- steve carufel

Visualized and Interactive : Over 20 years of revisited video games music thanks to OverClocked Remix

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 14:59:15 +0000

For over 20 years, the OverClocked Remix community and website has been offering today’s and yesterday’s gamers to revisit the music of their favorite video games, be it a cover, a remix, or a rearrangement – for free. How many times The Legend of Zelda was put into jazz? Sonic The Hedgehog into dubstep? Mega… Continue reading

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Of all the James Bond theme songs, which one has the most negative mood?

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 02:13:27 +0000

A text and audio sentiment analysis of all James Bond theme songs, minus the first instrumental one. Which one sounds the saddest?

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How metal are Birmingham and the West Midlands, 50 years later?

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 17:27:38 +0000

A data investigation into Birmingham’s and the West Midlands’ heavy metal scene. The story: https://birminghameastside.com/the-west-midlands-gave-birth-to-heavy-metal-but-50-years-on-how-metal-is-the-region-now/ The GitHub repo for the web scrapers: https://github.com/datacarvel/Brum-Rock

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My story was shortlisted for the Shorthand Awards!

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:25:32 +0000

My feature story on VGM (video games music, but remixed, reorchestrated, rearranged, etc.) was shortlisted for the Shorthand Awards, the handy publishing platform I have used for the story! OMG !! My story on #VGM was shortlisted for the @Shorthand Awards !! 😱 🎉 Give it a read ! 👉 https://t.co/A0r76eK4Pi The shortlist 👉 https://t.co/Bzwc2Th4zc… Continue reading

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Exploring our musical galaxy, a network analysis of the relationship between music genres

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:49:24 +0000

Here is my latest story from my short series of long-form features on music evolution! This time, we’re talking about music genres and how they interact with each other to form new genres. We also address the increasing role of robots 🤖 in all aspects of music, and how statistics and machine learning can reveal… Continue reading

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Your childhood, remixed: an immersive guide for the newcomers

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:53:07 +0000

I wrote a feature story on the art of remixing your childhood’s video games scores, something that has been around for a while but benefited from much more traction recently, as licensed, professionalised record labels are now bringing it to the mainstream. As a bonus, it will either make you feel better or more productive… Continue reading

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