Entanglements by Matthias Schubert - Simon Nabatov

The two musicians met in New York in 1984, thanks to the mutual friend, the German drummer Ernst Bier. They jammed a lot, exchanged musical ideas and gradually developed a common language and understanding that still hold true today. Since Nabatov moved to Cologne in 1989, they played in many ad-hoc bands and their own projects. The Matthias Schubert Quartet (with Lindsey Horner on bass and Tom Rainey on drums) has performed extensively and released three CDs ("For Thieves and Lovers" in 1992, "Blue and Grey Suite" in 1995 and "Momentum" in 2000). Around that time the Schubert/Nabatov duo was formed, with numerous performances and the CD "Descriptions", released in 2013. Matthias Schubert can be heard on Nabatov's quintet CD "Roundtrip", the septet recording "Time Labyrinth" and the quintet recording “No Kharms Done”, among others, as well as in the collective trio "Square Down" with Ernst Reijseger – all released on the British label Leo Records.
In addition, the duo has published two Bandcamp releases - "Fragment" 2020 (live recording from Cologne LOFT) and "Old Sins" 2021 (a recovered recording from 1993), both available on https://simonnabatov.bandcamp.com/.

„Entanglements“ is their new release, this time on the New York-based label Acheulian Handaxe (handaxe.org), run by the German experimental musician Hans Tammen.

On this album the duo expands the sonic landscapes of their musical encounters through addition of live electronics.

Simon Nabatov, pianist and composer, was born in Moscow in 1959.
In 1979 he emigrated to the USA, spent in NY next 10 years and 1989 he moved to Germany.
Simon Nabatov played with the "who's who" of the jazz and improvised music community, gave concerts in over 60 countries, appeared on the numerous international festivals, received prizes and documented his music on 30 CD's under his own name.