""A phone can't replicate some of my greatest experiences of my clubbing lifetime, none of them have been recorded," he said. "A venue saying that it is no-phones already tells us something about the crowd they want. "And also, by taking a photo, you're destroying the moment even as you're documenting it. "My mottos is - music, not your phone, is the answer to your problems. Keep on moving.""
""My heart sank. It was really horrible, really vile. There was quite a lot of homophobic undertones," he said. "It made me realise that once someone films you, you have no control over where that goes or how it's used.""
""I've noticed this year the tide seems to be finally turning. [But] I don't want it to be a tide, I want it to be a tsunami of UK venues going phone-free.""
A 68-year-old man was filmed dancing in Fabric without consent; the video was posted online and triggered dozens of offensive comments. The man experienced homophobic undertones and said being filmed changed everything, highlighting loss of control over distribution. Some UK clubs, including Lakota in Bristol and Warehouse Project in Manchester, have launched phone-free nights; Fabric had implemented a photo and filming ban earlier. The man, a barefoot walker from Blackheath, described phone-free venues as wonderful and said phones destroy moments even as they document them. He called for a "tsunami" of phone-free UK venues to protect presence and privacy.
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