About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 17 years, their sound blends shoegaze with synthwave 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 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Obsidian Lullaby (2022) — industrial techno
- Lunar Debt (2024) — neo-folk
- Signal Decay (2021) — synthwave
- Amber Frequency (2022) — post-punk revival
Lyrics — Crimson Theorem
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The radio plays songs from someone else
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
She writes her will in disappearing ink
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
She writes her will in disappearing ink
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south