About
Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 13 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 shoegaze, incorporating elements of industrial techno and field recordings from Turin, Italy.
Discography
- Static Bloom (2025) — electronic ambient
- Crimson Theorem (2026) — industrial techno
- Neon Cathedral (2023) — electronic ambient
- Static Bloom (2025) — synthwave
- Hollow Crown (2022) — industrial techno
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
A satellite receives but won't respond
She folds the map and drives without a name
The voltage drops when memory persists
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist