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As Dubstep’s Popularity Surges, Bass-Focused Rampage Recordings Relaunches Via Strategic Partnership With Monstercat
Belgian dubstep and drum & bass label Rampage Recordings is relaunching through a strategic partnership with Monstercat, aiming to sign both established and emerging bass music producers. The deal forms part of a $50 million investment programme that Create Music Group, which acquired Monstercat in 2025, is putting into the label across 2026 and 2027, with the funding intended to build up Rampage Recordings' global infrastructure and artist opportunities while preserving its distinct identity.
Rampage began as an Antwerp event series in 2009, later expanding into arena shows and its own festival, Rampage Open Air, and has staged sets at events including Tomorrowland and Sziget. Rampage Recordings, launched in 2018, has released hundreds of tracks from artists such as Noisia, Virtual Riot and Dirtyphonics, and its first release under the new partnership, Macky Gee's "Onslaught / Shufflin'", arrives on 24 July. The tie-up comes as bass music gains momentum, with SoundCloud reporting a 35% rise in US streams of dubstep-tagged tracks over the past year and drum & bass increasingly featuring on American festival lineups.
In short
- Rampage Recordings relaunches via a Monstercat partnership
- Part of Create Music Group's $50m investment in Monstercat
- Comes amid a US resurgence in dubstep and drum & bass
Explained simply
Rampage Recordings is a Belgian music label that began as a nightclub event series in Antwerp in 2009, gradually growing into live shows and festivals. The label itself launched in 2018 and has released hundreds of drum and bass and dubstep tracks from electronic producers, helping establish itself within the bass music community.
The label is now relaunching through a partnership with Monstercat, which is owned by Create Music Group. Create Music Group is investing $50 million into Rampage Recordings over the next two years to expand its reach globally, sign more artists, and build up its operations, whilst keeping the label's identity intact.
This deal reflects the growing popularity of bass-heavy electronic music in mainstream culture. Dubstep streams in the United States have risen 35 per cent over the past year, and drum and bass is appearing more frequently on major festival lineups.
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