Blending elements of chill, house, a touch of swing for an up-tempo beat, thru the use of layered keyboards, jazzed guitars, sighing horns and ethereal vocals Tokyo 507 offer up nine tracks of music that can chill you or lift you up with their hypnotic groove, and is a good effort worth picking up.

Technically Tokyo 507′s second self titled release is actually their first full length CD, after last years five track EP, that show case the long distance collaborative efforts of members; Australian Mark Southern (producer/songwriter/musician) and ex-Aussie, and now London based, Hayden Turner (songwriter/singer).

The elements of chill are best heard in the chilled out opening track ‘Share Some Love’ where the plaintive moan of the harmonica echoes the emotion of Turners aching vocals and Southern’s masterful use of the guitar in the closing track ‘Free’, that will remind you of U2′s The Edge’s guitar work from MLK off of the Unforgettable Fire CD.

The duo pick things up in ‘Body Electric’ with jazzy guitar riffs, while elements of dance drive the beat of ‘Bamboo Baby’, and jazz and touches of swing create the moving vibe of ‘Curious Groove’.

The vocal work of Hayden Turner is never allowed to over power the music, and instead one can feel the effort of restraint reflecting and mirroring pent up emotions and energy that want to break loose, and one wonders what would happened if they were allowed to break free.

While Mark Southern weaves a tapestry of sound with electric jazz and the crisp staccato of flamenco guitar riffs, sometimes alone or together in organic rhythms around simple horn sequences.

Together the music they create is worth giving a listen to and makes their next release something to keep and ear out for.

Available at iTunes: $8.91

Track List
1 Share Some Love
2 Body Electric
3 Eden
4 Li Adoro
5 Bamboo Baby
6 Tapestry of Love
7 Zanzibar
8 Curious Groove
9 Free