DM Ashura
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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.
History
He lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12.[1]
Bill creates his music under the name DM Ashura; the "DM" stands for Digital Maestro.[2] He was known in the music game community for remixes of songs, particularly "neoMAX" (a remix of the MAX series), which won first place in Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest.[2] Since then, he has made a number of remixes (mostly from music games) and original tracks.[3]
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.[5]
Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution:[citation needed]
- KlungKung 2004
- Boss Machine
- MAX Forever
- neoMAX
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. [6] 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, is currently in the works, and is slated for release in December. Two of the tracks, "Snowblind" and "Nautilus", will feature guitarist Ricky Graham. [7]
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.[8]
References
- ^ a b http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio
- ^ a b Chenn, Inn Inn (2005-4-11). "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito". Technique.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ 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.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