Taste Media is a

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and production company that has released records for bands such as

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and

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. The company was formed by Safta Jaffery (former executive of

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and Magnet Records A&R) and Dennis Smith, who owned the Sawmills recording studio in

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Taste Media recorded three of Muse's albums, '' Showbiz'', '' Origin of Symmetry'' and ''

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''. Whilst the recordings by Muse were licensed to

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival ...

in the

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, with the label credit being split between Taste Media and Mushroom, later acts were issued independently. These independent releases included

One Minute Silence One Minute Silence is an Irish four-piece rap metal/nu metal band based in London, England. The band consists of vocalist Brian 'Yap' Barry, from Templemore, County Tipperary, guitarist Massimo Fiocco from London, drummer Martin Davies, and ...

's ''One Life Fits All'', Serafin's ''No Push Collide'', along with Shed Seven's '' Where Have You Been Tonight?'' live album and their "Why Can't I Be You?" single, both released in 2003. The publishing side of Taste's repertoire was handled by sister company Taste Music who retain the publishing rights to Muse's first three albums and also handle the compositions of Buffseeds,

, and Sundae Club.

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