“I’m inspired by limitations,” says Mariusz Duda. As the mastermind of Riverside and Lunatic Soul, Duda is comfortable being a musical chameleon. But recently he’s expanded far beyond the bounds of progressive rock. He released three albums of electronica – Lockdown Spaces, Claustrophobic Universe and Interior Drawings, known collectively as the Lockdown Trilogy – in quick succession in 2020 and 2021. Now, with AFR AI D, his latest work as a solo artist, he’s giving free rein to his formative influences.
“I grew up on Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis,” says Duda. “Later on, Mike Oldfield and later, on, progressive music. My very first music as a composer was electronic music. In the artbook, I even put a photo of my cassette tapes that I recorded in 1992. I had 15 of them.
