About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 18 years, their sound blends shoegaze with industrial techno 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 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Discography
- Obsidian Lullaby (2022) — shoegaze
- Signal Decay (2025) — post-punk revival
- Velvet Rust (2020) — shoegaze
- Signal Decay (2024) — industrial techno
- Iron Petals (2022) — electronic ambient
- Ghost Protocol (2020) — synthwave
Lyrics — Hollow Crown
She folds the map and drives without a name
He trades his coat for silence and a key
A compass spins inside a locked museum
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The voltage drops when memory persists
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A telescope aimed at an empty chair