{"id":23952,"date":"2020-07-11T15:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/records\/beyond-ep\/"},"modified":"2020-07-11T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:44:59","slug":"beyond-ep-castle-if","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/beyond-ep-castle-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond! EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For someone seemingly lost for good in a synthesized simulacrum of the \u201970s, Toronto\u2019s Jess Forrest keeps herself pretty present in the here and now. Last year she provided a live original score to John Boorman\u2019s \u201crather special\u201d slice of vintage sci-fi cinema, <em>Zardoz<\/em>, at Toronto\u2019s Royal Stompbox. She\u2019s also scored the CBC kids\u2019 TV show <em>Robotik<\/em>, opened for Faust and Silver Apples, and released two albums under the name Castle If \u2013 starting with 2017\u2019s <em>Plant Material<\/em>, an entirely artificial homage to the organic. Can she take the conceit any further? The title of her new EP, <em>Beyond!,<\/em> implies the affirmative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In classic library-music fashion, Forrest has provided curt summaries of each track, allowing your humble reviewer to excuse himself momentarily, make a coffee, and feed the damn cats so they\u2019ll shut up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cStarlight\u201d, 3:44, \u201csynthesized sonata with abstract electronic sounds\u201d. \u201cLeap Year\u201d, 2:50, \u201cspooky upbeat space anthem with arpeggios and acoustic drums\u201d. \u201cBeyond\u201d, 3:14, \u201cuptempo pop theme with disco conventions and synth trills\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, I\u2019m back. Everything clear? Great. I\u2019ll simply add this: Forrest\u2019s grasp of modular synthesis, and of the equally comical and compelling tropes of the discipline\u2019s golden age, demand that the genre\u2019s fans pay attention to Castle If \u2013 no ifs, ands, or buts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 555px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2503045911\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/castleif.bandcamp.com\/album\/beyond-ep\">Beyond (EP) by Castle If<\/a><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For someone seemingly lost for good in a synthesized simulacrum of the \u201970s, Toronto\u2019s Jess Forrest keeps herself pretty present in the here and now. Last year she provided a live original score to John Boorman\u2019s \u201crather special\u201d slice of vintage sci-fi cinema, Zardoz, at Toronto\u2019s Royal Stompbox. 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