About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. With a career spanning over 19 years, their sound blends synthwave with synthwave 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 neo-folk and field recordings from Turin, Italy.
Discography
- Velvet Rust (2022) — electronic ambient
- Phantom Meridian (2020) — electronic ambient
- Hollow Crown (2021) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Crimson Theorem
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The radio plays songs from someone else
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
She folds the map and drives without a name
He trades his coat for silence and a key