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Bedlam sound system was founded in Dalston, East London in 1992. It was a free tekno sound system run by Steve Bedlam and four other people. The first parties were organised in early 1992 and later that year Bedlam was present at the Castlemorton Common Festival. Dalston, looking south towards The City. ...
East London (Afrikaans: Oos-Londen, Xhosa: Imonti) is a city in southeast South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province at 32. ...
Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free parties in Europe. ...
A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music. ...
The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long festival held in the Bristol area, in 1992. ...
The sound system then became well known in between the years 1992-2000 performing free parties across the United Kingdom and Europe. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ...
In 2000 the entire Bedlam sound system was shipped by sea container to Australia for a massive millennium party in conjunction with EARTHDREAM 2000 free tour. A millennium is a period of time, equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annum, year). ...
Steve Bedlam now runs a professional sound system company.
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In its early days, Bedlam was considered to operate the largest rig on the scene; it consisted of six Courtaudio double 15inch W bins, Martin Philashave mid units and JBL high frequency horns. Bedlam utilised large vehicles to transport its equipment, in particular a Volvo tractor unit and Ford Library bus. JBL or JBL Professional is an American audio manufacturer founded by James Bullough Lansing in 1946 and is now part of Harman International Industries, who also owns audio manufacturer Harman Kardon and Infinity. ...
AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a world-leading Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ...
Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...
The majority of the Bedlam system was purchased second hand from Audio lease in Tottenham, London. Allegedly these very speaker boxes were part of the original Pink Floyd system from the late seventies. Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. ...
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