Monteanni studies the relationships between contemporary transnational pop music genres and regional music and, particularly, the indigenisation of extreme metal in Bandung, Indonesia. He is also the co-founder of Artetetra Records and the duo Babau: a music label and project pursuing practice-based inquiries regarding notions of digital folklore, world music 2.0 and exoticism in late globalisation. Among others, he has collaborated with Norient, Simon Reynolds, Club To Club, Scuola Cònia, Terraforma, The Attic, NON-Copyriot, ISMMS, Aural Archipelago, Kiosk Radio, NTS, Repeater Radio, Rai Radio 3, and Roskilde Festival.