Bass Tone Trap

Bass Tone Trap were an experimental Sheffield jazz-punk/new wave group active in the early 1980s, evolving out of the band De Tian. Archer and Jasnoch continue to record and perform to this day.

Trapping (1983/1984) — their main LP, later reissued digitally by Discus Music. Tracks included “Sanctified”, “Safe In The Inner Core”, “Intruder In The Dust”, and “Magnetic North”.
Four From The Floor EP — Bass Tone Trap contributed the track “Rare & Racy”.
Intruder In The Dust” later appeared on the Sheffield retrospective box set Dreams To Fill The Vacuum documenting the city’s post-punk scene.

The band played notable gigs including appearances at the Leadmill in late 1983.