Will Holland

It’s heading towards the end of 2008 and Will Holland, now 26 is poised to release his 3rd compilation; the second in the critically acclaimed ‘Digitally Enhanced’ series, whilst his world renowned label, Enhanced Recordings is nearing its 50th release. A lot’s happened in the short career of the young Englishman, who first came to prominence in late 2003 when he made his debuts at UK super-clubs Passion and Goodgreef, along with stellar releases on Bonzai and Hotdecks which saw him feature on BBC Radio One’s almighty Dance Anthems show 5 weeks in a row and received heavy support from the world’s djing elite. A quick succession of further releases on classic labels such as Platipus and hot collaborations with producers such as Activa cemented his stature as one of the top nu-breed of trance producers and he went on to play at further UK super-clubs Slinky and Wildchild, the latter of whom snapped him up for a London residency. In 2005 Will unleashed ‘Timeless,’ a vocal monster that went on to be one of the tunes of the year, featuring on Armin’s 2005 ASOT Yearmix compilation and Gatecrasher’s Classics 2 compilation. He was subsequently tipped by Mixmag as ‘One to Watch’ and gained the coveted ‘Future Hero’ status. 2005 was also the year that Will graduated university with a 2:1 in Event Management and a 1st in his dissertation ‘The changing face of the UK super-club’. Upon submitting his work and CV to Gatecrasher, Simon Raine, founder of the world’s most famous trance club appointed Will in charge of the promotions and marketing for their flagship club in Sheffield; Gatecrasher One. Will went on to run sell out events with the likes of Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Roger Sanchez, Above & Beyond and Erick Morillo. A residency later followed, which saw will feature alongside the biggest names in the world, and further established him as one of the leading UK DJ’s, with a fantastic ability to play warm up or peak time sets. Not content with just making and playing music, Will founded Enhanced Recordings, also in 2005. Now regarded as one of the leading imprints of the scene, Will has amassed a group of wonderful young talent and more established artists to create a label with consistent high quality and a forward thinking approach to the direction of the music today. Little over three years later, the label has spawned 4 sub labels; Enhanced Progressive, Enhanced Limited, Enhanced Black and Enhanced Digital, as well as 3 stand out compilations and is now within touching distance of the magic 50 mark. With consistent support from the world’s dj’ing elite, regular appearances on the largest compilations and substantial ‘Tune of the …’ accolades from the key magazines and radio shows, the label that has ‘gained a lot of respect in a short space of time’ (I-DT Magazine, NL) has been making ‘a good case for its position at the head of the UK trance table’ (Mixmag) and is now ‘one of the most famous trance labels today’ (Armin van Buuren- ASOT). The Enhanced Recordings Radio Show, hosted by Will has now been syndicated to the largest 4 internet stations, DI.FM, ETN, Afterhours and Paul van Dyk’s Vonyc, and pulls in 10’s of thousands of listeners each month. Will has also made several guest appearances on the UK’s largest dance music station Galaxy FM, and provided several guest mixes on Above and Beyond’s huge Trance Around the World Show. 2007 saw the launch of a new chapter in Will’s dj’ing career when he teamed up with some old friends to launch Digital Society, a brand new concept in his home town of Leeds. The monthly night, now approaching its second birthday has featured the cream of the nu-breed and the more established trance artists and has been dubbed the ‘saviour of UK trance events’ and ‘the Holy Grail of Northern clubbing.’ With recent tour dates at legendary UK night Passion in Coalville, ADE in Holland and London coming up this December, not to mention Digital Society Recordings (a new sub-label of Enhanced and managed by Will) and their first compilation dropping in March 2009, this looks like another rosy chapter in the story of Will Holland. Add to that recent international DJ dates in most of Europe, including Eden and Space Ibiza, 3 Mixmag ‘Compilation of the Month’ awards, and finishing as a runner up in the ‘Best Mixmag Future Hero’, which was won by Andy Moor and you have some idea of the talent that Will possesses behind the decks and in the studio. With his current release ‘Tears in the Rain’ doing the business with the biggest names once again, and two more hotly anticipated releases penciled for early 2009, along with a superb remix collaboration with Temple One and his critically acclaimed third compilation, Will Holland is one artist you simply cannot ignore. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.