Mariusz Duda (4,982 views)

[kuyashii]

Mariusz Duda
Associated Acts: Riverside (2001-currently), Lunatic Soul (2008-currently), Meller Golyzniak Duda (2016-currently)
Vocal Range: C♯2-F5

High Notes

F5 ("Asoulum", "Blood on the Tightrope", "Escalator Shrine", "Moving On")
E5 ("Cybernetic Pillow")
D5 ("Anymore", "Crumbling Teeth and the Owl Eyes", "Lament", "Loose Heart", "Night Session – Part Two", "Red Light Escape", "Wasteland")
C♯5 ("Sky Drawn in Crayon", "Summerland", "Untamed")
C5 ("Asoulum", "The Curtain Falls", "Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination)", "The Depth of Self-Delusion", "Discard Your Fear", "Driven to Destruction", "Escalator Shrine, "Hyperactive", "Impression VI", "John Dee", "Saturate Me")
B4 ("Artificial Smile", "Asoulum", "Celebrity Touch", "Cold Inside...I", "Feel Like Falling", "Floating Over", "Hybrid Times", "The Old Peace", "OK", "Parasomnia", "Pralka", "Rainbow Box", "Reality Dream", "A Thousand Shards of Heaven")
B♭4 ("Blood on the Tightrope", "Dance with the Shadow", "Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination)", "Driven to Destruction", "Freeder", "The In-Between Kingdom", "Left Out", "Loose Heart", "Pygmalion's Ladder", "Shine", "Sleepwalkers", "Treehouse", "We Got Used to Us")
A4 ("#Addicted", "02 Panic Room", "Against the Tide", "Asoulum", "Beyond the Eyelids", "Cold", "Discard Your Fear", "DNA ts. Rednum Or F. Raf", "Driven to Destruction", "Faustus", "Feel Like Falling", "Fractured", "Freeder", "Gutter", "Hybrid Times", "Living in the Past", "Lunatic Soul", "Night Session – Part Two", "Odlot", "The Old Peace", "Otherwhere", "Parasomnia", "Rules", "The Same River", "Second Life Syndrome", "Shade", "Sleepwalkers", "Shapeshifter", "Sorrow", "Suspended in Whiteness", "A Thousand Shards of Heaven", "Towards the Blue Horizon", "Transmutation I", "Ultimate Trip", "Volte-Face", "Wanderings", "Wczorajsze Ślady")
G♯4 ("Artificial Smile", "Celebrity Touch", "DNA ts. Rednum Or F. Raf", "Feel Like Falling", "Heavenland", "Impression I", "Impression IV", "The Old Peace", "Out on a Limb", "Pralka", "Rapid Eye Movement (2016 Mix)", "Sky Drawn in Crayon")
G4 ("#Addicted", "Acid Rain", "Acronym Love", "Adrift", "Afloat", "Anymore", "Artificial Smile", "Battlefield", "Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire", "Celebrity Touch", "Cold Inside...I", "Conceiving You", "Discard Your Fear", "Escalator Shrine, "Escape From Paradice", "Egoist Hedonist", "Feel Like Falling", "Feet on the Desk", "The Final Truth", "Floating Over", "Forgotten Land", "Goodbye Sweet Innocence", "Gravestone Hill", "Gutter", "Heavenland", "Hyperactive", "In Two Minds", "Lament", "Left Out", "Lost (Why Should I Be Scared by a Hat!)", "Near Life Experience", "The New Beginning", "OK", "Otherwere", "Out of Myself", "Parasomnia", "Pralka", "Rainbow Box", "The Same River", "Schizophrenic Prayer", "Second Life Syndrome", "Shapeshifter", "Shutting Out the Sun", "Suspended in Whiteness", "A Thousand Shards of Heaven", "Time Travellers", "Tło", "Towards the Blue Horizon", "Treehouse", "Ultimate Trip", "Volte-Face", "Wczorajsze Ślady", "Where the River Flows", "Wolny")
