An instrumental,
electronic journey through our hopes and fears
In 2020, Polish
multi-instrumentalist Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul) decided to conduct
an experiment. He set out to create a third music world, independent of his
band Riverside and project Lunatic Soul. A world that would differ
stylistically from the previous two and underline his first steps in music.
30 years ago, a certain
shy boy fascinated by the works of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, or Tangerine
Dream, locked himself up in his room and started to think up his original music
stories. He recorded them on cassette tapes, created covers for them and
arranged them on the shelf next to those of his masters. 30 years later, when
the world was taken over by a pandemic and an international lockdown, Mariusz
was beamed back to his childhood bedroom, reading and drawing comic books,
playing games, listening to lots of music from cassette tapes... and recording
his own electronic sounds. "Why not do it again?" He thought to
himself, feeling inspired. "Why not create a new project where I will play
only the keyboards? And why not sign it just like I used to when I was a kid?
Simply 'Mariusz Duda'". And that's exactly what he did. Between 2020 and
2021, he recorded and released online three electronic albums that make up the
so called "Lockdown Trilogy”.
The Lockdown
Trilogy contains 4 CDs
entitled ‘Lockdown Spaces’, ‘Claustrophobic Universe’, ‘Interior Drawings’ and
a bonus EP entitled ‘Let’s Meet Outside’ which features previously unreleased
material. The artwork has been created by Hajo Müller, the 48 page hardback
book contains pictures by Tomek Pulsakowski and Radek Zawadzki and words from
Mariusz Duda.
The Lockdown
Trilogy 4CD book set is
released on 20 May 2022, with LPs of the three albums to be released separately
beginning with ‘Interior Drawings’ on black or orange coloured vinyl, also, on
20th May.
Pre-orders are available HERE (https://MDuda.lnk.to/LockdownTrilogy)
MARIUSZ DUDA – THE
LOCKDOWN TRILOGY
Watch the trailer
here: https://youtu.be/I-HoYK_1OiI
DISC 1 –
Lockdown Spaces
1. Isolated
[05:51]
2. Lockdown
Spaces [02:54]
3. Bricks
[06:32]
4. Waiting
[02:08]
5. Thought
Invaders [04:20]
6. Pixel
Heart [05:26]
7. Silent
Hall [01:09]
8. Unboxing
Hope [05:00]
9.
Screensaver [00:55]
DISC 2 –
Claustrophobic Universe
1. Knock
Lock [03:58]
2. Planets
In A Milk Bowl [04:12]
3. I Landed
On Mars [02:50]
4. Waves
From A Flat Earth [03:52]
5. 2084
[04:40]
6. Escape
Pod [06:52]
7. Lemon
Flavoured Stars [04:18]
8.
Claustrophobic Universe [05:59]
9. Numbers
And Denials [05:20]
DISC 3 –
Interior Drawings
1. Racing
Thoughts [05:18]
2. Interior
Drawings [05:44]
3. Shapes In
Notebooks [04:50]
4. Prisoner
By Request [05:38]
5. Dream Of
Calm [03:25]
6. How To
Overcome Crisis [04:55]
7. Almost
Done [06:29]
8. Temporary
Happiness [05:15]
DISC 4 –
Let’s Meet Outside
1. It All
Started With This [01:51]
2. Lockdown
90-92 [04:13]
3. Offline
Reverse [04:37]
4. News From
The World [07:52]
5. Let`s
Meet Outside [03:18]
6. Drawing Rain [02:15]
Follow Mariusz Duda:
Mariusz’s
website: www.mariuszduda.md
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariusz.duda.official/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marivsz_riv/
Twitter: @Marivsz_Riv
You tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUD4SFA1Gddx4WZ6L4qSw