''From Out Here'' is a 2014 album by Cate Brooks, under the

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The Advisory Circle The Advisory Circle is an alias of English electronic musician Cate Brooks (formerly known as Jon Brooks) along with King of Woolworths. Her releases as The Advisory Circle are on the Ghost Box Music label. The Advisory Circle's first releas ...

. It was released on 5 December 2014 by

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Ghost Box Music Ghost Box is an independent, UK-based electronic music record label, launched in 2004 by graphic designer Julian House and producer Jim Jupp. Its roster includes artists such as Jupp's Belbury Poly, House's The Focus Group, and the Advisory Cir ...

on CD, online download, and 12"

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. The album cover art was designed by

Julian House Julian House is a graphic designer, a musician, and the co-owner of the Ghost Box record label.Inter ...

Concept

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for ''From Out Here'' "hints at a Wyndham-esque

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story, where bucolic English scenery is being manipulated and maybe even artificially generated by bizarre multi-dimensional computer technology."

Reception

Chicago Reader The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by a ...

'' said ''From Out Here'' "exceeds all of my expectations—it's among the best work Brooks has ever done, and one of the finest albums of the year."

DJ Food DJ Food is an electronic music project currently headed by Kevin Foakes (also known as "Strictly Kev"). Originally conceived by the members of Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the project started in 1990 on the premise of p ...

called the album " ate Brooks'best yet" and "my favourite though as it embodies everything I love about the [

] label" ''Pitchfork Media, Pitchfork'' reviewed ''From Out Here'' with "[f]or a notionally darker work this album ends up being more enjoyable than some of ate Brooks'prior records, mainly because the sense of exploration is heightened with each turn taken." ''

The Quietus ''The Quietus'' is a British online music and pop culture magazine founded by John Doran and Luke Turner. The site is an editorially independent publication led by Doran with a group of freelance journalists and critics. Content ''The Quiet ...

'' called ''From Out Here'' a "particularly satisfying and coherent listening experience" and "beautifully crafted voyage into electronic music's substrata." ''

Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine. It was founded in 1980 and distributes worldwide. History The early years The first standalone issue of ''Record Collector'' was published in March 1980, though its history stretches ba ...

'' reviewed ''From Out Here'' with "Brooks, though, stands out by dint of a nimble melodic touch, compositional sophistication and a broader historical frame of references. This makes ''From Out Here'' both satisfying and hard to pin down."

Track listing

References

External links

Ghost Box Music page
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