In Hot Sugar, Nick Koenig is in a mess. The young electronic musician/producer is thought of as a modern-day Mozart. He takes sounds from everyday life, like hanging up payphone receivers and Hurricane Sandy rain, and chops, loops, and samples them to make Grammy-nominated beats. He's living the life every musician dreams of, with an internet star girlfriend, rapper and singer "Kitty." When she dumps him, Hot Sugar is left alone. Then he flees, looking for new sounds and a sense of who he is. He goes to Paris to try to figure things out. Adam Lough, who made the film, shows Hot Sugar at work on his old recording devices, but he also talks to the camera about things that make him think. Hot Sugar is going on a road trip, and tweets and posts about the broken couple are going viral on the internet. As the trip goes on, more exotic layers of the man and his music are shown. This lyrical journey is both fun and fast. It gives viewers a fascinating look into how a modern artist comes up with new ideas.
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In Hot Sugar, Nick Koenig is in a mess. The young electronic musician/producer is thought of as a modern-day Mozart. He takes sounds from everyday life, like hanging up payphone receivers and Hurricane Sandy rain, and chops, loops, and samples them to make Grammy-nominated beats. He's living the life every musician dreams of, with an internet star girlfriend, rapper and singer "Kitty." When she dumps him, Hot Sugar is left alone. Then he flees, looking for new sounds and a sense of who he is. He goes to Paris to try to figure things out. Adam Lough, who made the film, shows Hot Sugar at work on his old recording devices, but he also talks to the camera about things that make him think. Hot Sugar is going on a road trip, and tweets and posts about the broken couple are going viral on the internet. As the trip goes on, more exotic layers of the man and his music are shown. This lyrical journey is both fun and fast. It gives viewers a fascinating look into how a modern artist comes up with new ideas.
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