Will Automagic moved from Austin to NYC in 1992 and quickly began DJing in the small bars and clubs of the East Village. This was during the era of Giuliani’s dancing ban so many of his first experiences as a club DJ were in LA at Victor Rodriguez and Billy Beyond’s party “Beige”. Will’s first club residency in New York was alongside Honey Dijon at AudioNasty in 2000 and he went on to hold residencies at many downtown New York clubs including The Limelight & Life. In the early 2000’s, he formed the vinyl label Captivating Records with Gant Johnson, garnering international reach.. He released his own early productions on labels such as Nervous Records and David Morales’ Definity, while Captivating Records also became a vehicle for the Automagic production team with partner Bryan Wright. They wrote and produced vocal house, including Billboard Dance Chart Top Tens with Nashom & N’Dea Davenport, writing and producing for The Ones on a number of their records.

Will spent several years dividing his time between Paris & New York, working on music for fashion houses such as Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood and Yves Saint Laurent before returning to the dancefloors of New York to create a party called SPANK with partners Sean B & Jason Roe. What started as a basement dance party evolved into a roving art-based warehouse party along with a namesake zine. SPANK began to work closely with Horse Meat Disco in London and the close relationship with that crew has extended in various forms through the years to the present. Will also started working closely with David Mancuso and The Loft after David heard an Automagic record called “Smoking It” on Nicky Siano’s Inspira label and invited Automagic to perform the song live at The Loft. From there he began to do listening sessions with Mancuso for new music to be played at The Loft and eventually took on an organizational role for the seasonal Loft parties held in the East Village. This formative time with David helped cement Will’s approach to event production and respect for sound quality and the life-energy of dance music. Will’s sound is as varied as the influences that reach people’s ears in New York and he considers this range to be an essential part of the NYC sound.

A DJ residency at the legendary Vandam at Greenhouse brought Will back into the NY scene fully and he was soon joining Nita Aviance in the studio. Their natural and spontaneous collaboration quickly gave birth to The Carry Nation. They have gone on to tour the world extensively, producing and remixing countless tracks including a reboot of one of their own favorite classic labels TRIBAL with tracks, remixes and a double mix album on that label. The Carry Nation have held residencies in New York at Good Room,, Ladyfag’s Battle Hymn and Block 9 at Glastonbury festival as well as numerous appearances at Panorama Bar/Berghain including multiple closing sets. The Carry Nation’s current projects include a mix series on Nervous Records and Majorettes, a production collaboration with Justin Cudmore as well as their own imprint Major Records along with Justin and Mike Servito.