Úlfur - Black Shore from Máni M. Sigfússon on Vimeo.

This is a new video from our Icelandic pal Úlfur (previously known as Klive), featuring a track from his forthcoming album White Mountain. Keep your ears peeled coz the album ruuuuuules! Video directed by Máni M. Sigfússon.

We are proud to welcome the first Northern Hemisphere addition to the Sonorous Circle; introducing Úlfur Hansson and his musical alias, Klive, all the way from Reykjavík, Iceland!

We first fell in brotherly love with Úlfur in Australia on the Jonsi tour in August 2010 and were delighted at the opportunity to get up to date by re-releasing his 2008 album, Sweaty Psalms:

SCR010: Klive - Sweaty Psalms
Electronic music made with experimental and IDM tendencies from complex and intriguing sounds. Detailed like detritus with the character of creatures and electrified oceans. Just the right amount of grime with organic grace. Subtle audio manipulation used to create other worlds with the warmth of home. This is an album that requires patience, for there is little that is rushed and with much layering and depth it remains elusive after repeat listens. Originally self-released in Iceland in 2008, Sweaty Psalms is now available for download or on CD in limited supply from our neck of the woods!

Click here for download link, $7USD or order a CD here.

AN INTERVIEW WITH KLIVE:
In order to make up for our immense geographical divide we asked him a few questions so you could all get to know him a little:

/ You originally released Sweaty Psalms in 2008 at the age of 20. Nice one! What was the process of making this album? What tools do you like to use?
It wasn’t a very focused project to begin with. I started making my own music a long time ago, and eventually came to a point where I recognized certain characteristics connecting some of my songs. Something I felt in these sounds outlined a path I was eager to explore - that something  being a kind of liminality difficult to pin down. Venturing further towards these strong undefined emotions was very exciting. Anyway, SP was mostly made from field recordings I made during trips around town, holidays in the countryside etc - mixed with more sinister synthesis from my max/msp doodles - and finally sequenced with warm live instrumentation in Ableton.
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