Rémi Gallego is French, but lives in Köln, in Germany. He’s mostly known as an award-winning electronic producer, using the alias, The Algorithm. He’s just released a new single under that name, called ‘Decompilation’, that’s out now on FiXT Radium.
“’Decompilation’ is a track that encompasses many different styles around the algorithm universe and tries to blend them in into a unique combination. The artwork by Adrien Bousson illustrates the “divide and conquer” philosophy behind the track’s atmosphere,” claims The Algorithm.
Gallego was born in Perpignan, “with a happy, normal, childhood listening to Daft Punk and Iron Maiden while studying science and guitar”. He played in a few metal bands (Sons Of Chaos, Dying Breath, Floating Wood) but quit them to focus on his studies into networks and computer science. However, when he began missing playing music, he began to cultivate an interest in music sequencing and computer music in general.
Thus, The Algorithm came into being in 2009 on Myspace. “My inspirations at the time were mostly driven by a need for controlled chaos and randomness,” he said. “Two years and two demos later, I played my first live show at Euroblast Festival using a single midi controller APC40 and I initiated a label contract with Basick Records, which led to the release of the debut album Polymorphic Code in November 2012. I met Mike Malyan, drummer from Monuments, at the same period and we played our first live show together in February 2013 at the Camden Barfly.”
Progressively playing more shows more often in Europe, Australia, Japan, Nepal, Israel, and many other countries, he wrote music for the world’s biggest sports TV channel ESPN, video games like Super Mutant Alien Assault, and produced remixes for bands like Born of Osiris, Igorrr and Daft Punk, He released his second full album Octopus4 in June 2014, with Jean Ferry from Uneven Structure replacing Mike Malyan on drums, then in 2016 he joined FiXT and released his third full length album Brute Force.
That was followed by more international touring, and subsequent DLC expansions that became Brute Force: Overclock and Brute Force: Source Code – These became a journey through the dark and warm corners of the Brute Force concept. “Writing an album with a consistent atmosphere sometimes means some ideas have to be left off or just cannot be exploited to their fullest. More than a collection of tracks that didn’t make it on the album, these EPs are an extension, another perspective on the Brute Force story,” said The Algorithm.
You can check out the video for ‘Decompilation’ here at RAMzine and purchase recordings by The Algorithm here.
