DM Ashura

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Bill Shillito
DM Ashura at Bowlmanifest 2006
DM Ashura at Bowlmanifest 2006
Background information
Birth name William James Robert Shillito
Also known as DM Ashura
Born March 26, 1986 (1986-03-26) (age 22)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
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] Biography

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 he changed his alias since he wasn't a disk jockey[2]. He now creates his music under the name DM Ashura, after a friend suggested the name to him; 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:

Tracks in O2Jam (for PC):[5]

  • 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
  • Aztec Templing (Techno-Titlan Mix)
  • AAA
  • R3 (Omega Mix)
  • Boss Machine
  • neoMAX
  • Classical Insanity
  • MAX Forever
  • Z
  • Psychosis
  • Seven
  • GO!
  • MaxX AttaxX*

Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 (for XBox)

  • GO! (Mahalo Mix)
  • Celebrate Nite (Like It's '99 Mix)

Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (for XBox 360)

  • Your Angel

DM Ashura first 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, was released in May 2007 at Anime Central. Two of the tracks, "Snowblind" and "Nautilus", 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

  1. ^ a b http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio
  2. ^ SoundClick artist: DM Ashura - The musical experiments of a teenager on his computer, armed with a love of music with big dreams
  3. ^ a b Chenn, Inn Inn. "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito.", The Technique, 2005-04-11. 
  4. ^ New O2Jam Artiste - DM Ashura!, September 7, 2005
  5. ^ Welcome To O2Jam NX
  6. ^ http://www.gamania.co.jp/abm04_body.asp?id=188
  7. ^ FFR Song List FlashFlashRevolution.com
  8. ^ DDR Contest Winners
  9. ^ Ricky Graham - Official Website - Archive
  10. ^ 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

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