About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Bruges, Belgium. With a career spanning over 12 years, their sound blends post-punk revival 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 post-punk revival and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Lunar Debt (2021) — synthwave
- Static Bloom (2024) — shoegaze
- Velvet Rust (2021) — neo-folk
- Hollow Crown (2026) — shoegaze
- Signal Decay (2025) — post-punk revival
- Static Bloom (2024) — industrial techno
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
The radio plays songs from someone else
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A compass spins inside a locked museum
He trades his coat for silence and a key
A compass spins inside a locked museum
A satellite receives but won't respond
The voltage drops when memory persists
Rust collects where fingerprints should be