caption website associated_acts label image_size article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
photo hreinn gudlaugsson http://skulisverrisson.com/ laurie anderson , mo boma , blonde redhead extreme , 12 tónar 265px skúli sverrisson
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 23 october 1966 bass guitar jazz , jazz fusion skúli sverrisson by hreinn gudlaugsson.jpg reykjavík , iceland skúli sverrisson musician , composer
skúli sverrisson

skúli sverrisson -lrb- born 23 october 1966 -rrb- is an icelandic composer and bassist residing in new york city .
over the past two decades , bass guitarist-composer skuli sverrisson has worked with a veritable who 's who of the experimental world , from free jazz legends -lrb- wadada leo smith , derek bailey -rrb- to music icons -lrb- lou reed , jon hassel , david sylvian , arto lindsey -rrb- and composers -lrb- ryuichi sakamoto , johann johannsson and hildur gudnadottir -rrb- .
sverrisson is also known for his work as an artistic director for olof arnalds -lrb- innundir skinni , vid og vid -rrb- , recordings with blonde redhead and as a musical director for legendary performance artist laurie anderson .
he has released a series of duo albums of in collaboration with artists such as anthony burr , oskar gudjonsson , and hilmar jensson .
he has been a member of many influential groups including pachora , alas no axis , the allan holdworth group and the ben monder group .
sverrisson has also composed music for the icelandic dance company -lrb- open source -rrb- the national theatre of iceland -lrb- volva -rrb- and numerous films and installations such as `` welcome '' and `` music for furniture '' with olafur thordason , `` spacial meditation '' with claudia hill and `` when it was blue '' with experimental film maker jennifer reeves .
sverrisson founded seria , an ongoing ensemble featuring amedeo pace -lrb- blonde redhead -rrb- , olof arnalds , david thor jonsson , anthony burr , eyvind kang and hildur gudnadottir in 2005 and released seria in 2006 and seria ll in 2010 .
he has appeared on over 100 recordings and has performed around the world with a wide range of artists .
three new recordings of the ongoing collaboration with anthony burr and a new duo recording with oskar gudjonsson .
sverrisson has been awarded 5 icelandic music awards , including icelandic album of the year for seria in 2006 .
he has worked with numerous musicians and groups , including hildur guðnadóttir , hilmar jensson , jim black , chris speed , anthony burr , laurie anderson , allan holdsworth , ryuichi sakamoto , david sylvian , blonde redhead , yungchen lhamo , jamshied sharifi , Ólöf arnalds , pachora , and alas no axis .
he was a part of mo boma with jamshied sharifi and carsten tiedemann , releasing 4 albums on extreme ; `` jijimuge '' , `` myths of the near future - part one '' , `` myths of the near future - part two '' and `` myths of the near future - part three '' .
his solo works include `` seremonie '' in 1997 and `` sería '' in 2006 .
`` seria '' was chosen as `` best album of the year '' by the icelandic music awards .
sverrisson also plays dobro , acoustic bass guitar , and charango , in addition to electric bass .
he is currently music director for laurie anderson and tours with her internationally .
