An oddity on just about every front, 1995's Doopee Time is a fictional universe crafted by Japanese composer and steelpan drum maestro Yann Tomita. From the depths of Tomita's Audio Science Laboratory, the narrative-based concept album (featuring vocals and spoken vignettes by Buffalo Daughter's Yumiko Ohno) straddles a retro-futuristic line of sparkling art pop originals and innovative, genre-bending covers from the likes of The Ronettes to Pet Sounds closer "Caroline, No". Touching on that Spector production, musique concrète, cosmic jazz and a healthy dose of John Cage composition, Yann Tomita's conceptual vision . . .
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