The Advisory Circle is an alias of English

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ian Cate Brooks (formerly known as Jon Brooks) along with King of Woolworths. Her releases as The Advisory Circle are on the

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label. The Advisory Circle's first release was ''Mind How You Go'', issued as a 3" CD in 2005. An extensive feature in ''

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'' magazine explored Brooks' fascination with

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from the 1970s. They describe their sound as "Everything's fine, but there is something not quite right about it." Cate Brooks also releases music, under her own name and a variety of alter-egos, with similar musical influences (such as soundtrack music and library music), emotional atmospheres, and conceptual themes to The Advisory Circle material, through the Clay Pipe Music label, own label Café Kaput, and the band The Pattern Forms (in collaboration with Ed Macfarlane and Edd Gibson of

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Discography

As The Advisory Circle: *2005 '' Mind How You Go'' (

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, mini-album) *2008 '' Other Channels'' (CD) *2011 ''

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'' (CD) * 2014 '' From Out Here'' (CD) * 2018 ''Ways of Seeing'' (CD, LP, download) * 2022 ''Full Circle'' (CD, LP, download) As King Of Woolworths: *2001 '' Ming Star (album)'' (CD) *2003 '' L'Illustration Musicale (album)'' (CD) *2004 '' Rediffusion (album)'' (CD)

References

External links

Ghost Box Music page
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