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The Carry Nation

121 listings in 22 named rooms, over the last three years · 2,271 following on RA

Nita is a noted member of the legendary House of Aviance. She started DJing around the turn of the millennium and was a resident at the infamous Mr. Black and Westgay, both touchstones for queer artistry and culture in downtown nightlife of the early 2000's. Will has deep roots in NYC club culture, having worked at The Loft and collaborated closely with David Mancuso, holding residencies at many of the downtown New York clubs over the years including The Limelight, Life and Vandam. After dividing his time between NYC and Paris, working on music with fashion houses such as Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood and Yves Saint Laurent, Will returned to DJing dance floors when he co-created 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 and the close relationship with that crew has extended in various forms through the years into the present.

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Currently, Nita and Will perform globally as both individual DJs and, more often, as a duo --they are most recognized for epic extended B2B sets and their wildly successful monthly queer party (also known as The Carry Nation) at Brooklyn's Good Room. Their range is wide and exciting, and in the New York tradition they effortlessly flow through genres and time periods while keeping a modern edge. Since the inception of The Carry Nation, the duo has toured the world extensively including Glastonbury’s Block 9 and Berlin’s Berghain/Panorama Bar among many others. They also have a residency at Ladyfag's flagship monthly Battle Hymn. As producers, their credits include releases and remixes on Get Up Recordings, Classic Music Company, TRIBAL, Nervous, TRAX, Batty Bass, TWIRL, W&O Street Tracks and more. Their latest venture is Major Records, an imprint they co-founded with Justin Cudmore to showcase their Majorettes collaboration with releases that are setting dancefloors alight with a fresh but classic house vibe that stays rooted in the excitement of New York’s history and underground.

Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.

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Records out on Nervous Records, Batty Bass Records, HNYTRX, Twirl, Good Company Records and KID Recordings. — their own list on Resident Advisor

The nights

121 listings across 120 nights — one date in September 2025 carries two listings, and both are here.

2026

2025 — 46 listings
2024 — 32 nights
2023 — 13 nights

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2023Jan 2027
  • Good Rooma standing night, most Saturdays · Aug 2023 – Oct 202632 nights
  • BASEMENTa standing night · Sep 2023 – Oct 202622 nights
  • RumiOct 2023 – Jun 202616 nights
  • ParagonApr 2024 – Oct 20267 nights
  • public recordsJan 2024 – Aug 20266 nights
  • SignalMay 2025 – Aug 20264 nights
  • Knockdown CenterJan 2024 – May 20264 nights
  • NowadaysSep 2024 – Jun 20263 nights
3 more rooms they have played twice or more

Once each: Le Bain, Club Rawhide, Green Room NYC, Twilo, Umbra, Little Island, 3 Dollar Bill, Market Hotel, Coney Island Art Walls, The W Hotel Times Square and Red Eye NY. Ten of the 121 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.

Who they play with

Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.

Nita Aviance and Will Automagic have stood on 35 of these bills each — more than anyone below. They are the two people The Carry Nation is, so they are named here rather than counted as company. — their aliases on Resident Advisor

