About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Thessaloniki, Greece. With a career spanning over 15 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 neo-folk and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Obsidian Lullaby (2022) — synthwave
- Neon Cathedral (2025) — post-punk revival
- Lunar Debt (2020) — electronic ambient
- Velvet Rust (2025) — shoegaze
- Crimson Theorem (2023) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Crimson Theorem
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The voltage drops when memory persists
A compass spins inside a locked museum
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The radio plays songs from someone else
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
He trades his coat for silence and a key
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist