Club Ritual

Go download the new Asher Gray track and tell him Happy Birthday!

https://ashergray.bandcamp.com/track/be-there

Coming up quick!

The New Land Black Cat Alley Stage at Summer Soulstice is turning the alley into one giant dance floor. 🖤🎧

Club Ritual is back with another absolutely stacked lineup, bringing nonstop energy to Black Cat Alley all day long on Saturday, June 13. From underground house and techno to disco, club, and q***r rave sounds, this year’s lineup is set to make the Alley the place to be during Summer Soulstice once again. 🔥

The day kicks off with Italohound & Ginosociopath at 12 PM, followed by Adrian More at 1:30 PM, Richard Galling at 3 PM, and Don Black at 4:30 PM. As the sun starts to set, R3algrl and Mowiah bring their Dance Your Heart Out collective to the Alley at 6 PM, followed by Digital.Maddie at 7:30 PM. Closing out the night are Asher Gray and Greyhound at 9 PM with a set built to keep the energy going to the very end. ✨

Huge thanks to Club Ritual for continuing to bring incredible artists, unforgettable energy, and a packed dance floor to Black Cat Alley year after year.

And thank you to our stage sponsors, New Land Enterprises and Red Bull, for helping bring the New Land Black Cat Alley Stage to life. 🙌

Club Ritual for Wisconsin State Representative Francesca Hong! Join us tomorrow (Saturday) May, 23rd at The Cooperage to help raise funds for Fran's gubernatorial campaign!

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hong-club-ritual

Club Ritual is excited to announce its third release from Asher Gray. A true legend in the Milwaukee dance music community, Asher has been serving time behind the decks and as a party organizer since the early 2000’s. He is a staple and visionary in this underground scene, providing a space to platform varying approaches to electronic music over his tenure. Asher’s debut CR release emphasizes this dynamic relation. For those who grew up in the 1990’s these tracks feel like what you envisioned dance music to be.

Streamline paves the way on this two-track EP. It captures a space somewhere between Detroit techno’s early-90s speculation of the future and Y2K rave. Rhythmically the track centers around a sporadic, swung bass which transitions into something melodic, almost progressive from the breakdown onward. Atmospheric pads swim in and out evoking memories of early 2000’s technology. Triggered chords take us deeper, accidenting and building momentum before drops. Swish is a gem of a b-side, a track that could hit at different parts of the night as well as during daytime headphone escapism. Asher’s crafted break, offset by lush pads and iconic delayed vocals, are so welcoming. The default dance organ keeps the tracking moving, punctuating dancefloor experience physically and mentally. Asher captures a moment in time, encouraging perspectives of the present and offering opportunity for what’s next.

Available now from our bandcamp page:

Streamline/Swish, by Asher Gray 2 track album