Valentine Records

Valentine Records
Founded2001
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationManchester
Official website[1]

Valentine Records is a British independent record label, based in Manchester, England and founded in September 2001.

Its initial roster comprised guitar bands such as Extinguish Her, Chevron, Palo Alto and Five Years Later as well as electronic/laptop artists such as I-Node, doublejo(H)ngrey, Lynskey, Ultrafoetus and The Hi Fi Renaissance.

At present the roster comprises Mark Corrin (aka Shirokuma, formerly of Faith & Hope Records), John Callaghan (also of Warp Records/Uncharted Audio), Babyslave, I-Lucifer, Still Forever, Pandemonium, Dirty Mice, Gleick and Reigns of Monty Carlo.

International guest artists include Neil Milton (Warsaw), No-way Sweden (Melbourne), Red Martian (Seattle), Warscapes (Paris) and Daniel Maze (Vancouver).

Valentine has also promoted a variety of live events over the years, including showcases at Manchester's In The City[1] and Futuresonic[2] Festivals, alongside the clubnights To Amy With Love,[3] Transmission: Manchester, Rebellious Jukebox, TAGO>MAGO and SOUND>VISION. In 2016, along with AnalogueTrash Records, the label hosted the two day FOUNDATIONS micro-festival, celebrating grassroots live music, creative collaboration, community networking and multimedia art/film and performance.

Featured live acts have included Cylob, Max Tundra, Capitol K, ¡Forward, Russia!, Damo Suzuki, Kylie Minoise and iLiKETRAiNS.

Discography

Artist Title Cat No
The Hi Fi Renaissance 4 Track EP Valentine 001
Extinguish Her Reflect On My Mistakes Valentine 002
Five Years Later My Identical EP Valentine 003
Chevron Keep Two Apart/Twisted & Fallen Valentine 004
Palo Alto Still EP Valentine 005
Various A Valentine Records Sampler Valentine 006
I-Node La Souteneur Numerique Valentine 007
Palo Alto Wades into Water Valentine 008
doublejo(H)ngrey Life's A Lot of Fun Valentine 009
Various To Amy With Love Valentine 010
Lynskey The Complete Guide to Spacefolk Valentine 011
Cartwheel Man: In Love with Machine EP Valentine 012
Joe Ladyboy Mekano Disco Valentine 013
Penguin Map Mijinko Corporate Policy EP Valentine 014
Ultrafoetus EP1 Valentine 015
Extinguish Her Hit My Head Valentine 016
Penguin Map Mijinko Adventure Island Valentine 017
Babyslave Babyslave Valentine 018
The Hi Fi Renaissance The Music of Chance Valentine 019
Various Dirty Valentine Valentine 020

See also

References

  1. ^ "Manchester Music - News Story From the Archive". 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Futuresonic". 15 June 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Amy returns to Manchester..." DrownedInSound.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2020.