Samuel Ascher-Weiss

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  Entire Shnabubula Discography Sale on Bandcamp

  December 16, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Entire Shnabubula Discography Sale on Bandcamp Share this Entire Shnabubula Discography Sale on Bandcamp

  

  Chiptune artist and overall talented guy Samuel “Shnabubula” Ascher-Weiss has put his entire bandcamp discography on sale for the holidays, at a discount of 90% off the total of all 18 of his albums. Having released his newest album Sued for Christmas (I’m hoping that’s not the actual reason for the sale but we don’t judge here), which features his own spin on Christmas classics, he posted the following within the album’s page:

  Please do not pay for this album. Upon the suggestion of a close friend I recorded and uploaded an album that has a price so that I can get in on all of the fun of releasing my entire discography at a discount!!!!<+100 more exclamation points> – Shnabubula

  His previous albums feature a bevy of chiptune music inspired by oldschool NES and SNES tunes such as SNESology, as well as composing for indie games such as Americana Dawn. You can check out his entire music library and grab yourself some fun music for the season.

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  Interview with Americana Dawn’s Composer Shnabubula

  December 8, 2014 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Interview with Americana Dawn’s Composer Shnabubula Share this Interview with Americana Dawn’s Composer Shnabubula

  

  With the Kickstarter for the JRPG Americana Dawn by indie developers Bit-Bonton chugging along, I thought it’d be a great opportunity to get ahold of the composer for the soundtrack; Samuel “Shnabubula” Ascher-Weiss!

  The artist known as Shnabubula, for those who don’t know, is an amazing pianist and chiptune artist who has produced several albums, including NES Jams, Starbound and Fading Light. He also worked on the original, much smaller Kickstarter for Americana Dawn: Civilized Folk.

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  New Shnabubula Album “Continue? Philly Under Fire”

  March 3, 2014 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on New Shnabubula Album “Continue? Philly Under Fire” Share this New Shnabubula Album “Continue? Philly Under Fire”

  

  New work from Sam “Shnabubula” Ascher-Weiss came out today, and it’s quite a listen! The soundtrack for the game based off of the webshow Continue?” features a delightful mixture of chiptunes and comes at the even more delightful Name-Your-Price structure on Bandcamp. The 11-track album is exactly what you would expect a Contra-styled soundtrack to sound like, complete with high-energy pieces such as “Whirlpool Battle” and “Alien War-Machines”.
  

  If you like some Shnabubula in your life and need some awesome chiptunes for your ride into work tomorrow, why not grab Continue? Philly Under Fire‘s OST and enjoy some great oldschool jams?

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  Shooting Stars: Shnabubula’s “Starbound” Released

  June 2, 2012 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Shooting Stars: Shnabubula’s “Starbound” Released Share this Shooting Stars: Shnabubula’s “Starbound” Released

  

  This past week was blessed with the release of an brand new original digital album by Samuel “Shnabubula” Ascher-Weiss with the debut of Starbound. After wowing us with his last game-tribute release NES Jams back in March, it seems Mr. ‘bubula has been busy whipping up some awesome freshness for the rest of us to enjoy in awe. And I do very much mean AWE.

  Featuring electronic funk and fun progressive chiptune beats, Starbound is every bit shooting for the stars as it alludes to. Although only boasting 5 tracks, this 42-minute album manages to give you real a sense of piloting a flying spaceship in full 8-bit glory whilst blasting away and brightly-colored obstacles. Intense melody and electronic mastery awaits you with this release that, should you know any of Ascher-Weiss’s previous works, shall not disappoint in the least.

  Officially released on Ubiktune and available for download at the beyond-reasonable “Name Your Price” format on Shnabubula’s own Bandcamp page, Starbound is well worth immersing yourself in a spacial world of total musical grandeur.

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