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Andrew Sega

Andrew Sega
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Andrew Sega with Iris, Seattle 2008.
Background information
Birth name Andrew Gregory Sega
Also known as Necros, Sorcen, The Alpha Conspiracy, XYZZY
Born (1975-05-20) May 20, 1975 (age 41)
Providence, Rhode Island
Genres Electronica, electropop, ambient, electronic rock, IDM, indietronica
Occupation(s) Composer, musician, software engineer, game designer
Instruments Keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, bass clarinet, vocals
Years active 1993–present
Labels Diffusion Records
Associated acts Iris, Stromkern, Straylight Productions, Alexander Brandon, Hellven, Kosmic Free Music Foundation, Psychic Monks, Five Musicians, Low Technicians, CTRL, Julia Beyer, The Mighty Chouffe
Website Alpha Conspiracy

Andrew Gregory Sega (born May 20, 1975), also known as Necros, is an American musician best known for tracking modules in the 1990s demoscene as well as for composing music for several well-known video games. He is currently part of the group Iris and a live member of Stromkern, and has his own recording label known as Diffusion Records. Sega's main solo project is known as The Alpha Conspiracy.

Andrew Sega was born on May 20, 1975 in Providence, Rhode Island and lived the majority of his young life in Upstate New York. His interest in music began when he was 7 years old, when he started playing and experimenting with an electronic organ he had in his house. He later started taking lessons with an organist from a Polish church in Rome, New York, where he learned almost exclusively baroque music. Later in high school he learned to play other instruments, including bass clarinet and piano.

Sega's first records were from artists such as Men at Work, Genesis, and Fleetwood Mac. He discovered trackers in his first year of college (1993) from a friend, who showed him Future Crew's Unreal demo. Sega was amazed with how good the music sounded. He eventually discovered FastTracker 1.0, and began writing MOD music for the first time. His first demo group was Psychic Monks. Through the mid-1990s he contributed music to various demo and music groups, and music disks such as Epidemic (1994), featuring other noted tracker musicians like Purple Motion and Skaven.


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