Sam Taylor is an American

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record producer. Taylor got his start working as a video producer with

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. He went on to produce and manage several

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area rock bands, such as

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, and Atomic Opera. After breaking off his relationship with those bands, he later returned to produce the

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album ''

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'', and also to collaborate with longtime friend and cellist Max Dyer on a project called Moons of Jupiter.

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