Latent Info, the new project by Klampanis, dubbed ‘Bass Ace’ by Bass Player Magazine, featuring Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu and Israeli drummer Ziv Ravitz, now demonstrates that instrumental music is indeed capable of storytelling. It tells its story as the ‘latent information’ of a piece, just as real but intangible as unspoken thoughts, unattained goals or flowers in the asphalt, unseen and largely ignored.

In order to bring the unexplored sound information to consciousness, the album of the same name, released in February 2025 on Enja, was recorded – in contrast to current recording practice – with all three musicians sharing the space at the same time, with the respective microphones subtly capturing the subtext floating in the room. Sometimes they improvise over subtle calypso rhythms, sometimes they indulge in dreamy elegies, then again they give way to strong syncopation, but always dominated by sparkling piano sounds that draw their power from subtlety.

Throughout, the musical dialogues and trialogues of Klampanis, Randalu and Ravitz shine a spotlight on the realm of the unspoken, the overlooked and, of course, the unheard or overheard – and, last but not least, reveal the beauty and power that lies in all unnoticed things.