Hot Sugar's Cold World
Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, is at a wreck. Considered a Mozart, the recordings sounds from everyday life--from hanging up pay phone recipients to Hurricane Sandy rain--and then rebounds, samples and loops them into grammy-award --nominated beats. He is living the life every celebrity dreams of, filled with an internet-phenom girl friend, rapper/singer"Kitty." But if he is dumped by her Hot Sugar is set adrift. '' he tries to regroup, searching for new appearances and a sense of self. Film maker Adam Lough combines scenes of Hot Sugar at work on his recording apparatus with unexpected reflections that are soul searching he offers to your camera. As articles and tweets about the couple blow up on the internet, the roadtrip presses of Hot Sugar onward, revealing even more exotic layers of the guy and his own music. Interesting and flash, this lyrical travel offers an intriguing glimpse into a modern artist's creative procedure to audiences.
Released: 2015-03-13