Frankfurt’s Phil Evans has a knack for distilling the essence of Deep House into something that feels both timeless and alive in the moment – a skill honed over years of running labels, curating releases, and playing marathon sets as a Robert Johnson resident. On “Free”, the B1 cut from his second studio album “E-Motions” on his own Freizeit Records, Evans delivers exactly what the genre promises at its very best: depth, groove, and an unshakable sense of sophistication.
Deep, velvety chords lay the foundation while airy pads drift through like late-night fog over empty city streets. A spoken vocal – “I just want to be free, cruising through the streets, to that beat, moving in my seat” – threads itself between the beats, adding a human warmth to the precision-tooled production. It’s a track that wastes no time with unnecessary flourishes; Evans gets straight to the heart of the matter, locking you into a hypnotic deep flow that makes you feel like you’ve been gliding for hours.
“Free” is Deep House without compromise: classy, confident, and utterly on point. The kind of cut that could hold a dance floor together in the small hours, or soundtrack a private, introspective ride home as the city lights blur by. With this track, Evans reaffirms his place as one of Germany’s most consistent purveyors of refined, groove-led House music.
Words by Holger Breuer
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