MUSIC
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portraits by MARIO SORRENTI
the analog mind is not dead.
the emerging songwriter and storyteller
uses vintage recording equipment
to bring back lost sounds to a digitalized scene
OLIVIER ZAHM — In the ’90s, my generation had very few fears. How do you feel about the future? Are you scared or indifferent?
ARSUN SORRENTI — Well, in ’80s and ’90s America — especially in places like New York City — fears were more based around things happening on the doorstep than they are today. The issues today have to do with the world changing on a global level. A big part of the issue is all these insane news sources, social media, and all of our political figures tweeting at each other [laughs], and that craziness makes all of the problems clump together. It’s hard to keep track. That’s why a…