On 30 May 2025 Silke Eberhard’s Potsa Lotsa XL releases Amoeba’s Dance its 4th album in its evolution from wind quartet in 2010 to her agile XL tentet, an all-star cast of Berlin’s jazz avant-garde, awarded Deutscher Jazzpreis 2023 for large ensemble of the year.

> You can order it from here (Distribution via Galileo)

« Véritable complicité harmonique et humaine. »
Jazz Mania.be, Eric Therer (on Gaya 2022)

« Eberhard’s compositions—bold in structure, fluid in dynamics, unpredictable in the best possible ways—demand close listening. For the patient, those prepared for a long seduction, repeated listening will gradually unveil a wealth of riches. »
All About Jazz, Ian Patterson

Amoeba’s Dance will slyly step and slide into your heart, in the 1 minute 11 seconds of track 1 Dactylopodial. 6 seconds of track 3 Reticulate your body is quite likely moving. For the ones who dare to dance there are tracks to animate. For attentive ears there is spaciousness with depth, the proximity of the very near to further away – each track an intimate creature with distinct shape shifting momentum, that form this compelling body of music.

With seductive and delicious play by each of the musicians, Amoeba’s Dance is a testament to Silke’s compositions, achieving the rare feat of a perfect balance between the greatest possible freedom in interplay and what happens of its own accord within Silke’s intricate systems.

“I had a basic idea that amoebas move around by changing their shape. I built various small systems that I looked at as if through a microscope. What happens when I go deeper and deeper into the details and then pull the sounds apart again until I am satisfied with them? It was research in tones.”
Silke Eberhard

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