Sugar & Gold are a six-piece electro-soul group whose sound has been compared to everything from KC & The Sunshine Band on LSD to the Everly Brothers with a fierce dose of Rick James synth. With staccato guitar licks and a heavy bottom groove, S&G put on a dynamic live show which never fails to get even the most uptight teasers out on the dance floor.

At the group’s core are Nicolas Dobbratz and Philipp Minnig, songwriting partners since childhood. Their previous stints in such infamous outfits as Dura-Delinquent and Connexion included several US tours serving as support act for BJM, BRMC, the Make-up and the White Stripes, and the boys have even served as an impromptu back-up band for Neil Haggerty.

Today, Sugar and Gold reap the benefits of the last three decades in electronic and soul music, blending sampled beats, live drums, and an array of classic funk and electro instrumentation. All of which is melded together by a fine thread of harmony making for a funky kind of Caribbean Kraftwerk.

The band spent most of 2005 and early 2006 recording in New York and Los Angeles. Feeling at home in most environments, Sugar & Gold performed everywhere from dingy Brooklyn basements to sunny outdoor Festivals in California. After two west coast tours and a month on the east coast, Sugar & Gold are putting the finishing touches on their debut album due in early 2007.