About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Thessaloniki, Greece. With a career spanning over 17 years, their sound blends shoegaze with shoegaze 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 neo-folk, incorporating elements of industrial techno and field recordings from Thessaloniki, Greece.
Discography
- Neon Cathedral (2026) — neo-folk
- Signal Decay (2026) — industrial techno
- Amber Frequency (2024) — post-punk revival
- Amber Frequency (2021) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The radio plays songs from someone else
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
A satellite receives but won't respond
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
The radio plays songs from someone else
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
She writes her will in disappearing ink