[1] Alex McLean of Slub and Nick Collins coined the word "algorave" in 2011, and the first event under such a name was organised in London, England.

[5] Although live coding is commonplace,[6] any algorithmic music is welcome which is "wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive conditionals",[7] which is a corruption of the definition of rave music (“wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”)[8] in the UK's Criminal Justice Act.

This, in turn, influenced rave culture and techno of the 1990s by Farmers Manual, Autechre, and Aphex Twin.

[11][12] However, the name was first coined in 2011, after live coders Nick Collins and Alex McLean tuned into a happy hardcore pirate radio station on the way to a performance in the UK.

[15][16][17] Algorave can also be considered an international music movement with a community of electronic musicians, visual artists and developing technologies.