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Bedlam sound system was founded in Dalston
Dalston

Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. Its historical borders are Kingsland Road and Kingsland High Street in the west, London Fields in the east, Downs Park Road in the north and the Shoreditch parish boundary in the south....
, East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
 in 1992. It was a free tekno
Free tekno

Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free party in Europe. The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno....
 sound system
Sound system (DJ)

A sound system is a group of disc jockey and Audio engineering contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music....
 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
Castlemorton Common Festival

The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long free party and rave held in the Malvern Hills near Great Malvern, England in 1992.In May 1992 Avon and Somerset Constabulary tried to end the annual Avon Free Festival, which had been held in the Bristol area around the May Bank Holiday for several years....
.

The sound system then became well known in between the years 1992-2000 performing free parties across the United Kingdom and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

In 2000 the entire Bedlam sound system was shipped by sea container to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 for a massive millennium
Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years . The term may implicitly refer to calendar millenniums; periods tied numerically to a particular calendar, specifically ones that begin at the starting point of the calendar in question or in later years which are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it....
 party in conjunction with EARTHDREAM 2000 free tour.

Steve Bedlam now runs a professional sound system company.

Notoriety
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
JBL

JBL is an United States audio electronics company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated electronics....
 high frequency horns.






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Bedlam sound system was founded in Dalston
Dalston

Dalston is a district in the London Borough of Hackney, England, in Inner London. Its historical borders are Kingsland Road and Kingsland High Street in the west, London Fields in the east, Downs Park Road in the north and the Shoreditch parish boundary in the south....
, East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
 in 1992. It was a free tekno
Free tekno

Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free party in Europe. The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno....
 sound system
Sound system (DJ)

A sound system is a group of disc jockey and Audio engineering contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music....
 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
Castlemorton Common Festival

The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long free party and rave held in the Malvern Hills near Great Malvern, England in 1992.In May 1992 Avon and Somerset Constabulary tried to end the annual Avon Free Festival, which had been held in the Bristol area around the May Bank Holiday for several years....
.

The sound system then became well known in between the years 1992-2000 performing free parties across the United Kingdom and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

In 2000 the entire Bedlam sound system was shipped by sea container to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 for a massive millennium
Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years . The term may implicitly refer to calendar millenniums; periods tied numerically to a particular calendar, specifically ones that begin at the starting point of the calendar in question or in later years which are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it....
 party in conjunction with EARTHDREAM 2000 free tour.

Steve Bedlam now runs a professional sound system company.

Notoriety


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
JBL

JBL is an United States audio electronics company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James Bullough Lansing. Their primary products are loudspeakers and associated electronics....
 high frequency horns. Bedlam utilised large vehicles to transport its equipment, in particular a Volvo
Volvo

The Volvo Group is a Sweden supplier of commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and financial services....
 tractor unit and Ford Library bus.

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
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
 system from the late seventies.

See also

  • Free tekno
    Free tekno

    Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free party in Europe. The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno....
  • Sound system (DJ)
    Sound system (DJ)

    A sound system is a group of disc jockey and Audio engineering contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music....
  • Freetekno soundsystem