SUNCHILD

"thief is a collaborative project between sascha gottschalk and two members of jazzanova members stefan leisering and axel reinemer (together extended spirit). so far thief is best known for his outstanding contributions to the secret love compilations as conceived by jazzanova and resoul (soultrade record store). he has also collaborated with people such as clara hill, andre zimma and airmate. after two singles (the sirens' call - sk125 and hold on, hold on - sk129) the long awaited debut album by thief is finally standing on the starting blocks. already after the first few bars it is obvious that in thief sonar kollektiv have found one of the best songwriter teams of the label's entire portfolio. at the center of the project there is singer and guitarist sascha gottschalk who together with extended spirit has managed to build a bridge between a classical singer-songwriter concept and the advanced studio productions of jazzanova. some pieces are very traditionally arranged with just vocals and guitar, while other tracks were the result of studio sessions." www.soulseduction.com