MNTH is a musician and music producer from Guarulhos (SP), Brazil. With three albums released: "Iminente" (2022), "MNTH" (2021), and "Te espera na Melhor das Formas" (2013), the musician is gearing up for the fourth release, "Lume Púrpuro" in April 2024. MNTH has been performing at important venues and festivals in Brazil, including Festival Novas Frequências (RJ), Farol Santander (POA), Chiii (SP), Festival Index (SP), Festival Laço, Festival da Cidade (SP), Sesc Ipiranga ( SP), Sesc Campo Limpo (SP), Biblioteca Mário de Andrade (SP), Centro da Terra (SP), among others. In addition to his solo career, MNTH is a co-founder of the Desmonta label and has been a central figure in the independent scene in Brazil for almost two decades. Having signed seminal album releases by the deconstructive trio Metá Metá and being a regular home for the frequent and varied production of Maurício Takara over the years.
Luciano Valério has also organized shows throughout Brazil and South America for his own label, Desmonta artists and international artists such as Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, The Ex, Jozef Van Wissem, Stephen O'Malley, Daniel Higgs of Lungfish, Thavius Beck, Moor Mother, The Thing, Joe Lally of Fugazi, and many others.
Described by Music Is My Sanctuary as a "prickly mix of dub techno, jazz, Afro-Brazilian percussion, and punk, emerging from the underground of São Paulo," MNTH's self-titled 2020 album received support from Bandcamp Weekly, BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, and Primavera Sound Radio.