So I have recently come across something new. Mariusz Duda who is the singer and bass player for the band Riverside has a solo album that I had never heard of. Its called Lunatic Soul. Something that caught my ear at the first listen was the lack of electric guitar. I don't want to spoil a bunch about this band but I recommend them to any Riverside fan out there. I know there are at least a couple on the boards. Here are a couple links

http://www.myspace.com/lunaticsoulband

http://www.lunaticsoul.com/

It's a pretty good solid album...I dig it a lot..In fact I listened to the album yesterday twice...very atmospheric and laid back and has a lot ethnic rhythms as well...

Got it a month ago and quickly became a CD I listened to over and over again! I've probably listened to it 2 dozen times - probably more. Great stuff - atmospheric and very cool. Definitely has a connection to Riverside, but it still has it's own identity. I agree that's something every Riverside fan should pick up if they haven't already.

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Really diggin' this. Awesome. Thanks and I'll be ordering for sure.

Wow, this is some great stuff. I just checked the promo list at Ultimate Metal, and it looks like we have a promo waiting for review, so that's a bonus. Can't wait to hear the whole thing.

Been listening to this a lot lately, and it's truly a fantastic record. Just finished writing up a review of it, which you can check out here. More people should look into this stuff.

I just read about it in Progression magazine and the reviewer panned it. He reckons this is a vocalist's album where you can' hear the vocals over the mix - in fact everything else is way over the vocals. Also it doesn't have a guitarist playing on it - have to listen to myspace

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