About
Mikael Johanssen is a industrial techno musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 17 years, their sound blends shoegaze with electronic ambient 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 industrial techno, incorporating elements of electronic ambient and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
- Velvet Rust (2022) — neo-folk
- Ghost Protocol (2023) — neo-folk
- Crimson Theorem (2026) — post-punk revival
- Lunar Debt (2020) — electronic ambient
- Lunar Debt (2022) — neo-folk
- Crimson Theorem (2024) — industrial techno
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The voltage drops when memory persists
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A compass spins inside a locked museum
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
A satellite receives but won't respond
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist