Enhanced Progressive is entering a new era with a refreshed visual identity, a renewed label direction, and a first release that points clearly toward where the imprint is heading next. The refresh begins with “Talk,” a new single from dj try and yerbby, which dropped on May 29, 2026, and the track gives the label a direct way to reconnect with the emotional, melodic, club-ready trance sound that helped define its history.
Founded in 2008, Enhanced Music has grown into one of dance music’s leading independent label groups, with Enhanced Progressive sitting as one of its key imprints for melodic progressive and trance.
Across its catalog, the label has released music from artists including Farius, Ruben De Ronde, Steve Brian, DT8 Project, Audien, Arty, Matt Fax, Andy Moor, Solarstone, Dan Stone, John Grand, and others, helping shape a melodic trance lane that still feels relevant as the sound cycles back onto festival stages and underground club systems.
In the conversation below, Enhanced founder Will Holland talks about why this was the right time to refresh the label, how Enhanced Progressive helped expand the trance sound, and what separates a forward-facing record from a simple nostalgia play. He also gets into the current meaning of “progressive,” the balance between legacy artists and new names, and what listeners can expect after “Talk” as the label moves into its next chapter.
Interview With Will Holland
Enhanced Progressive has a long history in melodic progressive and trance. What made this the right time to refresh the label with a new identity?
As a label, we have always tried to look forward and evolve, and that was the entire reason Enhanced Progressive started in the first place. There was this really fresh, exciting take on trance that sat somewhere between progressive and the traditional, faster trance sound, and I felt it needed a home. The label was born from there and took off, with artists like Arty and Audien being discovered by the label.
We feel that this is an exciting time for the sound again, with producers now taking influence from different genres and eras, and it is breathing new life into the music. We have had a number of changes to the label branding over the years, so to usher in this new wave of music, we felt it was time to refresh everything and make a statement.
When you look back at the label’s history, what do you think it gave to progressive trance that still feels relevant now?
The label has always been about melodics and the feeling this genre can give you, marrying groove and melody. It really led the subgenre’s expansion of the trance sound. Many even coined it “Trouse” at the time, a blend of trance and house, and that is still evident today. So many artists that started out on the label are still playing across the biggest stages in the world.
A lot of younger producers are pulling from classic trance without making full throwback records. What separates a fresh record from a nostalgia play in your ears?
Technically, it is in the sound design, and we want to hear music that pushes things forward instead of borrowing from the past.
What does “progressive” mean to you in 2026, especially now that the word gets used across so many corners of dance music?
We were literally having this discussion during the rebrand. Sonically speaking, you can point to it being a subgenre of trance, and we feel it can also explain the approach in the production and style. It is about pushing things forward and progressing the sound into new territory.
The label has worked with names like Audien, Arty, Farius, Ruben De Ronde, Matt Fax, Andy Moor, Solarstone, DT8 Project, and others. How do you keep those roots present while opening space for newer names?
That has always been in our ethos here and is very much in our intentions with the future of the label. We have always championed fresh talent alongside the established names. It all comes down to the music. If we love it, we release it.
After “Talk,” what should listeners expect from Enhanced Progressive over the next year?
We have a new wave of rising talent including Kumi and DJ CØSMIC DREAM, classic Enhanced Progressive names such as Dan Stone and John Grand, as well as familiar faces from the trance scene, for example SØNIN and Nitrous Oxide.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
