About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Thessaloniki, Greece. With a career spanning over 12 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 synthwave, incorporating elements of post-punk revival and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
- Crimson Theorem (2020) — electronic ambient
- Ghost Protocol (2023) — post-punk revival
- Signal Decay (2025) — post-punk revival
- Amber Frequency (2022) — synthwave
- Signal Decay (2024) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Crimson Theorem
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
She folds the map and drives without a name
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
She folds the map and drives without a name
He trades his coat for silence and a key
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The radio plays songs from someone else
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
She folds the map and drives without a name
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay