Mastermind
The artists, the press and the campaign records, each marked with the kind of source behind it.
The founder
Michael Darius Eastwood
Michael Darius Eastwood is the founder and director of Mastermind. Its artists, press and campaign records are on this site. Alongside it, he has written a book, founded a new field of research and built two software ventures. Every line below says where to check it.
The record at a glance
Read the record ↗︎
Infinite Architects
His book, in print since 2 January 2026 and free to read in full.
Recursive Dynamics
The field he founded, and the ARC Theory within it: first dated 8 December 2024, unproven, and with its predictions registered on 8 September 2026.
Eden Legal AI and Eden Control
Two software ventures, each on its own site: Eden Legal AI, opening as a private beta, and Eden Control, a working prototype.
For each field, the bar he claims is written down before its evidence, weakest point included. The standard of evidence ↗︎
At Mastermind
416client campaigns on record
314artists
2013 to 2023years of campaigns
13 of 13archived About pages list him first in the management team, 2014 to 2024
“We believe that every musician should be in charge of their own careers.”Michael Eastwood · Original Mastermind mission
The record on this site shows his own hand in the work, credit by credit.
His credits on this site
Music videos he made as creative director and producer include Cocoa Tea and Learn To Love for Sabrina Francis, as their published descriptions credit him. The production page names the source of each credit.
Mastermind Production ↗︎Director of the I Care shoot for Katiuska McLean, 24 and 25 November 2022, as the company's case study records.
The I Care case study ↗︎Byline on the four journal articles on this site.
The journal ↗︎
“My first education in recursion”
Before the agency there were the turntables. In the Author's Note of his book he says what those rooms taught him.
“I learned, in those sweaty rooms full of strangers, how repetition and variation create tension and release, how a subtle shift in rhythm can transform collective consciousness in real time. That was my first education in recursion.”Michael Darius Eastwood · Infinite Architects, Author's Note
The book
Infinite Architects
Infinite Architects: Intelligence, Recursion, and the Creation of Everything was published on 2 January 2026. The whole book is free to read on his site.
The research
Recursive Dynamics
He is the founder of Recursive Dynamics, the study of how self-amplifying systems grow, correct and persist. Within it sits the ARC Theory, which asks whether a system that improves itself stays correctable. The theory is unproven and not yet replicated outside his own programme. Its predictions were registered on 8 September 2026, and it is published with the tests that could prove it wrong and with his own retraction of an early headline result.
The ventures
Four ventures, each on its own site
Mastermind
Where it started: promotion, branding and social media, with production, events, a record label and the Academy beside them.
About Mastermind ↗︎Eden Research
The research company: Eden Research is the trading name of Recursive Dynamics Ltd, which he founded on 21 October 2026, registered in England and Wales, company number 17532305. Its site carries the research programme, its papers and its registered predictions.
Eden Legal AI
Litigation software he built: one linked record for each case, every authority checked at its official source, and nothing released until a person approves it. It is opening as a private beta, and it does not give legal advice.
edenlegal.ai ↗︎Eden Control
A governance layer for AI agents: it records who authorised each action an agent takes through it and checks the action against that authority before it runs. It is a working prototype.
edencontrol.com ↗︎Check the standard
Range is easy to claim and hard to check. On his own site the bar for each field is written down before the evidence, and the weakest point of each is stated in his own words.
He sets out the standard each field is held to ↗︎, and how to check it.
Two ways to get in touch
For music, branding and campaigns, talk to Mastermind. For the book, the research or a speaking invitation, use his press room.