DM Ashura
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| Bill Shillito | ||
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 DM Ashura at BemaniFest 2006
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | William James Robert Shillito | |
| Also known as | DM Ashura | |
| Born | March 26, 1986 (age 21) Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Trance, psychedelic trance, goa, ambient, drum and bass, ethnic[1] | |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, remixer | |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboard | |
| Years active | 2002-present | |
| Website | http://www.dmashura.com/ | |
William "Bill" James Robert Shillito (b. 1986-03-26 in Brooklyn, New York), more commonly known as DM Ashura, is an electronic artist whose work can be found in the music games O2Jam, Dance Dance Revolution and Flash Flash Revolution.
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[edit] History
Bill lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12.[1]
Bill was formerly known as DJ Demon, but upon his realization that this handle was already being used by another individual, he changed his alias[2]. He now creates his music under the name DM Ashura; the "DM" stands for Digital Maestro, while "Ashura" (spelled 阿修羅) is Japanese for "fighting demon".[3] He has made a number of remixes (mostly from music games), particularly "neoMAX" (a remix of the MAX series), which won first place in Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest.[3] He has also since written a number of original tracks, and is well known in the music game community for his work.[4]
[edit] Work in games
DM Ashura's music has recently been licensed for a number of music games:
- Euphorium
- GO!
- Astral
All three of these songs can be found on the Malaysian server. GO! can be found on the Japanese server as well.[6]
Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution:[7]
- KlungKung 2004
- Boss Machine
- neoMAX
- Classical Insanity
- MAX Forever
- Z
- Psychosis
Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 (for XBox)
- GO! (Mahalo Mix)
- Celebrate Nite (Like It's '99 Mix)
DM Ashura got his tracks into DDR when he won Konami's music competition on www.broadjam.com. [8] His song GO! was selected among around 300 other entries. The other three winners were Grandolin by Zerofuser, Race Against Time by Jeff Steinman, and There's a Rhythm by Dig Bear feat. Kat Blu.
[edit] Discography
DM Ashura's first album, Digital Maestro, is currently in the works, and is slated for release in January. Two of the tracks, "Snowblind" and "Nautilus", will feature guitarist Ricky Graham. [9]
Also, "Celebrate Nite (Like It's '99 Mix)" can be found on Konami's Ultramix 4 V-Rare 11, as well as the "Cusimo & Co. Extended Mix" on the Supernova/Ultramix 4 Combo V-Rare 10.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio
- ^ http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=150687
- ^ a b Chenn, Inn Inn. "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito.", Technique, 2005-4-11.
- ^ New O2Jam Artiste - DM Ashura!, September 7, 2005
- ^ http://o2jam.e-games.com.my/announcement_content.asp?gsection=news&id=4365
- ^ http://www.gamania.co.jp/abm04_body.asp?id=188
- ^ http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/FFRStats/FFRSongs.php
- ^ http://www.broadjam.com/mm/052506/index.html
- ^ http://www.rickygraham.net/archive.html
- ^ Track listings at http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php?news_id=107 and http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=660
