Description
Underground and Black is the name of Detroit via Atlanta artist Ash Lauryn’s well regarded blog, as well as being the title of her breakout 2023 tune alongside Kai Alce which was released on the much hyped limited NDATL Special Edition release earlier this year. It has been played by tons of DJs all summer long and it arrives back on vinyl with mixes and remixes from another Atlanta native in the form of Leonce.
The dubbed out and dusty deep house original mix, which shouts out all of Lauryn’s influences, is included here on the B side as an alternate 12″ Mix. Also released for the first time is a smooth dub, and the percussive and lively Leonce Vocal Remix and a fleshy vocal dub on the A side. A super package – house doesn’t get more authentic.
As with most of the NDATL releases many of the mixes have not made it into the digital realm. I’ve included Kai Alcé & Ash Lauryn – Underground & Black (2023) in the YouTube player below for reference. Even though that appears to be a longer version than the 12″ Mix on this release it’s essentially the same track from what I can tell.
The tracklist below comes direct from Kai Alce…
Tracklist
A1 – Underground & Black (Leonce Vocal Mix) (7:26)
A2 – Underground & Black (Leonce NDATL Vocal Dub) (7:26)
B1 – Underground & Black (12″ Mix) (5:28)
B2 – Underground & Black (NDATL Dub 2) (5:28)
B3 – Underground & Black (Leonce Dub Beats) (4:55)
