Mikael Johanssen

shoegaze artist from Thessaloniki, Greece

About

Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Thessaloniki, Greece. With a career spanning over 8 years, their sound blends electronic ambient 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 shoegaze, incorporating elements of industrial techno and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Discography

Lyrics — Phantom Meridian

Counting shadows on the basement stairs

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay

A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist

Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer

He trades his coat for silence and a key

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist

He trades his coat for silence and a key

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene

She folds the map and drives without a name

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