WonderWolf is Gideon Kretschmer, a South African/German songwriter, musician and producer now based in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Gideon picked up the guitar at age 13, and started writing his own songs from day one. Over the years he’s played in a number of successful bands, toured extensively, released numerous albums and singles, and written and recorded countless tracks for himself and other independent artists. He founded indie label HopePunk Records in 2019 and also runs his own production and recording studio HopePunk Studios, from his base in the Channel Islands.
A big part of the fun in creating music is the collaborative energy of working with other like-minded creatives, and WonderWolf is one of a number of projects Gideon is involved in (check out all the HopePunk Records’ artists.
After years of playing in bands and writing for others, WonderWolf was conceptualised back in 2016 as his first solo project, and up to 2018 was the primary outlet for all of his songwriting, which covered a range of genres and styles – from acoustic, pop ballads to electro experimentation all the way through to emo, hard rock, grunge and metal (no creative limits or genre boundaries were set). But all the songs had a distinct underlying identity grounded in melancholy and melody, with a natural evolution over the years.
After the release of his first 3 albums (“The Long Winter” – 2017, “Chapters” – 2018, and “Archives Vol I + Vol II” – 2018) he decided to create a separate creative identity for each of the key styles/genre directions he experiments with, which led to the birth of his other two solo projects – LAVA SUIT in 2020 (for his softer side covering i.e. acoustic, folk, pop, emo/ post-rock, ballads) and ST. BEATUS in 2021 (his electronic experiments).
During the same time he also started 3 additional collaborative projects with musician friends around the world – check out HEADFURY (melodic modern rock/alternative metal), PIRATES OF RADIO (experimental alternative indie and industrial jams) and WHAM BAM! (grungy pop-punk-party rock).
HEAVY / MELODIC / MELANCHOLIC
This left WonderWolf as the natural home for his harder guitar-driven melodic creations, covering everything from alternative, rock, punk, grunge, metal, emo etc. This led to a number of new singles releasing since 2020 to critical acclaim, including recent singles “We don’t belong here”, “The Distance” (an epic collaboration with Johan Heyns from SA rockers Far From Who We Are), and “Morning Prayer”.
2022 saw the release of 4 new singles – throwback emo rocker “Vanilla Sky” in February, followed by hard-hitting “Synthetic” in April. The release of two B-side tracks (“Here with You” and “Simplify Me”) from his archive of unreleased songs followed in October.
And 2023 already sees 3 massive singles joining his growing catalog – melodic rock ballad “Mud” released in April, then a beautiful reinterpretation of 2017’s haunting “GHOST” (in collab with Lava Suit) releases on Fri 02 June (PRE-SAVE NOW), followed by hard-hitting new single “RESET” (release date TBC).. stay tuned for more info…
Check out hopepunkrecords.com for all the latest info on Wonderwolf and all the other HopePunk artists
KEY LINKS:
- ARTIST EPK
- SOCIALS
- WONDERWOLF MERCH SHOP (worldwide shipping)
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