A warm welcome to William Simkin (AKA Nikmis) who joins Classitronic with his own brand of classically inspired electronica.
William, who is based in Japan says that he creates all of his music by composing it and planning it out on a piano before getting near a computer or synth
He goes on to say “Its not based on any composers’ styles specifically, but I would claim Beethoven as a main inspiration, Dvorak too. I have listened to, studied almost, a lot of classical/baroque/romantic era music over the years, though. However, I don’t think it compares to them and I am not trying to emulate them directly. I just like the idea of making melodically and harmonically beautiful music with the tonal capabilities of synthesizer. I use analog synths to record Nikmis. Right now I am using a Roland Sh-101 and an MFB kraftzwerg, which is a small semi-modular analog. A couple of years ago I was using a collection of DIY synthesizer modules in frac-rack format. I moved to Japan a year ago and couldn’t take them with me, because although the electronics were well made, the cases were of poor quality. My DAW for mixing, effects, mastering and some sequencing is Jeskola buzz, freeware tracker.”
Below are a couple of Williams tracks, more of which are on his soundcloud page http://soundcloud.com/nikmis
have a listen and enjoy 
Nishi by nikmis
Tags: Japan, Nikmis, original composition, William Simkin
