"What Just Happened?" is an album that collects four pieces by Paal Nilssen-Love, composed for smaller configurations of his Large Unit ensemble. The pieces are for specific instruments: snare drum, saxophone and tuba — from three to six performers. This act of stripping the ensemble down to single instruments does not mean sparse minimalism, quite the opposite, as Paal explores the possibilities — and limits — of the individual instruments. Contributing to the music's quality is the incredible level of musical skill among the performers, and their willingness to venture into new areas.

The album was recorded in Tøyen Church in Oslo in June 2025 by Large Unit's regular sound engineer Christian Brynildsen Obermayer, and produced by Paal himself. In the growing catalogue of Large Unit recordings, "What Just Happened?" is perhaps most closely related to the 2018 album "More Fun Please," with the expanded Extra Large Unit album, which also showcased Paal's abilities not only as a musician and bandleader but also his interest in contemporary composition and exploration of new sounds. Or, as Joe McPhee would have put it: "fuck freejazz."

When asked what the title means, Paal says it was his hoped-for response when he organized the three-day festival of Large Unit projects in Oslo in 2022 — that both audience and performers would leave afterward wondering "what just happened?" — and, most of all, himself.