Klive is an Icelandic electronic musician, Úlfur Hansson (born 1988). 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

Kimi Records

-History:Kimi Records was founded in 2007 by Baldvin Esra Einarsson and his wife out of Akureyri, Iceland. The Kimi Records roster includes mainly Icelandic inde rock acts, but also includes bands belonging to other genres of music and despite it's young age, Kimi records have also released...

 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

Kitchen Motors

Kitchen Motors is an Iceland based think tank, record label and an art collective specializing in instigating collaborations and putting on concerts, exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows....

. Following the success of Klive's first album, Úlfur signed a record deal with newly reformed Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...

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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

Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...

) international promotional tour of Jónsi's album Go

Go (Jónsi album)

Go is the debut studio album by Icelandic musician Jónsi, frontman of the band Sigur Rós. The album was released on April 5, 2010, through XL Recordings, as reported by a downloadable track from the official site...

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Selected discography

• The End is as Near As Your Teeth (w/ Swords of Chaos). Kimi Records, 2010.
• Sweaty Psalms (as Klive) - 2010, European version released on Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
  
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• Sweaty Psalms (as Klive)- 2008, self-released.
• Batsung Returns (as Bitroid) - 2006, self-released.

Collaboration projects

• Universolo - 2010. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in Unosolo Project Space (Rome, Italy).
• Each Thousand Years But a Day - 2009. Musical composition for a 7-piece brass band performed at Ryan Parteka's opening in Reykjavík Art Museum
  Reykjavik Art Museum
  Reykjavik Art Museum is the largest visual art institution in Iceland. It occupies three locations in Reykjavík; in Harbour House by the old harbour at Kjarvalsstaðir by Klambratún and in Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum in Laugardalur...
  
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• Pretty Bassic - 2009. Music for Margrét Bjarnadóttir and Saga Sigurðardóttir's dance piece for Reykjavik Dance Festival.
• Helix - 2008. A happening with Elín Hansdóttir. Reykjavík, Iceland).
• Path - 2008. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in Listasafn Íslands (Reykjavík, Iceland) and Gallery Maribel Lopez (Berlin, Germany).
• Drift - 2007. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in ZKM (Karlsruhe, Germany).