About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 19 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 Turin, Italy.
Discography
- Ghost Protocol (2023) — industrial techno
- Lunar Debt (2025) — shoegaze
- Lunar Debt (2024) — shoegaze
Lyrics — Ghost Protocol
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
She writes her will in disappearing ink
The voltage drops when memory persists
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
She writes her will in disappearing ink
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A satellite receives but won't respond
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold