About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 12 years, their sound blends shoegaze with neo-folk 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 shoegaze and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
- Velvet Rust (2023) — industrial techno
- Velvet Rust (2022) — neo-folk
- Ghost Protocol (2022) — industrial techno
- Static Bloom (2022) — post-punk revival
Lyrics — Phantom Meridian
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
She folds the map and drives without a name
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A compass spins inside a locked museum
A compass spins inside a locked museum
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The radio plays songs from someone else
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south