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"Bill" Shillito & Alexander Andersson (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 , beatmania IIDX, and Flash Flash Revolution.

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.

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

Work in games

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

Tracks in O2Jam (for PC):

• Euphorium Ft. EpicSwe
• GO! Ft. EpicSwe
• Astral Ft. EpicSwe

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

Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution:

• KlungKung 2004 Ft. EpicSwe
• Aztec Templing (Techno-Titlan Mix) Ft. EpicSwe
• AAA Ft. EpicSwe
• R3 (Omega Mix) Ft. EpicSwe
• Boss Machine Ft. EpicSwe
• neoMAX Ft. EpicSwe
• Classical Insanity Ft. EpicSwe
• MAX Forever Ft. EpicSwe
• Z Ft. EpicSwe
• Psychosis Ft. EpicSwe
• Seven Ft. EpicSwe
• GO! Ft. EpicSwe
• MaxX AttaxX* Ft. EpicSwe
• Otter's Dance (Hotroot Mix) Ft. EpicSwe

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 Ft. EpicSwe
• Rave Until The Night Is Over Ft. EpicSwe
• ΔMAX Ft. EpicSwe
• aftershock!! Ft. EpicSwe

Tracks in beatmania IIDX 16: EMPRESS

• neogenesis

DM Ashura first got his tracks into DDR when he won Konami's music competition on www.broadjam.com. 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.

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.

References

1. ^ DM Ashura
2. ^ Chenn, Inn Inn (2005-04-11). "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito". The Technique. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. New O2Jam Artiste - DM Ashura!, September 7, 2005
4. Turkeyslam's O2Jam Master Song List
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927081520/http://www.gamania.co.jp/abm04_body.asp?id=188
6. 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

External links

• DM Ashura's website
• DM Ashura convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• DM Ashura's Management and producer

• 1986 births
• Living people
• American electronic musicians
• Video game musicians
• Georgia Institute of Technology alumni
• Gay musicians