Taste Media is a
record label and production company that has released records for bands such as
Muse and
Shed Seven. The company was formed by
Safta Jaffery
Safta Jaffery (6 March 1958 – 25 September 2017) was the British founder and owner of one of the first Production company, producer management companies in the United Kingdom called SJP/Dodgy Productions. The company's producers produced album ...
(former executive of
Decca and
Magnet Records A&R) and Dennis Smith, who owned the
Sawmills recording studio in
Cornwall.
History
Taste Media recorded three of Muse's albums, ''
Showbiz'', ''
Origin of Symmetry'' and ''
Absolution''. 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 Mu ...
in the
United Kingdom, with the label credit being split between Taste Media and Mushroom, later acts were issued independently. These independent releases included
One Minute Silence'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
The Buffseeds were an English indie pop band formed in Exeter, Devon, England, in 1999, consisting of Kieran Scragg on lead vocals and guitar, with Joel Scragg on bass, Ella Lewis on drums and Neil Reed on keyboards. They were active between 1 ...
,
One Minute Silence, and
Sundae Club
A sundae () is an ice cream dessert of American origin that typically consists of one or more scoops of ice cream topped with sauce or syrup and in some cases other toppings such as: sprinkles, whipped cream, marshmallows, peanuts, maraschino ...
.
See also
*
List of record labels
References
External links
Taste Media
British record labels
Indie rock record labels
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