About
Mateo Stavridis is a synthwave musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 19 years, their sound blends shoegaze 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 synthwave, incorporating elements of shoegaze and field recordings from Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Hollow Crown (2025) — post-punk revival
- Amber Frequency (2025) — post-punk revival
- Velvet Rust (2023) — synthwave
- Ghost Protocol (2026) — electronic ambient
- Hollow Crown (2021) — shoegaze
- Static Bloom (2021) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Iron Petals
The voltage drops when memory persists
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
A satellite receives but won't respond
She folds the map and drives without a name
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
A compass spins inside a locked museum
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold