.
This album is probably one of the best ones!
me encanta la electro y de resonancia mejor
This is my favorite mix yet. All the tracks are awesome and the changes are superb.
Tristam and Astronaut (Stephen Walking) are my favorite tracks.
Stephen only has a remix on there? i want moar walking
he only has one song this year so far :/
Im imagining a 5 track ep that will blow my mind, ive got him on twitter so ill ask him a lot xD
After all these years, this album still hits 😖👌👌
No pude descargar el album cuando estaba gratis por ir a la jodida secundaria TT.TT
ME PASO LO MISMO
a mi me llego por compartirlo! wuajajajajaja
daniel franco Cómo te llegó? Compartí y todo, pero cómo te llega?
acabo de checar mi correo y me dieron el album de regalo ya que tuvo una respuesta muy positiva y ya lo estoy descargando :3 amo a Monstercat
no se a mi me llego solo yo simplemente comparti y ya monstercat y el universo me aman
Probably my favourite album in years ! Now to go buy it and game to it ! Thank you Monstercat and all the artists involved
So who were the lucky ones to get the album for free?
***** Yes please :) I would really like it.
***** me too !
It crashed Bandcamp XD
You Didint have to be lucky you should have signed up for it and download it in time
werent we supposed to get codes my email? :I
You said 1hour...LIES its 59minutes and 10seconds
This is my favourite mix yet.
missed the free download because of school :(
I have a free code if you want it :)
Thanks Monstercat for the free album! Your a amazing as always!
Hello I just liked my own comment and NO ONE ELSE CAN LIKE IT
***** nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Nice way to beg for likes, lol.
Alexander well your liked it XD
creeperscoutMC No, I didn't.
Alexander but you will
Perfect. Thanks for the free album. I think (in my opinion) this one is the best one yet.
I got here first but wasnt logged in.. FUUUUU
Loved this couple of months on monstercat! Best electro mix yet :P
Wheres todays exepedition?
This is actually very good and I didn't know what to expect from this album. I hope Departure is just as good.
Hi, I'm making a comment about spam, fruits, sexual preferences, and walruses.
And I'm making a comment on manatees :P
potato...
I'm making a comment on cheese
Jesaun Howard Manatees are the best animal in the world!
single motivation to write my english essay, this gets my creative juices flowing LOVE IT!
LIES... This mix isint 1 hour
really ._. ?
by like 50 seconds..... not much of a difference.....lol
Michael Baez Its a joke not a dick so don't take it so hard.
bloody disgrace isn't it. Hang on, i'll just ring Nanobii and tell him he's fired for not making his song 50 seconds long for some guy in the comments
No seriously though, don't be a dickhead and comment that, because you know full well people are gonna get pissed by it.
Its a joke fucktard, I thought my obvious troll was obvious.
All these artists are just great, thanks Monstercat for give me the oportunity to hear them
Gona be honest, my least favorite mix.
at least your being honest
Big C Baller Yeah, apparently alot of people agree with me
Aaaah, you're one of those rumored house/electro people I've heard of but never met.
Tosh Turnbull Lolwut?
Yes! Finally Monstercat 016! I love it! I am glad that I got it for free!
I have three tests tomorrow and, because 016 came out in the most convenient time ever, I can now study to some awesome music. Unfortunately I think I'm furiously bobbing my head back and forth more than actually studying... Oh well, WORTH!
It is from monstercat 008 that i didnt hear a remix such good with such good songs.
Good Job Monstercat
Coming back to this near the end of 2015 makes me feel old but it really hasn't been that long.
Listenes to the whole mix without stops, wow time goes by fast
Best album ever!!! Every song is awesome!!!!!!!!!!