Bass Tone Trap

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Martin Archer - saxes Derek Saw - saxes John Jasnoch - guitars Neil Carver - guitars Paul Shaft - double bass, vocal Pete Infanti - drums Bass Tone Trap was formed in 1981 when Paul Shaft and Martin Archer's previous group, the ethno-Stockhausen inspired "de tian", possibly Sheffield's unlikliest ever group, co-opted additional recruits Carver, Jasnoch and Infanti from the Sheffield Free Music Group. After an initial period with synthesizer player Ian Clarricoates, the group was completed by the addition of vituoso free jazz / RnB sax man Derek Saw, surely one of the most underrated and unsung stylists ever to remain hidden from general public view. Given their respective backgrounds one might have been expecting the new group to be more interested in amplified egg slicers than in the riotous jazz-punk pell-mell which quickly became the group's trademark sound. But as listeners as well as players all the group were equally interested in pop as well as experimental musics, and saw a role model / middle ground in, especially, the electric band music of Ornette Coleman. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Dreams to Fill the Vacuum: The Sound of Sheffield 1977-1988

Trapping

Trapping [1983] (Music à la Coque, 2006)

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Four From The Floor EP

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Four From The Floor

Dreams To Fill The Vacuum - The Sound Of Sheffield 1977-1988

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Dreams To Fill The Vacuum: The Sound Of Sheffield 1977 - 1988

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Trapping [1983] (Music а la Coque, 2006)

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Trapping [1983]

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Trapping - DL (1983)

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Four From The Floor [7'']

West Street Sessions 1982

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