Ace Aura

Eric Joshua Seall (born September 10, 1998), known professionally as Ace Aura, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer from McKinney, Texas. He is known as a pioneer of the melodic riddim subgenre, which is characterized by the minimalistic rhythmic elements of riddim, with a heavy emphasis on chords, melodies and experimental sounds. He has released five EPs, along with numerous singles and official remixes for record labels including Monstercat, Circus Records, Dim Mak Records, Buygore, Ophelia Records, Lowly, Disciple and Never Say Die Records. He has performed at music festivals and venues across North America and Australia, including Electric Zoo, Banc of California Stadium, Legend Valley, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the Great Saltair, the Hollywood Palladium, the Mission Ballroom and the Ogden Theatre.

Background Eric Seall was born on September 10, 1998, in Plano, Texas. He was raised in a Protestant household in McKinney and attended church regularly. He started playing drums at the age of 8 and played with his church's youth group band, which was his first experience performing music publicly. This event prompted him to learn how to make dubstep, using a demo version of Pro Tools he had received for Christmas.

He is a devout Christian and has said that his faith is a central part of the way he writes music.

Career

Seall posted his first song, "Rise of the Angels," to his Bandcamp page on November 18, 2012, with a PWYW digital download option. He continued to release music in that same fashion until March 9, 2016, when he self-released his single "Metamorphosis" on all streaming platforms.

In July 2017, he joined a remix competition for the song "Wait for Me" by British DJ and producer Chime, in which his entry won second place. On April 19, 2018, Seall released his debut EP Exodus on Ninety9Lives. Chime signed Seall's song "Ensnared" and EP Guided Wandering to his record label Rushdown, and collaborated with him on a remix of "Wet Napkin" by Ray Volpe in 2018. In November of the same year, Seall accused Kentucky producer Joshua Gleason of allegedly stealing the remix and releasing it as his own song under the moniker thesourwarhead, which Gleason later denied in a statement on his Facebook page.

He released his third EP Comatose on February 21, 2020. In April 2020, he collaborated with Millennial Trash on the song "Noddin'," which was placed in several editorial playlists on Spotify. On August 12, 2020, his song "Another Heart," which he produced with Skybreak and Sharks in under 24 hours, was released on artbyFORM's All Nighter Vol. 5 compilation, with all proceeds from streams and digital sales being donated to Doctors Without Borders. On August 28, 2020, he released his fourth EP Reset_Environment through Disciple Round Table, as well as a remix of the Riot Ten and Whales song "Save You" through Steve Aoki's Dim Mak Records. On November 27, 2020, he released his song "Waiting" on Borgore's Buygore imprint.

He released his Monstercat debut single "Stay" with Tynan on January 11, 2021. On March 4, 2021, he released Comatose: Awakening, an album containing six remixes of songs from the Comatose EP and a new original song titled "Adrenaline." On April 9, 2021, he released another remix album titled The Noddin' Remixes No One Asked For, which featured 12 remixes of "Noddin'," along with a sequel to the song, dubbed "Noddin' 2." On May 7, 2021, he released the song "Resist" with Subtronics. The following month, he supported Subtronics at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and performed "Resist" on stage with him. He self-released his song "Cyber Cuddle" on June 4, 2021. On June 24, 2021, he released his collaboration with Crankdat, titled "The Feeling," on Monstercat. On August 20, 2021, he released his fifth EP Gem World through Never Say Die. The EP's title track was played in DJ sets by Skrillex, Slander, Nghtmre, DJ Diesel, Flosstradamus and Valentino Khan. On September 20, 2021, he put out his first solo Monstercat release, "Destiny." On September 27, 2021, he performed at Excision's Lost Lands festival. On December 10, 2021, he released the single "Falling for You" with Slippy on Insomniac's Bassrush imprint, as well as his remix of "Just Like You" by Kompany.

