About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 13 years, their sound blends shoegaze with industrial techno influences, creating a distinctive sonic palette that has been described as "deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant."
Their latest work continues to push the boundaries of synthwave, incorporating elements of synthwave and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
- Static Bloom (2022) — synthwave
- Hollow Crown (2026) — shoegaze
- Velvet Rust (2025) — neo-folk
- Iron Petals (2021) — shoegaze
- Velvet Rust (2026) — electronic ambient
- Crimson Theorem (2021) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
She folds the map and drives without a name
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The radio plays songs from someone else
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The radio plays songs from someone else
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
Rust collects where fingerprints should be