With its 10th anniversary Sonar Kollektiv is not just looking back on a successful past but is also laying the foundations for an even more successful future. Part of this is that the label equips itself for the digital age - and they are doing this with the new download platform Digital Kollektiv.

From May 2007 as an extension to the already existent Sonar Kollektiv web-shop, there will also be a new platform under the domain www.digitalkollektiv.com. This is not just a reaction to changing habits of the listening public, rather a new way of playing with the possibility that the medium of internet offers.

At first there will be Digital-Kollektiv releases to accompany regular albums - for example, made up of alternative versions, remixes and exclusive tracks which will partly only be available through Digital Kollektiv. Furthermore this opens a wide field of experimentation for JAZZANOVA's A&R team. The speed and flexibility of the medium means Digital Kollektiv is perfect for releases beyond the static frame of physical discs.

Of course, all downloads will be available not just as MP3s but also as non-lossy Wave files.

The third Digital-Kollektiv release offers exclusive material from Sunchild, the debut album by THIEF, the collaborative project between Singer/Songwriter SASCHA GOTTSCHALK and two members of JAZZANOVA, STEFAN LEISERING and AXEL REINEMER (together EXTENDED SPIRIT).

Sunchild is by no means a retro album, but much more weds "classical" musical qualities with forward thinking production techniques. Folk and psychedelic sound, the audio openness of tremolo guitars and other "real" instruments meet the futuristic touch of JAZZANOVA. A perceptive prism of the senses comes about in combination with SASCHA GOTTSCHALK's sensitive lyrics.

Two songs have been selected for the third Digital-Kollektiv: a radio edit of the title track Sunchild, as well as a previously unreleased exclusive track especially produced for this release. Down Down is a wonderful meandering melancholy song, which despite the line „It is too late to cry“ exudes placative hopes.