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 and Futuresonic Festivals, alongside the clubnights To Amy With Love, 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 List of independent UK record labels
References
External links Official website