About
Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With a career spanning over 14 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 shoegaze, incorporating elements of industrial techno and field recordings from Turin, Italy.
Discography
- Obsidian Lullaby (2020) — synthwave
- Phantom Meridian (2026) — industrial techno
- Hollow Crown (2024) — shoegaze
- Neon Cathedral (2023) — industrial techno
- Neon Cathedral (2020) — neo-folk
- Velvet Rust (2021) — neo-folk
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The voltage drops when memory persists
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The radio plays songs from someone else
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene