Mariusz Duda Interview : From Riverside to Lunatic Soul

“Lunatic Soul was never the ‘bassist’s side project’. It’s the composer’s project—the place I can be completely free.” Mariusz DudaThere aren’t many artists who can glide between rock, ambient, electronic and filmic sound design with the grace of Mariusz Duda. As the voice, bassist and principal composer behind Riverside, Duda is already a towering presence in modern progressive music. But it’s under his Lunatic Soul banner that he explores the liminal spaces: trance, repetition, eastern folk colours, synth arpeggios, and those instantly recognisable melodic bass motifs that seem to burrow under the skin.Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine