About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 7 years, their sound blends post-punk revival 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 synthwave, incorporating elements of shoegaze and field recordings from Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Static Bloom (2026) — shoegaze
- Iron Petals (2025) — shoegaze
- Crimson Theorem (2021) — electronic ambient
- Iron Petals (2026) — industrial techno
- Iron Petals (2023) — neo-folk
- Obsidian Lullaby (2020) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Phantom Meridian
The radio plays songs from someone else
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
He trades his coat for silence and a key
Rust collects where fingerprints should be