Metá Metá Members, Gear & Sound

Metá Metá is a Brazilian group from São Paulo built around the core trio of Juçara Marçal (vocals), Kiko Dinucci (guitar), and Thiago França (saxophone). Emerging from the city’s adventurous independent scene, they are widely associated with new MPB, while folding in Afro-Brazilian rhythms, free jazz, punk energy, and experimental rock. Their music is marked by a raw, urban intensity that balances spiritual depth with confrontation, placing voice, guitar, and horns at the center of a sound that feels both deeply rooted in Brazilian traditions and strikingly modern.

To get close to Metá Metá’s sound, think in terms of tension, abrasion, and trance rather than polish. The guitars are often dry, sharp, and percussive, pushing clipped riffs and dissonant figures instead of lush chord washes; a Fender Jaguar suits that wiry, cutting attack well. Kiko Dinucci’s use of aggressive fuzzes like the ZVEX Vexter Series Fuzz Factory points to a tone that can feel unstable and feral, while a modest analog-style delay such as the Mooer Ana Echo Delay can add just enough depth without softening the edges. Just as important is the ensemble feel: voice and saxophone should sound urgent and physical, and the groove should lock into hypnotic, cyclical rhythms that feel ceremonial, tense, and alive rather than slick or overly produced.