About
Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 19 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 electronic ambient and field recordings from Thessaloniki, Greece.
Discography
- Static Bloom (2020) — post-punk revival
- Neon Cathedral (2022) — synthwave
- Static Bloom (2024) — synthwave
- Hollow Crown (2022) — synthwave
- Velvet Rust (2023) — electronic ambient
- Obsidian Lullaby (2021) — shoegaze
Lyrics — Signal Decay
The voltage drops when memory persists
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
He trades his coat for silence and a key
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The radio plays songs from someone else
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The radio plays songs from someone else
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The voltage drops when memory persists
The ceiling drips with questions left on read