About
Mateo Stavridis is a synthwave musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 18 years, their sound blends synthwave 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 synthwave, incorporating elements of synthwave and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Hollow Crown (2023) — post-punk revival
- Static Bloom (2023) — post-punk revival
- Neon Cathedral (2025) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The voltage drops when memory persists
She writes her will in disappearing ink
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The radio plays songs from someone else
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A compass spins inside a locked museum
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer