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E n d e n o r

Ove Volquartz

Chris Sharkey

Maria Jardardottir

Endenor is a trio collaboration founded in 2005 between German reeds and woodwind player Ove Volquartz, English guitarist Chris Sharkey and Norwegian voice musician Maria Jardardottir.

The three musicians have hugely different and resourceful musical backgrounds and meet on the grounds of totally free and anarchist improvisation, also at times infused with the utilization of the Norwegian poems of Jardardottir. Meaning one piece may come out as a contemporary jazz ballad, one as the sound track of a horror movie, another as a tender lullaby and yet another as a cross between a sustained folky marimba journey and a progressive rock tune.

Endenor appeared in Leeds doing an acoustic concert in the Holy Trinity Church on the 25th of March 2006. They carried out a tour in Germany in early May 2006 where they were booked for concerts at the art gallery The Apex in Göttingen as well as for the series Loft Music at the Salzmann Factory in Kassel and for engagements at the Nordischer Klang Festival in Greifswald. In November 2006 Endenor were over to Germany again for engagements at the Göttingen Jazz Festival.

To listen to Endenor go to tracks.