About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. With a career spanning over 10 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 synthwave and field recordings from Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Phantom Meridian (2022) — post-punk revival
- Lunar Debt (2025) — electronic ambient
- Phantom Meridian (2020) — synthwave
- Velvet Rust (2023) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Phantom Meridian
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
A compass spins inside a locked museum
A satellite receives but won't respond
The radio plays songs from someone else
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
Counting shadows on the basement stairs