Westwood Recordings Forms Joint Venture With Monstercat

Westwood Recordings has entered a joint venture with Monstercat, the electronic music label, according to Billboard, which reported the deal on 28 October 2026.

A joint venture is a partnership in which two companies share resources and work toward common goals. Westwood will keep its base in Vancouver and stay under the direction of its founder, Nick Middleton. He started the label in 2013 as a home for bass, electronic and hip-hop releases.

The tie-up gives Westwood access to capital, meaning money for signings, releases and other business costs. It also brings in Monstercat's wider infrastructure. That includes monthly royalty accounting, the process of calculating and paying out what artists and rights holders are owed each month, and global digital distribution, which places music on streaming services and stores around the world. A gaming partnerships department is also part of the package, covering work with video games that use music.

Monstercat will support Westwood in signing new artists and recordings, expanding its release schedule and moving into new genres. It will also back Westwood's pursuit of catalogue acquisitions, which means buying the rights to existing music. The partnership will help Westwood launch a publishing arm, a unit that looks after the songwriting side of music. That work builds on Westwood's history in sync licensing, the fee-based deal that lets a song be used in films, television shows, adverts and games.

Monstercat's ownership has changed hands recently. Create Music Group acquired the label in 2025 and invested $50 million in it, and that funding contributed to the new venture with Westwood, according to Billboard. When the acquisition was announced in May 2025, Music Week reported that Create Music Group also planned to invest a further $50 million over the next two years in artist development. Daniel Turcotte is president of Monstercat.

For Westwood's artists, the practical change is in the back office and the reach. Monthly accounting and global distribution are the parts of a label that most listeners never see, but they decide how quickly musicians are paid and where their records can be heard. The next signal will be the first releases and signings made under the partnership.