The Advisory Circle

The Advisory Circle is an alias of English electronic musician Cate Brooks (formerly known as Jon Brooks)^[1] along with King of Woolworths.^[2] Her releases as The Advisory Circle are on the Ghost Box Music label.

The Advisory Circle
Also known as	Cate Brooks King of Woolworths Georges Vert Clesse D.D. Denham
Origin	England
Genres	Ambient Library Music Musique Concrete Hauntology
Occupation(s)	Music Producer Composer
Years active	2001 – 2004 (as King Of Woolworths) 2005 – present (as The Advisory Circle) 2012 – 2020 (as Jon Brooks) 2021 – present (as Cate Brooks)
Labels	Ghost Box Music Clay Pipe Music Cafe Kaput
Website	Ghost Box Music

The Advisory Circle's first release was Mind How You Go, issued as a 3" CD in 2005.^[3]

An extensive feature in The Wire magazine explored Brooks' fascination with public information films from the 1970s. They describe their sound as "Everything's fine, but there is something not quite right about it."^[4]

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 Friendly Fires).

Discography

As The Advisory Circle:

• 2005 Mind How You Go (CD-R, mini-album)
• 2008 Other Channels (CD)^[5][6]
• 2011 As The Crow Flies (CD)^[7][8]
• 2014 From Out Here (CD)
• 2018 Ways of Seeing (CD, LP, download)^[9]
• 2022 Full Circle (CD, LP, download)^{[2][10][11][12]}

As D. D. Denham:

• 2010 Electronic Music in the Classroom^[13][14]

As King Of Woolworths:

• 2001 Ming Star (album) (CD)
• 2003 L'Illustration Musicale (album) (CD)
• 2004 Rediffusion (album) (CD)

References

1. Nijjar, Aneet. "Advisory Circle Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
2. Fischer, Bob (October 2022). "The Advisory Circle: In The Round". Electronic Sound (94).
3. Reviews, Stylus Magazine, 8 December 2005.
4. "XLR8R article on The Advisory Circle". Ghostbox.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
5. Rogers, Jude (8 February 2008). "Queer as folk". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
6. Rogers, Jude (6 June 2008). "A sonic postcard from the past | Pop | guardian.co.uk Music". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
7. Neyland, Nick (8 August 2011). "The Advisory Circle: As the Crow Flies". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
8. Lee, Stewart. "Advisory Circle, The – As The Crow Flies : Stewart Lee - 41st Best Standup Ever!". www.stewartlee.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
9. "The Advisory Circle - Ways of Seeing". Ghostbox.greedbag.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
10. Gough, Katherine (28 October 2022). "The Advisory Circle – Full Circle (Ghost Box)". Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
11. Ranta, Alan (29 September 2022). "The Advisory Circle: Full Circle (Album Review)". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
12. moofmag (26 September 2022). "Album review: The Advisory Circle – Full Circle". MOOF. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
13. Reynolds, Simon (24 November 2010). "Moon Wiring Club and DD Denham: music for children, by children". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
14. Mugwump, Johnny (2 November 2010). "The Quietus | Reviews | D.D. Denham". The Quietus. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

External links

• Ghost Box Music page