About
Mikael Johanssen is a synthwave musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 7 years, their sound blends shoegaze 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 neo-folk and field recordings from Bruges, Belgium.
Discography
- Amber Frequency (2020) — synthwave
- Signal Decay (2023) — neo-folk
- Static Bloom (2020) — shoegaze
- Hollow Crown (2023) — electronic ambient
- Phantom Meridian (2021) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Iron Petals
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
A satellite receives but won't respond
She folds the map and drives without a name
The radio plays songs from someone else
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
A compass spins inside a locked museum
She folds the map and drives without a name