About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 19 years, their sound blends industrial techno 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 neo-folk, incorporating elements of shoegaze and field recordings from Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Lunar Debt (2025) — industrial techno
- Phantom Meridian (2024) — synthwave
- Crimson Theorem (2022) — neo-folk
- Lunar Debt (2025) — electronic ambient
- Static Bloom (2023) — synthwave
- Hollow Crown (2020) — post-punk revival
Lyrics — Hollow Crown
He trades his coat for silence and a key
A compass spins inside a locked museum
A satellite receives but won't respond
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
A satellite receives but won't respond
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
A satellite receives but won't respond
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The voltage drops when memory persists
She folds the map and drives without a name
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south