After years of producing original music and sound design for its own projects, H-Gun Labs, a full-service production shop based in Chicago and San Francisco, is launching a standalone music company known as Plugd Music and Sound Design to serve the spot, broadcast and film arenas.
The lineup of musical talent includes H-Gun staffers Robert Coddington, James Colao, Jack Dangers, David Metzger and Benjamin Stokes. In addition to being experienced audio engineers, Coddington, Colao and Stokes have served as H-Guns primary team of sound designers for its TV clientele. Stokes, a founding partner/director at H-Gun, has recorded several CDs as the founder of DHS (Dimensional Holofonic Sound) and as fictitious recording artist Tino.
A founding member of the band Meat Beat Manifesto, Dangers is a Nothing/Interscope recording artist who has released six albums and has toured extensively. Considered to be a pioneer in electronica, the San Francisco-based Dangers continues to produce records for internationally acclaimed artists and has produced music for such acts as Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, David Byrne and Depeche Mode.
Metzger has been composing and producing music for over 12 years. He started out in New York, where he formed now defunct 505 Productions. In 1992, he relocated to Chicago, where he worked out of CAMP Music and his own shop, Metzger Music as well as freelanced. Among his commercial clients are Citibank, American Express, HBO, MSNBC and NASDAQ.
According to H-Gun partner/ executive producer Jim Deloye, Metzger had approached him last fall about working with H-Gun. The discussions with Metzger prompted the notion of forming Plugd as a separate music/sound design entity, said Deloye.
Were not leveraging Plugd off of H-Gun by any means, said Deloye. The music on the reel, which right now is primarily Daves compositions, is kick-ass. We feel that Plugd can compete with a lot of the top music houses once we get the word out.
Plugd has signed Chicago-based independent rep Gabrielle Giebels to handle marketing duties for the company in the Midwest. Deloye related they are now in talks with several West Coast-based reps.
