Lunatic Soul

Mariusz Duda

Mariusz Duda (born September 25, 1975 ), active solo with his project name Lunatic Soul , is a Polish musician and composer in the field of progressive rock and art rock . He became famous as the bass player and singer in the band Riverside . In October 2008 his first solo album was released under the name Lunatic Soul .

biography

Duda gained his first musical experience as a child while taking piano lessons. Instead of practicing at home, he preferred to spend the time composing his own melodies. On a first simple synthesizer he tried to emulate his models Tony Banks , Rick Wakeman and Eddie Jobson . Through her he got into the field of progressive rock .

Mariusz Duda says of himself that he could never limit himself to a single instrument and that he would focus more on composing and not on instrument mastery.

In 2001 he was a founding member of the band Riverside and is still their singer and bassist today.

Lunatic Soul

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Lunatic Soul   PL 23 44/2008 (4 weeks) Lunatic Soul II   PL 13 45/2010 (2 weeks) Walking On A Flashlight Beam   PL 11 43/2014 (2 weeks) Fractured   PL 4th 42/2017 (4 weeks) Under the Fragmented Sky   PL 10 23/2018 (3 weeks)   DE 95 06/01/2018 (1 week)

In 2008 the debut album of his solo project Lunatic Soul was released , on which he played acoustic guitar, keyboard and kalimba in addition to vocals and bass. Guest musicians include drummer Wawrzyniec Dramowicz ( Indukti ) and Hammond organist Michał Łapaj.

As a consistent concept, the album deals with the subject of death from different perspectives. The song Summerland describes a funeral from the perspective of the deceased and Lunatic Soul describes the journey through a long, dark tunnel to the afterlife.

The second album of the solo project was released on October 25, 2010. Duda describes this white album (reference to the artwork), in contrast to his debut album, as more intense and unsettling. However, there should also be passages of lightness. Various guest musicians are represented, including Maciej Szelenbaum and again the drummer Wawrzyniec Dramowicz ( Indukti ). Thematically, this album is related to its predecessor. It describes the second part of a hike through the underworld, which is contested by a lost soul.

The first single Wanderings has already been announced.

Web links

Commons : Mariusz Duda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the solo project Lunatic Soul
• Official Lunatic Soul Myspace

reference

1. ↑ ^{a b} Biography on the official Riverside homepage ( memento of the original from December 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Chart statistics Poland
3. ↑ Chart sources: Charts DE
4. ↑ ^{a b} Description on the official Lunatic Soul homepage ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Lunatic Soul: lunaticsoul. (No longer available online.) Lunaticsoul.com, October 25, 2010, archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; accessed on November 8, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.