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His activity also includes extensive studies, researches and essays on contemporary Brazilian music (Música popular brasileira), its social implications and its leading role in the collective imagination as a paradigm of the so-called "World" sound. He co-authored the "Encyclopedia of Rock",AA.VV. (1998). Enciclopedia del Rock / Anni 90. Padova: Arcana Editrice recently re-published by Arcana Editrice, and during the 90's he actively collaborated as a consultant both for Blue Note artists the Doky Brothers and pianist Niels Lan Doky, for whom he wrote the liner notes for the album "Haitek Haiku",Doky N. L. (2001). "Haitek Haiku. The Art Of Reconnecting". Paris: EmarCy/Universal. produced by Gino Vannelli. In 1998 he published a book of essays and conversations with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto ("Ryuichi Sakamoto. Conversazioni"Milano M. (1998). Ryuichi Sakamoto. Conversazioni. Padova: Arcana Editrice.), featuring a foreword by Banana Yoshimoto.
A year later he contributed with a semiological essay ("Transiti/Transits") to the catalog for the exhibition "Musica Senza Suono"Gentile E. & Messina F., a cura di (1999). Musica Senza Suono. Segni e Disegni di Musicisti Italiani (pp. 16-17). Trieste: Museo Revoltella. ("Soundless Music"), conceived and realized by producer Francesco Messina and critic Enzo Gentile for the Museo Revoltella in Trieste (Italy).
In 2003/2004 he settled in Tokyo to conduct researches for the Japan Foundation in collaboration with Kyoto University, under the supervision of philosopher Akira Asada, on the theme of the 'reversed exoticism' in modern Japan'.Milano, M. (January 2005). Speciale Giappone: Mis(jap)understanding - Riflessioni su un 'altrove' (im)perfetto. Pavia: Rumore.
Since 2015, Milano hosts The Tinseltown Tracks, a weekly radio show aired on Radio Flash 97.6, that has produced tenths of monographic broadcasts and boasts an audience that spans several countries around the world.
His upcoming projects include a short essay about the perception of Western pop culture in the Far East; a book about Alejandro Jodorowsky and his influence on the psychedelic movement, the neo-mysticism and the counterculture of the 1960s; and a self-produced DVD about Japan for which he's currently writing the music and the screenplay.
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