Hot Sugar is the pseudonym of New York City based multi-instrumentalist and one man production army Nick Koenig. A session musician for producers including J-Zone, Koenig has a talent for creating lush, textured recordings combining live instrumentation and esoteric samples. Koenig uses samples as disparate as ambient wind noise and French pornography sound tracks to create head nodding instrumentals. Hot Sugar’s debut EP, Muscle Milk, is scheduled to drop next year. As a teaser, Koenig recently leaked two tracks, the Javelinesque “The Seagull” and the Hip-Hopish “Color Wars” featuring soulful crooner Aaron Livingstone. – Nick Haycock