F♯4 ("***", "The Art of Repairing", "Birds of Prey", "Cold Inside...I", "Crumbling Teeth and the Owl Eyes","Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination)", "The Depth of Self-Delusion", "Feel Like Feeling", "The Final Truth", "Floating Over", "Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)", "Hybrid Times", "Impression IV", "Lament", "New Generation Slaves", "Reality Dream", "Red Light Escape", "Summerland", "Tattoo", "A Thousand Shards of Heaven", "Transition", "Under the Fragmented Sky", "Under the Pillow", "Untamed", "Wczorajsze Ślady")
F4 ("02 Panic Room", "Anymore", "Artificial Smile", "Battlefield", "Before", "Blood on the Tightrope", "Canticle", "Crumbling Teeth and the Owl Eyes", "Cybernetic Pillow", "Dance with the Shadow", "DNA ts. Rednum Or F. Raf", "Egoist Hedonist", "Escalator Shrine", Escape from Paradice", "Forgotten Land", "Goodbye Sweet Innocence", "I Believe", "I Turned You Down", "Living in the Past", "Loose Heart", "Moving On", "Near Life Experience", "The New Beginning", "Odlot", "Parasomnia", "The Same River", "Schizophrenic Prayer", "Shade", "Stuck Between", "The Time I was Daydreaming", "Tło", "Ultimate Trip", "Volte-Face", "Wanderings")
E4 ("#Addicted", "Acronym Love", "After", "The Art of Repairing", "Asoulum", "Battlefield", "Beyond the Eyelids", "Birds of Prey", "Canticle", "Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire", "Chciałbym", "Coda", "Cold Inside...I", "Conceiving You", "Cybernetic Pillow", "Dance with the Shadow", "The Day After..." Amarok Song, "The Depth of Self-Delusion", "Discard Your Fear", "DNA ts. Rednum Or F. Raf", "Egoist Hedonist", "Embryonic", "Escalator Shrine", "Feel Like Falling", "Feet on the Desk", "The Final Truth", "Floating Over", "Forgotten Land", "Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)", "Fractured", "Goodbye Sweet Innocence", "Gravestone Hill", "Gutter", "Hybrid Times", "I Believe", "Lament", "Lighthouse", "Look Around", "Lost (Why Should I Be Scared by a Hat!)", "Lunatic Soul", "New Generation Slaves", "Night Session – Part Two", "Odlot", "Out on a Limb", "Parasomnia", "Pygmalion's Ladder", "Red Light Escape", "The Same River", "Saturate Me", "Shapeshifter", "Second Life Syndrome", "The Struggle for Survival", "Suspended in Whiteness", "Tattoo", "Through the Other Side", "Time Travelers", "Tło", "Transition", "Treehouse", "Ultimate Trip", "Under the Fragmented Sky", "Under the Pillow", "Us", "Vale of Tears", "Volte-Face", "Wanderings", "Wasteland", "Wolny")

