Tom Freer has built a sound system that could withstand a trip to the moon and a few laps around Silverstone.

Party organiser Tom, 29, spent four years developing the unique set of speakers from a material previously used only in the production of missiles, Formula 1 cars and bullet-proof jackets.

Tom, from Brighton, convinced a supplier of the Ministry of Defence to provide him with enough carbon kevlar to produce his £4,000 system of jelly-baby shaped speakers.

The toughest situation he had in mind for his sound system was blasting out music to crowds of dancers at the club nights he arranges.

One of its first jaunts was a party in the middle of the Jordan desert. Its new home is rather more sedate - the Health and Hangover cafe in Where?House indoor market, Duke's Court, off Duke Street, Brighton.

Tom, who studied material science at university, said: "I found someone at the MoD who was prepared to give me a small amount of the stuff.

"It had only ever been used for three things since its development for the MoD ten years ago and one of those was missile nose cones.

"I just wanted the system to be strong, light and to sound clear. DJs I had used for parties kept destroying other people's sound systems so I became determined to build something to last.

"This is the only stereo system in existence made from carbon kevlar. It is so light it can be taken on an aeroplane as hand luggage. It takes no time to set it up."

Far from being an industrial-looking metal, the material is a light herringbone-weave cloth.

It took him six months to track down the substance, which he first heard about during his student days.

He said: "A very long time ago I did a project at university and was looking for materials to make a satellite. I had to find a material light enough but sturdy enough to be sent out into space.

"The satellite never got made because I wouldn't have been able to afford carbon kevlar then but it did put the idea in my mind."

DJs can hire the system by phoning Tom on 01273 747339.