About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With a career spanning over 8 years, their sound blends shoegaze with shoegaze 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 Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Velvet Rust (2024) — neo-folk
- Crimson Theorem (2021) — electronic ambient
- Crimson Theorem (2020) — synthwave
Lyrics — Neon Cathedral
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The voltage drops when memory persists
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A compass spins inside a locked museum
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay