DM Ashura

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Bill Shillito
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DM Ashura at San Japan 1.5
Background information
Birth nameWilliam James Robert Shillito
Also known asDM Ashura
Born (1986-03-26) March 26, 1986 (age 33)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Genres Trance, psychedelic trance, goa, ambient, drum and bass, ethnic, hyper techno [1]
Occupation(s) Producer, remixer
Instruments Keyboard, Korg Kaoss Pad 3
Years active2002-present
Website http://www.dmashura.com/

William "Bill" James Robert Shillito (born March 26, 1986), more commonly known as DM Ashura, is an electronic artist whose work can be found in the music games O2Jam, Dance Dance Revolution , beatmania IIDX , StepMania , Flash Flash Revolution, and Pump it Up .

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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] He graduated from Georgia Tech in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs and Modern Language, specifically Japanese, but he also speaks Spanish. He started teaching Maths in 2009 and was working towards a master's degree in Teaching. He has published a YouTube series, "Introduction to Higher Mathematics", and has collaborated on an animated TED video on Matrix Operations.

Bill 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". [2] 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. [2] He has also since written a number of original tracks, and is well known in the music game community for his work. [3]

Work in games

DM Ashura's music has recently been licensed for a number of music games:

Tracks in O2Jam (for PC): [4]

All three of these songs can be found on the Malaysian server. GO! can be found on the Japanese server as well. [5]

Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution: [6]

Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 (for Xbox)

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

(3 of these tracks are also featured in the arcade release of Dance Dance Revolution X2, excluding Rave Until The Night Is Over).

Tracks in Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress

Tracks in Pump It Up Pro 2 (for Arcade)

Tracks in Pump It Up Fiesta EX (for Arcade)

(All of these tracks were previously featured on a spinoff game called Pump It Up Pro).

Tracks in Pump It Up Infinity (for Arcade)

Tracks in Pump It Up Prime (for Arcade)

Tracks in Pump It Up Prime 2 (for Arcade)

Tracks in Pump It Up XX (20th Anniversary Edition) (for Arcade)

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.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 DM Ashura
  2. 1 2 Chenn, Inn Inn (2005-04-11). "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito". The Technique . Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
  3. ↑ New O2Jam Artiste - DM Ashura!, September 7, 2005
  4. ↑ Turkeyslam's O2Jam Master Song List
  5. ↑ Gamania japan
  6. ↑ FFR Song List FlashFlashRevolution.com
  7. ↑ beatmaniaIIDX16 EMPRESS 情報ページ
  8. ↑ DDR Contest Winners
  9. ↑ "Ricky Graham - Official Website - Archive". Archived from the original on 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  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 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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