Westwood Recordings Enters JV With Monstercat, With Eye on Artist Development & Global Reach

The partnership is being spurred by a $50 million investment in Monstercat by Create Music Group, which acquired the label in 2025. Westwood Recordings x Monstercat Courtesy of Westwood Recordings Canadian independent electronic label Westwood Recordings has entered a joint venture with fellow Canada-based electronic label Monstercat. The partnership will provide Westwood with access to capital, global infrastructure (including monthly royalty accounting, global digital distribution and a gaming partnerships department) and an expanded team. Westwood will continue to be based in Vancouver and run by its founder, Nick Middleton. (Monstercat is also run out of Vancouver.) Related Middleton, one half of longstanding electronic duo The Funk Hunters, founded Westwood Recordings in 2013 as a home for bass, electronic and hip-hop. The imprint’s roster includes Big Gigantic, Dirtwire, Moontricks, Cut Chemist, The Free Label, Flamingosis, Maddy O’Neal and Chali 2na. Beyond releases, the label has done branded events and stage takeovers at British Columbia music festivals Shambhala Music Festival and Rifflandia and Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl, an outdoor venue in the city’s Stanley Park. The partnership is part of a broader expansion spurred by Monstercat’s 2025 acquisition by Create Music Group, which invested $50 million in the label — funding that contributed to
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