Nick Halkes (MD Positiva, EMI, XL Recordings)


Nick Halkes is a music industry executive known for signing and breaking dance act The Prodigy. Halkes was one of the founders of independent record label XL Recordings where he worked with acts such as House of Pain, SL2 and Liquid before taking up a position as a director at EMI and launching the Positiva label. The Positiva label is now home to David Guetta and Deadmau5 amongst others.