Low Notes

E3 ("***", "Acid Rain", "Adrift", "Artificial Smile", "Asoulum", "A Thousand Shards of Heaven", "Battlefield", "Beyond the Eyelids", "Canticle", "Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire", "Celebrity Touch", "Chciałbym", "Coda", "Cold Inside...I", "The Day After" Riverside Song, "Discard Your Fear", "DNA ts. Rednum Or F. Raf", "The Final Truth", "Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)", "Floating Over", "Gravestone Hill", "Living in the Past", "Lunatic Soul", "The Old Peace", "Pygmalion's Ladder", "Rainbow Box", "Saturate Me", "Shade", "Shapeshifter", "Sky Drawn in Crayon", "Sleepwalkers", "Suspended in Whiteness", "Tattoo", "Time Travelers", "Tło", "Treehouse", "Under the Fragmented Sky", "Untamed", "Vale of Tears", "Volte-Face", "We Got Used to Us")
E♭3 ("02 Panic Room", "The Day After" Riverside Song, "Hybrid Times", "Impression I", "Vale of Tears")
D3 ("Acronym Love", "Anymore", "Artificial Smile", "Before", "Birds of Prey", "Blood on the Tightrope", "Conceiving You", "Crumbling Teeth and the Owl Eyes", "The Curtain Falls", "The Day After..." Amarok Song, "The Depth of Self-Delusion", "Driven to Destruction", "Embryonic", "Escalator Shrine", "Escape from Paradice", "Goodbye Sweet Innocence", "Gravestone Hill", "Gutter", "Hybrid Times", "I Believe", "Idyll", "In Two Minds", "I Turned You Down", "Left Out", "Lost (Why Should I Be Scared by a Hat!)", "The Night Before", "Night Session – Part Two", "The New Beginning", "Odlot", "OK", "Otherwhere", "Pygmalion's Ladder", "River Down Below", "Rules", "Suspended in Whiteness", "Shade", "Tattoo", "The Time I was Daydreaming", "Time Travelers", "Towards the Blue Horizon", "Treehouse", "Ultimate Trip", "Under the Fragmented Sky", "Untamed", "Walking on a Flashlight Beam", "Wandering", "Wczorajsze Ślady")
C♯3 ("#Addicted", "Against the Tide", "Canticle", "Look Around", "Moving On", "Schizophrenic Prayer", "Sleepwalkers", "Summerland", "Through the Other Side")
C3 ("Blood on the Tightrope", "The Curtain Falls", "Egoist Hedonist", "Impression I", "Pralka", "Rules", "Shutting Out the Sun", "Towards the Blue Horizon", "Us", "Walking on a Flashlight Beam", "We Got Used to Us")
B2 ("***", "Adrift", "Chciałbym", "Coda", "Cold", "Cold Inside...I", "Dance with the Shadow", "The Day After" Amarok Song, "Embryonic", "Feet on the Desk", "Feel Like Falling", "The Final Truth", "Hybrid Times", "Pralka", "Red Light Escape", "River Down Below", "Second Life Syndrome", "Shade", "Shapeshifter", "Through the Other Side", "Tło", "Transition")
B♭2 ("The Curtain Falls", "Egoist Hedonist", "Moving On", "Walking on a Flashlight Beam", "Wolny")
A2 ("***", "02 Panic Room", "Asoulum", "Dance with the Shadow", "The Depth of Self-Delusion", "Escape from Paradice", "Gravestone Hill", "Hybrid Times", "The In-Between Kingdom", "The Moment", "Near Life Experience", "New Generation Slaves", "OK", "Pralka", "Red Light Escape", "Rules", "Second Life Syndrome", "The Struggle for Survival", "Stuck Between", "The Time I was Daydreaming", "Towards the Blue Horizon", "Walking on a Flashlight Beam")
G♯2 ("Out on a Limb", "Towards the Blue Horizon")
G2 ("Battlefield", "Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire", "Hyperactive", "The Moment", "Może Zabraknie", "The Night Before", "The Old Peace", "Out of Myself", "Rules", "Stuck Between", "Walking on a Flashlight Beam")
F♯2 ("Acid Rain", "The Art of Repairing", "Celebrity Touch", "Driven to Destruction", "Lighthouse", "Out on a Limb")
F2 ("Escalator Shrine", "Hyperactive", "In Two Minds", "Może Zabraknie")
E2 ("Acid Rain", "After", "Asoulum", "Cold", "Guardian Angel", "Through the Other Side", "Wasteland")
D2 ("Guardian Angel", "Prebirth", "Wasteland")
C♯2 ("Feet on the Desk")

Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
Green marks heavily distorted/harsh notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.

