[1] Macha's music combined the precision tension-and-release post-rock of Mogwai with the lush, hypnotic grind of My Bloody Valentine, along with elements of post-punk, kraut-rock and especially Indonesian Gamelan.
"[2] They incorporated a variety of instruments into their sets: Javanese zither, Balinese bamboo flute, hammered dulcimer, Hawaiian slide guitar, talempong nipple gongs and Nepalese shawms, vibraphone, and a 1970s-era thrift-store organ called the Fun Machine.
[3] In 1999 they released See It Another Way (Jetset), which held the #1 position on the CMJ College Radio charts for 3 weeks that year.
[4] Four years since their last full-length, the group returned with Forget Tomorrow (Jetset 2004) expanding their sound and venturing into more dance-music territories.
Josh McKay is currently a member of the indie rock band Deerhunter, and records solo material under the name Abandon the Earth Mission (A.T.E.M.)