 "Trap" became the second regular studio recording, and in August the Flat Earth Society premiered their Louis Armstrong project "The Armstrong Mutations" at the last night of the free Brussels festival Boterhammen in de Stad.A tour and a CD release followed in 2003.Meanwhile Peter Vermeersch was also commissioned by Gerard Mortier to write a big band opera on the libretto "Heliogabal" by Thomas Jonigk, with stage directions by Roy Faudré.