About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 17 years, their sound blends shoegaze with post-punk revival 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 shoegaze and field recordings from Bruges, Belgium.
Discography
- Amber Frequency (2021) — electronic ambient
- Static Bloom (2025) — synthwave
- Static Bloom (2020) — shoegaze
- Phantom Meridian (2023) — neo-folk
- Neon Cathedral (2021) — shoegaze
- Signal Decay (2026) — industrial techno
Lyrics — Obsidian Lullaby
The radio plays songs from someone else
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A satellite receives but won't respond
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
He trades his coat for silence and a key
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
The voltage drops when memory persists