The Advisory Circle Explained

The Advisory Circle
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias:	Cate Brooks King of Woolworths Georges Vert Clesse D.D. Denham
Origin:	England
Genre:	Ambient Library Music Musique Concrete Hauntology
Occupation:	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)
Label:	Ghost Box Music Clay Pipe Music Cafe Kaput
Website:	Ghost Box Music

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'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)^{[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)

External links

• Ghost Box Music page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nijjar . Aneet . Advisory Circle Biography, Songs, & Albums . 2023-06-07 . AllMusic . en.
2. Fischer . Bob . October 2022 . The Advisory Circle: In The Round . Electronic Sound . 94.
3. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/the_rubber_room/panda-bear-hot-chip-tender-trap-the-advisory-circle-kukkiva-poliisi-terracid.htm Reviews
4. Web site: XLR8R article on The Advisory Circle. Ghostbox.co.uk. 4 March 2020.
5. News: Rogers . Jude . 2008-02-08 . Queer as folk . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-06-07 . 0261-3077.
6. Web site: Rogers . Jude . 6 June 2008 . A sonic postcard from the past Pop guardian.co.uk Music . 2023-06-07 . www.theguardian.com.
7. Web site: Neyland . Nick . 8 August 2011 . The Advisory Circle: As the Crow Flies . 2023-06-07 . Pitchfork . en-US.
8. Web site: Lee . Stewart . Advisory Circle, The – As The Crow Flies : Stewart Lee - 41st Best Standup Ever! . 2023-06-07 . www.stewartlee.co.uk . en.
9. Web site: The Advisory Circle - Ways of Seeing. Ghostbox.greedbag.com. 4 March 2020.
10. Web site: Gough . Katherine . 2022-10-28 . The Advisory Circle – Full Circle (Ghost Box) . 2023-06-07 . Cyclic Defrost . en-US.
11. Web site: Ranta . Alan . 2022-09-29 . The Advisory Circle: Full Circle (Album Review) . 2023-06-07 . PopMatters . en-US.
12. Web site: moofmag . 2022-09-26 . Album review: The Advisory Circle – Full Circle . 2023-06-07 . MOOF . en.
13. News: Reynolds . Simon . 2010-11-24 . Moon Wiring Club and DD Denham: music for children, by children . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-06-07 . 0261-3077.
14. Web site: Mugwump . Johnny . 2 November 2010 . The Quietus Reviews D.D. Denham . 2023-06-07 . The Quietus . en-us.