{{Infobox musical artist | name = Úlfur | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Úlfur Hansson | alias = Bitroid, Klive, Dataplex | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|3|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Luxembourg | instrument = Synthesizer, electronics, laptop, Pd, Cycling '74, drum machine | genre = Electronic music, musique concrète, black metal | years_active = | label = Western Vinyl, Figureight, Kimi Records, Mille Plateaux | associated_acts = Jónsi | website = http://ulfurhansson.com }}
'''Úlfur Hansson''' (born 1988) is an Icelandic electronic musician. Úlfur'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 [http://www.rjominn.is rjominn.is].<ref>{{cite web|author=Pétur Valsson|title=Árslisti Rjómans 2008|url=http://rjominn.is/arslistar/arslistinn-2008/|publisher=Rjominn.is|accessdate=June 10, 2010}}</ref> In promotion of the album, Klive toured Germany in 2009, opening for Kira Kira.<ref>Kira Kira & Klive [http://www.icelandmusic.is/news/1071/Kira-Kira-Klive---Nordrid-Tour-In-Germany/default.aspx "Norðrið Tour In Germany"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722022537/http://www.icelandmusic.is/news/1071/Kira-Kira-Klive---Nordrid-Tour-In-Germany/default.aspx |date=2011-07-22 }}, Sullivan, Paul; August 17, 2009, accessed November 26, 2010.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bound By Form |url=http://www.icelandmusic.is/In-the-spotlight/1199/Klive---Bound-By-Form/default.aspx |publisher=Iceland Music Export |accessdate=June 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101045438/http://icelandmusic.is/In-the-spotlight/1199/Klive---Bound-By-Form/default.aspx |archivedate=November 1, 2010 }}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Best, John|title=Introducing Jónsi's Live Band|url=http://jonsi.com/introducing-jonsis-live-band|publisher=www.jonsi.com|accessdate=June 10, 2010|archive-date=May 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512181805/http://jonsi.com/introducing-jonsis-live-band|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Selected discography== * ''Batsugun Returns'' (as Bitroid) – 2006, self-released. * ''Sweaty Psalms'' (as Klive) – 2008, self-released. * ''The End is as Near As Your Teeth'' (w/ Swords of Chaos). Kimi Records, 2010.<ref>[http://www.kimirecords.com/releases/kr019/ ''The End Is As Near As Your Teeth''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101152624/http://www.kimirecords.com/releases/kr019/ |date=2010-11-01 }}, Kimi Records, November 19, 2010, accessed November 26, 2010.</ref> * ''Sweaty Psalms'' (as Klive) – 2010, European version released on Mille Plateaux. * ''White Mountain'' (as Úlfur) 2012.<ref>[http://www.afterhoursmagazine.jp/main/label/ulfurwhite_mountaincd.php "White Mountain"], ''After Hours'', February 14, 2012, accessed May 1, 2012. {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==Collaboration projects== * ''Drift'' – 2007. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in ZKM (Karlsruhe, Germany).<ref>[http://elinhansdottir.net/project/17 ''Drift''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723115202/http://elinhansdottir.net/project/17 |date=2011-07-23 }}, Elín Hansdóttir, January 8, 2007, accessed October 31, 2010.</ref> * ''Helix'' – 2008. A happening with Elín Hansdóttir. Reykjavík, Iceland).<ref>[http://elinhansdottir.net/project/30 ''Helix''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723115115/http://elinhansdottir.net/project/30 |date=2011-07-23 }}, Elín Hansdóttir, Oktober 12, 2008, accessed October 31, 2010.</ref> * ''Path'' – 2008. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in Listasafn Íslands (Reykjavík, Iceland) and Gallery Maribel Lopez (Berlin, Germany). * ''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. * ''Pretty Bassic'' – 2009. Music for Margrét Bjarnadóttir and Saga Sigurðardóttir's dance piece for Reykjavik Dance Festival. * ''Universolo'' – 2010. Audio work for Elín Hansdóttir's installation in Unosolo Project Space (Rome, Italy).<ref>[http://elinhansdottir.net/project/36 ''Universolo''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022104911/http://www.elinhansdottir.net/project/36 |date=2010-10-22 }}, Elín Hansdóttir', March 23, 2010, accessed October 31, 2010.</ref>
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Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Icelandic musicians Category:Western Vinyl artists Category:Musique concrète