'Algorave' was coined in 2011 by Alex McLean and Nick Collins; the first named event was London 2012

Alex McLean (of Slub) and Nick Collins coined ‘algorave’ in 2011, after tuning into a happy hardcore pirate radio station on the way to a UK performance. The first self-proclaimed ‘algorave’ was held in London in 2012 as a warm-up concert for the SuperCollider Symposium. These two data points are easily confused: the name predates the first formal event by about a year, so the term existed before there was an event to attach it to. Since 2012 the movement has grown internationally, with algoraves held mainly in Europe and Asia and fewer in Australia and North America.

Examples

2011: McLean + Collins coin the term. 2012: first algorave, London (SuperCollider Symposium warm-up). Later 2010s: events across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

Assessment

State who coined ‘algorave’, when, and when/where the first event occurred; explain why the one-year gap between naming and first event is worth noting.