  • Alissa BriannaGood Room ×15, Signal ×1 · Aug 2023 – Feb 202616 nights
  • S'aint PanicGood Room ×13, an unnamed room ×1 · Jan 2024 – Dec 202514 nights
  • Eli EscobarRumi ×9, and 4 more rooms · Oct 2023 – Aug 202613 nights
  • Tedd PattersonRumi ×10, Good Room ×1 · Dec 2023 – Jun 202611 nights
  • Mike ServitoParagon ×5, and 3 more rooms · Oct 2023 – Oct 20269 nights
  • Kim AnhParagon ×3, and 3 more rooms · Feb 2026 – Oct 20267 nights
  • Michael MagnanGood Room ×2, and 4 more rooms · Aug 2023 – Apr 20266 nights
  • Analog SoulNowadays ×2, and 3 more rooms · Aug 2023 – Oct 20265 nights
56 more, 2 to 4 nights each
  • Sevyn LoveGood Room ×2, and 2 more rooms · Nov 2024 – Aug 20264 nights
  • Karim Olen Ashacross four rooms · Oct 2023 – Jun 20264 nights
  • Ne/Re/Aan unnamed room ×3, Paragon ×1 · Apr 2024 – May 20264 nights
  • ALEXIS DE LA ROSAan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1, and 1 more room · Feb 2026 – Oct 20263 nights
  • LYDOBASEMENT ×3 · Dec 2024 – Sep 20263 nights
  • x3butterflyBASEMENT ×2, Nowadays ×1 · Sep 2023 – Jul 20263 nights
  • Miss Parker99 Scott Ave ×1, Green Room NYC ×1, and 1 more room · Apr 2025 – Jun 20263 nights
  • Niyah WestGood Room ×2, Green Room NYC ×1 · Dec 2024 – Jun 20263 nights
  • e-LiteBASEMENT ×2, Good Room ×1 · Nov 2024 – Apr 20263 nights
  • Josh SteersGood Room ×1, public records ×1, and 1 more room · Jul 2024 – Apr 20263 nights
  • Freddy KBASEMENT ×2, an unnamed room ×1 · Oct 2023 – Feb 20263 nights
  • CosmoParagon ×2, BASEMENT ×1 · Apr 2024 – Feb 20263 nights
  • Concrete HusbandBASEMENT ×2, an unnamed room ×1 · Jun 2024 – Oct 20253 nights
  • Makadsian unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1, and 1 more room · Feb 2024 – Oct 20253 nights
  • GIDEÖNGood Room ×2, BASEMENT ×1 · Aug 2024 – Aug 20253 nights
  • Justin CudmoreBASEMENT ×1, public records ×1, and 1 more room · Apr 2024 – Jul 20253 nights
  • Jacob Meehan99 Scott Ave ×1, BASEMENT ×1, and 1 more room · Aug 2023 – Aug 20243 nights
  • Sissies of MercyParagon ×1, Signal ×1 · Aug 2026 – Oct 20262 nights
  • Dee DiggsGood Room ×1, Signal ×1 · Nov 2025 – Aug 20262 nights
  • DrumcellBASEMENT ×2 · Mar 2024 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Elle DeeBASEMENT ×2 · Jun 2024 – Jun 20262 nights
  • MarkusBASEMENT ×1, Good Room ×1 · Aug 2025 – Jun 20262 nights
  • OuissamBASEMENT ×1, Good Room ×1 · Aug 2025 – Jun 20262 nights
  • Juanaan unnamed room ×2 · Oct 2023 – May 20262 nights
  • Kangding Rayan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Mar 2024 – May 20262 nights
  • QuelzaBASEMENT ×2 · Dec 2025 – May 20262 nights
  • Rene WiseBASEMENT ×2 · Dec 2024 – May 20262 nights
  • Rødhådan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Oct 2025 – May 20262 nights
  • SevynBASEMENT ×2 · Mar 2026 – May 20262 nights
  • NdrxBASEMENT ×2 · Oct 2025 – Apr 20262 nights
  • SKINan unnamed room ×1, Rumi ×1 · Dec 2025 – Apr 20262 nights
  • Benny SotoGood Room ×1, Twilo ×1 · Jul 2025 – Mar 20262 nights
  • Kim Ann FoxmanBASEMENT ×1, Paragon ×1 · Mar 2025 – Feb 20262 nights
  • Manu Miranan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Apr 2024 – Feb 20262 nights
  • Sterling Juan DiazGood Room ×1, Paragon ×1 · Apr 2024 – Feb 20262 nights
  • JADALAREIGNan unnamed room ×1, Signal ×1 · Jun 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • Annie LewBASEMENT ×2 · Aug 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • MidlandBASEMENT ×1, Good Room ×1 · Apr 2024 – Oct 20252 nights
  • Kilopatrah Jonesan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Aug 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • JDHGood Room ×2 · Feb 2025 – Oct 20252 nights
  • Hannah HollandGood Room ×2 · Oct 2024 – Sep 20252 nights
  • John JohnGood Room ×2 · Sep 2024 – Sep 20252 nights
  • LakutiNowadays ×1, Rumi ×1 · Jun 2025 – Sep 20252 nights
  • Josh CafféGood Room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Sep 2024 – May 20252 nights
  • Ian CraneBASEMENT ×2 · Mar 2024 – May 20252 nights
  • Kevin AvianceGood Room ×1, Market Hotel ×1 · Oct 2024 – May 20252 nights
  • ANTOJITOBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Sep 2024 – Mar 20252 nights
  • Fancy ShewsGood Room ×2 · Sep 2023 – Jan 20252 nights
  • SekucciGood Room ×1, Paragon ×1 · Nov 20242 nights
  • Gabrielle KwartengBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Nov 2023 – Sep 20242 nights
  • DJ MinxConey Island Art Walls ×1, Knockdown Center ×1 · Jan 2024 – Jul 20242 nights
  • PartokBASEMENT ×1, Good Room ×1 · Nov 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • ÆONBASEMENT ×1, Paragon ×1 · Mar 2024 – Apr 20242 nights
  • Clarisa Kimskiian unnamed room ×1, Paragon ×1 · Apr 20242 nights
  • Kiernan Laveauxan unnamed room ×1, Good Room ×1 · Feb 2024 – Apr 20242 nights
  • Shaun J. Wrightan unnamed room ×1, Knockdown Center ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jan 20242 nights

On record

18 of the 31 are remixes.

23 more, back to 2012

Every one of these resolves on Discogs; the ones that do not are not printed. What Discogs files them under is not printed either — its label column carries mix series as if they were imprints.

The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. The records are Discogs'. Nothing on this page was written for it.