Hearts Of Stone - Stop The World-We Wanna Get On Artist_Teruyuki Kurihara it seems only natural for

it seems only natural for the year of the Force Funk Sound to be upon us

its both in the middle of and beyond this mix of influences that Kokoroko’s self titled EP takes shape

piano-led slice of boom bap

brooding ethio-jazz of Mulatu Astatke and Tinariwen’s hazy desert Rock

preparing the listener for a vast terrain of giddy beauty

Hearts Of Stone - Stop The World-We Wanna Get On Artist_Teruyuki Kurihara it seems only natural forSoaring soul from Hearts of Stone a group who only ever cut this one album forMotown, but who really use the best of the label's talents to hit the same sort of groove as The Originals! Like that better known group, these guys have a sound that really bridges the 60s and 70s not as heady as other Motown groups of the period, but still with some modern funky soul touches in the mix and a real old school sense of harmonies that makes the vocals