Sapo Boi

**Sapo Boi** (real name Thiago Mendes) is a São Paulo-based experimental musician who’s been bending Brazil’s underground scene since the late 2010s. Known for his gritty fusion of industrial noise, glitchy electronica, and haunting MPB-inspired vocals, Sapo Boi crafts dystopian soundscapes that feel like fever dreams of urban decay. His work often explores themes of alienation, political unrest, and existential dread, wrapped in cryptic Portuguese lyrics and DIY aesthetics. Recent releases like *Cidade de Espelhos* and *...Tão Perto de Quem? Tão Longe de Onde?* lean into fractured beats and surrealist storytelling, cementing his rep as a boundary-pushing loner in Brazil’s experimental circuit. Offstage, he’s notoriously private, letting his clanging synths and distorted field recordings (often captured in São Paulo’s concrete jungle) speak louder than any interview.

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