Valley Entertainment is an American independent record label based in New York City, United States distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. The company was founded in 1994 by Barney Cohen and Jon Birge. In 2001, it acquired the prestigious back catalogue of space, ambient, and new-age music from Hearts of Space Records. As of 2017, it has a catalogue of about 375 releases.
History
In 1979, Barney Cohen founded Valley Media (a separate company) and opened Valley Record Distributors in 1984. In 1994, he stepped down from Valley Media to focus on the proprietary independent music label he had started:[1] Valley Entertainment, founded in 1994 by Barney Cohen and Jon Birge.[2]
In 2001, they acquired from Stephen Hill the prestigious[3] trademark and back catalogue of his Hearts of Space Records[2]