Purple Magazine
— The Brain Issue #33 S/S 2020

arsun sorrenti

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 lot of kids feel apathetic toward things. OLIVIER…

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