On February 24, 2022, he released his fourth Monstercat single "Umbra," featuring vocals from German electronic artist Voicians. According to Seall, the song was originally a remix of "Blue Shadows" by Xilent, but it was adapted into an original so it could be released officially. He collaborated with Virus Syndicate on the song "Level" from their Resistance EP, which released on April 15, 2022. On May 13, 2022, he returned to Rushdown to release a VIP remix of "Tongues of Fire." On June 24, 2022, he debuted on Seven Lions' Ophelia imprint alongside Nytrix with the single "Echoes," a followup to their 2021 collaboration "Shattered." On July 17, 2022, he announced his sixth EP Revive through a substitution cipher within a cryptic video he posted to social media. The EP released on July 22, 2022, via Ophelia and included the single "Echoes," as well as three new songs. On July 29, 2022, he released a remix of the song "It Was You" by Said the Sky and We the Kings on the former's Sentiment (The Remixes) album, which also included remixes by Autograf, Elohim, We Are Fury, Blanke and Nurko.

On January 26, 2023, he released his seventh EP Crystal Coalition through Circus Records. The EP consists of four songs and was his first EP to be composed entirely of collaborations, with Beastboi, Mikesh!ft, Skybreak, SpaceYeti and Phocust all featuring on the EP.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Information Exodus Released: April 9, 2018 Label: Ninety9Lives Formats: Digital download Guided Wandering Released: June 29, 2018 Label: Rushdown Formats: Digital download Comatose Released: August 28, 2020 Label: Disciple Round Table Formats: Digital download Gem World Released: January 26, 2023 Label: Circus Records Formats: Digital download Eternal Released: June 21, 2024

Label: Monstercat

Formats: Digital Download Ephemeral Released: October 18, 2024

Label: Disciple

Formats: Digital Download

Remix albums

Title Information Comatose: Awakening "Exploration" "Push and Pull" "Anthem" 2017 "Transmutation" "Ensnared" 2018 Rushdown "Baguette Bois" Drop It Network "Metamorphosis (VIP Mix)" Self-released "Kingdom" (with Kotori) "Bagel Bois" Drop It Network "Tongues of Fire" Rushdown "Desired By Demons" Maverick's Playlist "Flow" 2019 Apostle Records "Kaleidoscope" Rushdown "Nucleus" "Stars" (with Oolacile) Self-released "Coma" Comatose Circus Records "Self-Love" (with Trinergy) 2020 "Sum Buddy" (with Dr. Ozi) Stratos Union "Stay" (with Nytrix) Revive Ophelia Records "Say It" (with SpaceYeti) Crystal Coalition Circus Records "Speedrun" (with Skybreak) "Vibrance" (with Beastboi and Mikesh!ft) 2023 "I'll Be Waiting" (with NAZAAR and Dani King) Monstercat "Arcadia" (with Pixel Terror) "WAIT4U" (with Deadcrow) (featuring Roniit)

As a featured artist Title Year Album Label "Battle for Eternity" by Everen Maxwell 2019rowspan="1" The Arcadium "Interdimensional" by Chime Interdimensional Disciple "Noddin'" by Millennial Trash 2020 Losing My Mind Daily Earfood "Miracle" by Trinergy Miracle / Bye Disciple "The Feeling"by Crankdat 2021 Sad Robot Monstercat "Level" 2019 Untapped Vol. 2 Odio Records "Radiate" Issue 4 "Lover" (with Ipsiom) 2020 Colour Bass Vol. 1 Rushdown "Glass Cannon" Round Table Reinforcements Vol. 1 Disciple Round Table "Another Heart" (with Skybreak and Sharks) All Nighter Vol. 5 artbyFORM "Rise" Afterlife Vol. 1 Disciple "Waiting" Royal Blood Fresh Blood "Tongues of Fire (VIP)" 2015 Holly Drummond Self-released "Live for the Drop" 2016 Capital Kings "Hash It Out" The Brig, Rob Gasser and Ashley Apollodor Most Addictive "Whirlwind" 2019 Chime Rushdown "Need U More" (featuring Sara Skinner) Ykes Self-released "The Great Deception" PsoGnar Most Addictive "Crash & Burn" (featuring Megan Stokes) Riot Ten and Whales Dim Mak Records "Blindspot" 2021 Nurko and Devon Baldwin Proximity "Habitat" 12th Planet Self-released "Just Like You" (featuring Rynn) Armnhmr and Abandoned Monstercat "Last One Standing" Zomboy and Must Die! Rott N' Roll Records "Underwater" (featuring Hatsune Miku) 2023 Hylen Crypton Future Media "Threshold" Nghtmre Lowly