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reset algorithm

RELEASED APRIL 3, 2025 
90% of this music was recorded on guitar. 
2% of these recordings is my own voice. 
3% is digital instruments and samples. 
5% of this music consists of field recordings.
100% of reset algorithm bandcamp earnings go to Earth Percent - a charity providing a simple way for the music industry to support the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency.  

 

One of the questions I ask myself most often in my artistic activities is "can music change the world?" I still don't have a clear answer. But I wish it could. I would like music to be part of change - whether social or political.
 

From these reflections, the concept of reset algorithm was born. One of the biggest challenges of our time is something that, paraphrasing Achille Mbembe, can be called the burning of the world. Global warming. Climate change. I have created something like a soundtrack for a world coming to an end, at least as I hear it. Hence the guitar loops that evolve and fade from minute to minute. Yes, reset algorithm marks my return to the guitar! For the past year and a half, I've primarily explored the language of samples, digital sounds, and everything on the margins... Meanwhile, the new music is almost entirely recorded using just the guitar. Of course, what I'm doing doesn't fit the classic context of a guitar hero, top guitar, etc. Thankfully :)


reset algorithm isn't just music. Maybe the music is even less important than the overall message. In the titles, I reference Donald Trump's tweets and the aesthetics of memes. This album is my sonic reflection on ecological activism, but primarily on the kind that happens online. Foolish politicians, endless negotiations of big corporations, social media as a hotbed for conspiracy theories and fake news. It's the challenging everyday reality of digital activists. It all requires a radical reset. We need to change our thinking. We need to change our attitudes. We need to change how modern information distribution works. We need to reset the algorithm.

Releasing this album is particularly important to me in the context of activism.

 

I decided that 100% of the proceeds from the sale of reset algorithm on Bandcamp will go to Earth Percent - a foundation co-founded by Brian Eno, which I have been supporting for some time. Brian once said that if we solve the problem of ecological activism, we will become a better society. And that's why we should treat global warming not as a perspective of disaster but as an opportunity. I remember that this positive message resonated deeply with me. I am proud to join, through my sounds, wonderful friends at Earth Percent. I hope that in this way, music can - even in a small way - be part of a larger change.


I hope you support this initiative.​

tracklist

It's snowing & freezing in NYC
Negotiating?
It's fine
Reset Algorithm
See you tomorrow




MUSIC AND CONCEPT
FIELD RECORDINGS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Michał Milczarek
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© 2025 by michał milczarek

all photos by jan gierach

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