There he formed Will Magid Trio, who blended live instruments with electronic elements and performed regularly at Cafe Du Nord among other Bay Area venues.
[4] He also formed the eleven-piece group Alligator Spacewalk which included members of the San Francisco-based Jazz Mafia collective, with whom he released two albums in 2016 and 2017.
[6][5] During this time, Magid toured and collaborated with Bonobo, Pretty Lights, Beats Antique, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Kenny Burrell, and Solomon Burke.
[8][9] Magid attracted the attention of Gramatik, who signed him to his Lowtemp label and collaborated with him alongside Talib Kweli for Balkan Bump's first single release "Aymo" in October 2017.
[2] His affinity for West African influences originated at UCLA, where he was introduced to Nigerian musician Babá Ken Okulolo through his son who was also studying ethnomusicology there.