Mariusz Duda

Mariusz Duda is a Polish musician, composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and bassist of Riverside and the creator of Lunatic Soul. At the same time, he has developed a substantial body of work under his own name, releasing solo material as Mariusz Duda or simply MD. Before becoming one of the defining figures of Polish progressive rock, he was also a member of Xanadu, and he later built his reputation through a career model based on several parallel artistic identities. In practice, that means operating at once as Riverside’s leader, the driving force behind Lunatic Soul, and an independent solo artist. What sets him apart from many artists in the progressive scene is that...