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{Discography and Range by Release}
Xanadu – Wczorajsze Ślady (1996) (G2-B4)
Riverside – Out of Myself (2003) (F2-D5)
Riverside – Voices in My Head (EP) (2005) (G2-A4)
Riverside – Second Life Syndrome (2005) (E2-B4)
Riverside – Rapid Eye Movement (2007) (E2-E5)
Lunatic Soul – Lunatic Soul (2008) (E♭2-B4)
Riverside – Anno Domini High Definition (2009) (F2-D5)
Lunatic Soul – Lunatic Soul II (A2-F5) (2010)
Riverside – Memories in My Head (EP) (D3-A4) (2011)
Lunatic Soul – Impressions (E♭3-C5) (2011)
Riverside – Shrine of New Generation Slaves (F2-F5) (2013)
Lunatic Soul – Walking On a Flashlight Beam (F2-C♯5) (2014)
Riverside – Love, Fear and the Time Machine (G2-C5) (2015)
Riverside – Eye of the Soundscape (C♯3-D5) (2016)
Meller Golyzniak Duda – Breaking Habits (C♯2-B4) (2016)
Lunatic Soul – Fractured (G2-F5) (2017)
Lunatic Soul – Under the Fragmented Sky (F♯2-C♯5) (2018)
Riverside – Wasteland (D2-D5) (2018)

Guest Appearances
Amarok – "Look Around", "Rules", "The Day After...", "The Moment", "Canticle" (Metanoia, 2004)
Indukti – "Freder", "Shade", "Cold Inside...I" (S.U.S.A.R, 2004)
Steven Wilson/Mariusz Duda – "The Old Peace" (Single. 2014)
Artur Szolc, Robert Srzednicki and Kris Wawrzak – "John Dee", "Faustus", "Transmutation I" (Music Inspired by Alchemy, 2016)
iamthemorning – "Lighthouse" (Lighthouse, 2016)
Amarok – "Idyll" (Hunt, 2017)

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{Questionable Notes}
A5 ("Wczorajsze Ślady"^{1, 2})
D5 ("Cold Inside...I"²)
A4 ("He Av En"⁴)
G4 ("Under a Fragmented Sky"⁴, "Walking on a Flashlight Beam"²)

A2 ("Forgotten Land"¹)
G♯2 ("Summerland"¹)
G2 ("02 Panic Room"¹)
E2 ("Acronym Love"³, "Adrift"³, "Caterpillar and the Barbed Wire"², "Chciałbym"¹, "The Night Before"⁵)
C♯2 ("Through the Other Side"¹)
C2 ("The Curtain Falls"¹)

[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

Mariusz Duda is the vocalist and bassist of the Poland progressive rock/metal band Riverside, as well as his side-project Lunatic Soul and the Meller Golyzniak Duda supergroup. Mariusz mostly sings with his very pleasant mid-range baritone voice, rarely going too high or low on lead vocals. But the backing vocals are where he explores his equally pleasant-sounding falsetto/mezza-voice and a very warm low register at their respective bests, creating some very interesting Steven Wilson-inspired layered harmonies. He is also capable of doing some very aggressive, borderline-harsh vocals he adds for a very cool effect on his music.

If you have any questions concerning the whereabouts of a note or has notes I happened to miss, feel free to say anything!

[Zedd Squared]

Great thread for a great voice! I only recently got into Riverside but they're terrific. Those lows on the last album were a nice surprise since as you say he usually keeps conservative in the lead vocals, but some of those D2s and E2s were super resonant (and I was surprised to see he does them live too).

[kuyashii]

Thanks G-Man! I wasn't that big on Wasteland musically to be honest but it's interesting that he started to bring more lows into the table and I really dig his very delicate (yet very ressonant!) approach to singing low on tracks like "Guardian Angel". Riverside is great, Anno Domini High Definition is my particular favorite. I really like the more "Porcupine Tree worship"-styled stuff from Shrine and Love, Fear... too but ADHD is arguably their proggiest and heaviest album with the most interesting songwriting of their earlier stuff IMO.

He released a new Lunatic Soul album and some other projects during the pandemic which I still haven't got to listen properly and notewatch, I plan on doing that as soon as I can

[mimi87]

Thank you for this, Riverside's one of my favorites prog bands.