Album Review: Misanthropy/Altruism
Misanthropy/Altruism is not your typical noise fare that is either subtly and painstakingly layered or "nail gun to the face" fast and furious. Instead, it is a full frontal techno dance beat that shimmers and shines. The album itself is split into two parts, Misanthropy, whose track titles are pictures of corresponding animals that the tracks sound like, and Altruism, the remix of all those tracks into separate movements. It would be appropriate if Nolens Volens aka Andrew Glassett would get picked up by a label like Tigerbeat6 because his music fills an interesting niche of dance, noise, techno and dark cuteness with the elastic tension of I Care Because You Do-era Aphex Twin. It's more like Animal Glassett if you ask me. Erik Lopez
