Nick Halkes

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Nick Halkes (born Nigel Halkes) is a UK based music industry executive best known for signing a breaking dance act the Prodigy and being one of the founders of the XL Recordings label. He is now an artist manager and music publisher, managing Liam Howlett (the Prodigy), Bad Company UK and more. Halkes previously managed Engine-EarZ Experiment,^[1] DJ Fresh and Stanton Warriors. Over recent years as a manager, Halkes has also worked with DJ René LaVice.^[2] He is also a part time lecturer on the music industry at the University of Westminster.^{[citation needed]} Currently he does guest lectures^[3] at a variety of UK educational institutions^[4] including The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (London), London College of Creative Media (London), Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies (Nottingham), Tileyard Education (London), Notting Hill Academy of Music (London), Birmingham City University, Point Blank (London), BIMM (Brighton and Bristol) and more.^[5] He runs the Reach Up club night and radio show with partner Andy Smith; Crissy Kybosh is no longer involved in Reach Up.^[6] As a DJ/producer, Halkes has officially remixed Kylie Minogue's single "Magic", Xpansions' "Move Your Body", and tracks by Mel C, Degrees of Motion, and many more. Halkes has played multiple festivals including Bestival, Shindig, Eastern Electrics, Beautiful Days, Bluedot and more.^[7]