Andrew Sega

American musician

Andrew Sega

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 48)
Providence, Rhode Island

Genres

Electronica, electropop, ambient, electronic rock, IDM, indietronica, synthpop, dark wave

Occupation(s)

Composer, musician, software engineer, game designer

Instrument(s)

Keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, bass clarinet, vocals

Years active

1993–present

Labels

Diffusion Records

Website

Alpha ConspiracyMusical artist

Andrew Gregory Sega (/ˈsiːɡə/ SEE-gə; 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 was a member of the synthpop duo Iris from 2001 until its disbandment in 2021. In 2020, he founded the dark wave duo Hallowed Hearts.

Sega is the owner of the independent record label Diffusion Records. His main solo project is known as The Alpha Conspiracy.

Demoscene

Concepts

Chiptune
Demo
Intro
Demoparty
Effects
Demogroup
Compo
Diskmag
Module file
Tracker

Alternative demo platforms

Amiga
Atari ST
Commodore 64
MS-DOS
ZX Spectrum
Amstrad CPC

Current parties

Alternative Party
Assembly
Chaos Constructions
The Gathering
Revision
X

Past parties

Breakpoint
The Party

Websites

Scene.org
Mod Archive

Magazines

TraxWeekly
Static Line
Scene World
Hugi

Software

OpenMPT
Protracker
Scream Tracker
FastTracker 2
Impulse Tracker
Jeskola Buzz
Renoise
MilkyTracker
ModPlug Player
SunVox

Tracker musicians
Demoscenersvte

Andrew Sega has composed music for the following video games:

2007 – Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
2007 – Enigma
2003 – Freelancer
2001 – Conquest: Frontier Wars
1999 – Unreal Tournament
1999 – Jazz Jackrabbit 3 (unreleased)
1998 – Unreal
1997 – Wing Commander: Prophecy
1996 – Crusader: No Regret
1995 – Crusader: No Remorse
1995 – In Pursuit of Greed
1995 – Xixit
1994 – Ironseed

Discography

Necros

1994 – Digital Psychosis (Psychic Monks, DOS music disk)
1995 – Progression (Five Musicians, DOS music disk with S3M files)
1997 – System (IT music files)

The Alpha Conspiracy

2001 – Cipher
2001 – Forward Rewinding (a split EP with Low Technicians)
2004 – Aura

Iris

2003 – Awakening
2003 – Reconnect
2005 – Wrath
2005 – Disconnect 2.0
2008 – Hydra
2010 – Blacklight
2014 – Radiant
2019 – Six

The Mighty Chouffe

2012 – The West Town (EP)

XYZZY

2013 – Obelus
2023 – Lumia

Hallowed Hearts

2020 – Into the Fire
2021 – Ruins (EP)

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