A sizzling mess has erupted around Nick Koenig, also known as Hot Sugar. The young electronic musician/producer, who has been compared to a modern-day Mozart, records sounds from ordinary life—from hanging up payphone receivers to Hurricane Sandy rain—then chops, loops, and samples them into Grammy Award–nominated beats. In addition to having an internet-phenom girlfriend in rapper/singer "Kitty," he is living the life that every musician dreams of. But Hot Sugar is left stranded as she dumps him. Following his expulsion from his home in New York and landing in Paris, he attempts to recuperate by searching for new sounds and a sense of self. Filmmaker Adam Lough combines footage of Hot Sugar at work captured on his vintage recording devices with unexpected soul-searching insights he provides to the camera in his short film Hot Sugar at Work. Although Twitter and social media are exploding with comments and posts about the estranged marriage, Hot Sugar's road journey continues, revealing even more exotic layers of the guy and his music. This lyrical voyage, which is both fun and flashy, provides spectators with an intriguing glimpse into the creative process of a contemporary artist.
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A sizzling mess has erupted around Nick Koenig, also known as Hot Sugar. The young electronic musician/producer, who has been compared to a modern-day Mozart, records sounds from ordinary life—from hanging up payphone receivers to Hurricane Sandy rain—then chops, loops, and samples them into Grammy Award–nominated beats. In addition to having an internet-phenom girlfriend in rapper/singer "Kitty," he is living the life that every musician dreams of. But Hot Sugar is left stranded as she dumps him. Following his expulsion from his home in New York and landing in Paris, he attempts to recuperate by searching for new sounds and a sense of self. Filmmaker Adam Lough combines footage of Hot Sugar at work captured on his vintage recording devices with unexpected soul-searching insights he provides to the camera in his short film Hot Sugar at Work. Although Twitter and social media are exploding with comments and posts about the estranged marriage, Hot Sugar's road journey continues, revealing even more exotic layers of the guy and his music. This lyrical voyage, which is both fun and flashy, provides spectators with an intriguing glimpse into the creative process of a contemporary artist.
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