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It's also Musea's aim to make discover some past masterpieces which didn't even reach the stage of discographic release. That is the case for NOETRA's "Neuf Songes". Jean LAPOUGE composed and recorded those thirteen instrumental pieces between 1979 and 1981, with a line-up half-way between rock and chamber music (Guitar, bass, drum, oboe, flutes, cello, clarinet, saxophon & trombone). Considering in retrospect having too quickly turned down some tracks of the first album, he decides to release "Définitivement Bleus...". So this album includes twelve tracks of the 1979-1982 era, a logical continuation of ""Neuf Songes"". Superb compositions with superb sound, always with feeling. In both cases, his music takes from contemporary composers (STRAVINSKY, DEBUSSY), blending these influences with subtle touches coming from jazz or rock. It reminds sucessively of JULVERNE or TERPANDRE, but NOETRA reveals a rare originality & char music. Seen from another angle, NOETRA's music can be tense and harmful : let's imagine THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA without its typical angry outburst, but keeping in the mean time that anguished rythm guitar and that twirling violon…