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Kanaru Abe Presents: Ricardo Wolff, rhythm guitar (and graphic designer!) on Kraken

From: Kraken Photoset Series 4/7

Banner: Background photo from “Kraken ~ Un Homenaje Real sobre Esta Tierra” live in Bogotá in May 28th 2017. Front drawing by Kanaru Abe 1. From “Kraken 30 Años ~ La Fortaleza del Titán” live in Medellín, December 18th 2013 2. With Luis Ramírez, photo from “Kraken ~ Un Homenaje Real sobre Esta Tierra” live in Bogotá in May 28th 2017. Probably during Paul Gillman performance 3. June 2014, with Elkin Ramírez in an event on Canterbury Bar celebrating the anniversary of Kraken. The photo is mostly known because of the “Grumpy Cat” t-shirt Elkin uses 4. A selfie before of a live event I don’t remember which one was, probably in 2014 or 2015. The whole band is here 5. With Rubén Gélvez and Luis Ramírez, photo from “Kraken ~ Un Homenaje Real sobre Esta Tierra” live in Bogotá in May 28th 2017. Because of the colors, it is during Adrián Barilari (Rata Blanca) performance 6. 2013 year, during the recording of the video of “La Barca de los Locos”, at Ozzy Bar Rock

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Name: Ricardo Wolff Nicknames: Tato (he uses it on his social networks, and he’s called that way mostly by very close relatives), Richard (often called this way by his bandmates on Kraken, as well by most fans) Birthplace: Medellín, Colombia Birthdate: February 22th, 1978 Entered on Kraken in: He says he began to work with Kraken by 2002 year, but officially he entered became part of backstage by 2005 year. As a musician, in 2009 year Position: Rythm guitar (since October 2009), graphic designer (since around 2004-2005 year). Former roadie (2004-2009) Albums he appears: Filarmónico (2006) (Booklet and artwork design, photography). Humana Deshumanización (2009) (Cover design in all the editions, back vocals) Kraken VI: Sobre Esta Tierra (2016) (Rhythm guitar, back vocals, cover design) Kraken 30 Años: La Fortaleza del Titán (live DVD 2014&2017) (Rhythm guitar, back vocals, cover design, stage production, screens...) El Legado (2017; compilatory, limited edition and collector-targeted EP release produced by Psychophony Records) (Back vocals on “El Tiempo no Miente Jamás”, “Desde el Exilio” [both included before on Humana Deshumanización] and Rhythm Guitar and back vocals on “La Barca de los Locos [2013 version]”)

Other bands: Former member of Haz de His, Exilio and Espíritu Nocturno

Other work info: Graduated as graphic designer Experience as drummer and singer Director of the promotional videos of the songs Desde el Exilio and La Barca de los Locos

He began on Kraken carrying cables and the equipment of the band, and eventually began to work with the band on his specialty: stage production, graphic designer on the albums. By then he had formed a good friendship with Elkin and the rest of the band. For Elkin, Ricardo was almost a brother, given the affinity because of coming of the same city. Ricardo’s creativity and aesthetical taste gave a lot on the image of Kraken in the visual aspects since then.

Humana Deshumanización was recorded with a musical structure who required two guitars in live, so it was being really hard for Andrés Leiva to perform the songs with only guitar. Because of it, Elkin asked Ricardo to audition when he remembered Ricardo played guitars, and he became the second guitar of Kraken: The first time Kraken having two guitars since the times of Kraken V (1995, with Henry Borrero and Byron Sánchez). Since then, Ricardo performs as second guitar, to this date. His debut lives were the lives who served as presentation of Humana Deshumanización album, in October 2009.

Ricardo is mostly known among the fans because of being very reserved on-stage, often being on the back, behind the outgoing ones like Lucho and Elkin. Sometimes, giving the impression of being more like a support than a full-fledged member. Off-stage, he is known because of being the most serious one, not only in person, also in social networks. On Kraken VI booklet, Ricardo even apologizes to his bandmates on his thank-you text because of being a “grumpy”. But in spite of his seriousness, he’s very emotional regarding Kraken, and defends the project fiercely. He’s also trusted in live for back vocals, being his one of most known characteristic, powerful and notorious on live performances.

In spite of being the last one to join Kraken as musician, he’s the oldest one of the instrumentists, being the opposite of Luis Ramírez, who’s the first one who joined as musician on the actual lineup, but the youngest one of the band. For a while, Ricardo was also known for putting his beloved GoPro camera on the guitar and recording videos of his perspective of the lives, but he toned down this on the last years.

To this date, Ricardo is the only one of Kraken (without counting Elkin Ramírez because he passed away before I began to listen the band) I don’t know personally outside the stage. He’s a very good performer, though sometimes underrated because of not liking to be much noticed, and often overlooked when you have in the front the likes of extroverts like Lucho and Rubén, or the presence as lead guitar of Leiva. But, in spite of this I already have some amazing memories with him, since he was the first member of Kraken who acknowledged the project of the giftbox for the band, since he’ve seen photos of when I just began to build it with popsicles, as well as he’ve seen the handmade sketches of the drawings who later turned to be the keychains of Luis Ramírez and Andrés Leiva. I know it because I posted them in FB and he thanked me. He also recognized me in the middle of the crowd of Día de Rock Colombia 2017 (August 12th) and sent me greetings on the end of the live XDD. I have the feeling that though he is very serious, he’s kind.

I hope to meet him personally one day, though he’s the hardest one to reach of the band, because of living outside of Bogotá (actually he lives on a town named El Carmen del Viboral, in the same region where Medellín is), not just because I like him loads as musician, also because his signature is the only one I haven’t in my drawing of Elkin. I think Ricardo is the hardest to reach right now, with the second one being Andrés Ramírez (who lives in Medellín, but sometimes going to Bogotá for the lives and other stuff, and the last time I talked with him was in January 2018 in a fan event). And the easiest ones to me are the rest of the musicians, because of living in Bogotá and also because of their presence in other bands, and performing live very frequently with these projects, so there is always a chance of meet them performing or even on fan-events.

I hope you like this photoset as much as I did. If net allows me I will try to continue publishing other individual photosets of all the members of the band, as well as one special for Elkin’s son, Andrés Ramírez. (That’s the reason this series will have seven parts and not only one).

See ya! :3