Record Producer, Mix Engineer, and Label Owner, Nick Middleton (aka The Outlier) is the studio force behind behind Canada’s fast-rising electronic act, The Funk Hunters, as well as the Founder and CEO of Westwood Recordings.

Having been firmly entrenched in West Coast electronic music culture for the past decade, he first starting honing his engineering skills working on remixes for other aspiring Canadian-producers and DJs. Now nearly a decade later, Middleton is one of Canada’s most sought-after electronic producers receiving international acclaim. In just the past few years his music has amassed nearly 10 million plays online. He regularly receives remix work from some of the worlds most successful acts, most recently lending his midas touch and creative vision to music from acts as diverse as Imagine Dragons (Interscope Records), Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5), Selena Gomez (Interscope Records), Dub FX, Opiuo, Kingfisha, Fort Knox Five, Delhi 2 Dublin, and more. His production work under ‘The Funk Hunters’ moniker has earned him numerous Beatport Top 10 singles, “Tune Of The Month” features in the worlds largest selling dance music magazine MIXMAG, as well as multiple Number 1’s on the Juno Records Sales Charts in the UK.

In 2015 Middleton attended the acclaimed Mix With The Masters seminar at Studios La Fabrique in France to work with Grammy award-winning Mix Engineer, Andrew Scheps (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Ziggy Marley). 2015 also saw Middleton Produce and Mix Delhi 2 Dublin’s latest full length album “We’re All Desi” which has since been nominated for the 2016 Electronic Recording of the Year award at the Western Canadian Music Awards. He currently maintains a studio in Vancouver, Canada, where he is producing and engineering for Canadian favourites like The Funk Hunters and Delhi 2 Dublin, as well as for a number of new Canadian bands such as Wooden Horseman and Love You Miss You.

Nick is currently sponsored by Universal Audio, HHB Canada and AUDEZE.