Macha was an experimental post-rock

Post-rock

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 band from Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

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 composed of brothers Josh McKay (founder/producer/multi-instrumentalist & New Year

New Year

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/Mice Parade

Mice Parade

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 member), Mischo McKay (drums/percussion), Kai Reidl (multi-instrumentalist), & Wes Martin (multi-instrumentalist). Macha's music combines the precision tension-and-release post-rock of Mogwai

Mogwai

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 with the lush, hypnotic grind of My Bloody Valentine, along with elements of post-punk, kraut-rock and especially Indonesia

Indonesia

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n Gamelan

Gamelan

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. They are notably known for incorporating the following instruments into their sets: Java

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nese zither

Zither

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, Bali

Bali

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nese bamboo flute

Bamboo flute

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, hammered dulcimer, Hawaii

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an slide guitar, talempong

Talempong

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 nipple gongs and Nepal

Nepal

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ese shawm

Shawm

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s, vibraphone, standard voice, guitar, and drums, and a '70s-era thrift-store organ called the Fun Machine.

The band released their self-titled debut album in 1998 for Jetset Records

Jetset Records

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. In 1999 they released See It Another Way (Jetset). They also teamed up with Bedhead a year later for the mini-album Macha Loved Bedhead (Jetset 2000). Four years since their last full-length, the group returned with Forget Tomorrow (Jetset 2004) expanding their sound and venturing into more pop territories.

Josh Mckay is currently working under the name Abandon the Earth Mission(A.T.E.M.) in Athens.