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Matt Owen

NAMM 2024: “It's a Beetronics masterpiece, showcasing what we do best”: Beetronics’ new Abelha isn’t your ordinary fuzz pedal – it aims to capture the unique sounds of the Brazilian Tropicália movement from the 1970s

Beetronics Abelha Tropical Fuzz.

NAMM 2024: Beetronics has sought to shake up the fuzz pedal game with the Abelha Tropical Fuzz – a stealthy, sleek-looking pedalboard entry that takes inspiration from a far more colorful, far more extravagant artistic movement.

Specifically, the Abelha is inspired by Brazil’s Tropicália movement from the 1970s, which brought together popular and avant-garde music genres. Perhaps more relevant for the fuzz, it also merged Brazilian and African rhythms with Western psychedelia and pop rock.

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