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George Hull, the co-founder of Bloc Festival, has said that "uptight, spineless hipsters" are to blame for the festival's demise.
Bloc Festival came to an end earlier this month ever nearly ten years, with its final edition hosting the likes of Thom Yorke, Four Tet and Holly Herndon.
In a fairly hateful article for The Spectator, Hull has elaborated upon his decision to end the festival. "After more than ten years," he writes, "we've regretfully decided to close down. And here's why: young people these days just don't know how to rave. They are too safe and boring."
He continues, "The late 1980s and early 1990s were the heyday of commercial rave promotion[...] That generation is now middle-aged. Instead we have hipsters — a subculture so spineless that it had to borrow its name from its parents. Hipsters are an uptight bunch. They like dance music, but they lack the sense of abandon that made raving so much fun."
He adds, "Hipsters drink less and look after them-selves. While I’m thankful that their puritan-ical leanings reduce what we call ‘welfare provision’, I cannot help but think they’re missing the point.
"Perhaps the most depressing trend of all is the introduction of the ‘safe space’ policy. In a step borrowed from the earnest world of the university student union, the budding young promoter’s first task is to debate, draft and publish detailed rules to demonstrate that everyone at the party will be properly supported, represented and instructed. It’s the opposite of fun."
