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Valley Entertainment
Valley Entertainment is a United States music distributor and independent record label based in New York City. The company was founded in 1996 by Barney Cohen, president and CEO. In 2001, they acquired the prestigious〔 back catalogue of space, ambient, and New Age music from Hearts of Space Records. , they have a catalogue of about 300 releases.
==History==
In 1979, Barney Cohen founded Valley Media (a separate company) and opened Valley Record Distributors in 1984. In 1997, he stepped down from Valley Media to focus on the proprietary independent music label he had started:〔AFIM, Independent Music Hall of Fame, 14th annual Hall of Fame Awards for 2000, ("Barney Cohen" (biography) ), via Archive.org〕 Valley Entertainment, founded in 1994 by Barney Cohen (owner, president, CEO) and Jon Birge (director).〔Ambient News, ("Valley Entertainment Announces Acquisition of Hearts of Space Records!" ) (scroll down), via Archive.org〕
In 2001, they acquired from Stephen Hill the prestigious〔Sande, Steve (2004). ("The sky's the limit with ambient music" ), ''San Francisco Chronicle'', January 11, 2004, p. PK-18, at SFGate.com via Archive.org: "() the Sausalito record label Hearts of Space, which has carved out a dominant niche in the area of avant-garde electronica by providing what he calls "slow music for fast times." () The success of companies like Hearts of Space (which was purchased by New York's Valley Entertainment in 2001), the abundance of do-it-yourself home studios and an increase in tech-knowledgeable customers suggest that the market for ambient music may increase in the near future."〕 trademark and back catalogue of his Hearts of Space Records〔 (including among its about 140 releases such albums as Constance Demby's 1986 ''Novus Magnificat'', Michael Stearns's 1988 ''Encounter'', Rich & Roach's 1990 ''Strata'', Rich & Lustmord's 1995 ''Stalker'', Steve Roach's 1996 ''The Magnificent Void'', Robert Rich's 1998 ''Seven Veils'', and solo albums by Paul Haslinger from Tangerine Dream). As Hill explained, "Despite our success, by 2000 things were getting very difficult for record companies our size, and ultimately we sold the label to a larger company in 2001. Luckily we found Jon Birge of Valley Entertainment, who recognized what we had accomplished and has kept the HOS Records catalog together and available."〔Bonk, Jamie (2005). ("A Conversation With Stephen Hill" ), Conversations with Jamie: Artist-To-Artist Series, July 2005, ''New Age Reporter'' at NewAgeReporter.com via Archive.org〕 Though not any more associated with its business side, Stephen Hill continues to work on Artist & Repertoire and to produce new recordings for the label.〔HOS, ("Hearts of Space - About" ): "While we still help produce new recordings for the label, we no longer run it day to day."〕〔HOS, ("Hearts of Space - Company" ): "In 2001 the record label part of the company was sold to Valley Entertainment in New York, who maintain the catalog of almost 150 titles and release selected new recordings. Producer Stephen Hill continues to work on A&R and production of new releases, while maintaining work on the radio program."〕〔HOS, ("Hearts of Space - Bios" ): "(Hill ) produces new compilations for Valley/Hearts of Space, ()"〕
In January 2010 Valley Entertainment launched a new edition of (Valley-Entertainment.com ) - offering direct digital downloads for the first time.〔http://www.valley-entertainment.com/news/welcome.html〕
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