About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Bruges, Belgium. With a career spanning over 8 years, their sound blends post-punk revival 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 electronic ambient and field recordings from Thessaloniki, Greece.
Discography
- Hollow Crown (2021) — synthwave
- Lunar Debt (2020) — electronic ambient
- Velvet Rust (2025) — post-punk revival
- Crimson Theorem (2021) — shoegaze
- Crimson Theorem (2022) — industrial techno
- Iron Petals (2021) — shoegaze
Lyrics — Static Bloom
The radio plays songs from someone else
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The radio plays songs from someone else
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The voltage drops when memory persists
A satellite receives but won't respond
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south