Klive Musical artist

Úlfur Hansson (born 1988), better known as Klive, is an Icelandic electronic musician. Klive's first album, Sweaty Psalms, was released in May 2008. It was recorded and written over two years, self-released but distributed by Kimi Records locally. The record received outstanding reviews in local newspapers and webzines, for example, being voted the seventh best album of 2008 by rjominn.is. In promotion of the album, Klive toured Germany in 2009, opening for Kira Kira. Following the success of Klive's first album, Úlfur signed a record deal with newly reformed Mille Plateaux.Úlfur Hansson has worked closely with his sibling and visual artist, Elín Hansdóttir, over the years. He also plays bass guitar with the Icelandic band Swords of Chaos.Since April 2010, Úlfur Hansson has been a touring member of Jónsi (Jón Þór Birgisson of Sigur Rós) international promotional tour of Jónsi's album Go.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)
Bitroid Dataplex
Úlfur Hansson
Birth dateMarch 30, 1988
Birth place
Luxembourg

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Jónsi
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Black metal
Electronic music
Musique concrète
instrument
Pure Data
Cycling '74
Drum machine
Music technology
Laptop
Synthesizer
record label
Mille Plateaux
Kimi Records

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External resources

  1. http://ulfurhansson.com
  2. http://www.rjominn.is