Michel F. Coté

Michel F. Coté: Mecha Fixes Clocks: Beau comme un aéroport

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 23, 2015

The fourth album from innovative Montreal-based drummer Michel F. Côté's ensemble of improvisers Mecha Fixes Clocks is a suite of alternative songs, all referring to air travel (their previous releases were Orbiting With Screwdrivers, Alien8, 2005; À l'inattendu les dieux livrent passage, &records, 2010; and Teoria dell'elasticità di Girolamo Papariello, Ambiances Magnétiques, 2011). As expected from such forward-thinking improvisers, these songs suggest a tense, dark atmosphere that is supposed to be the musical equivalent of an ...