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Michał Łapaj
Michał Krzysztof Łapaj (born 3 March 1982) is a Polish musician, composer, producer, instrumentalist, and Sound design, sound designer. He is best known for his longstanding performances in the progressive metal band Riverside (band), Riverside, of which he has been a member since 2003. He has also appeared on albums by projects such as Leash Eye, Behemoth (band), Behemoth, Antigama, Lunatic Soul, and Tangerine Dream. He is a member of the phonographic academy of the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV) and the Association of Authors and Composers (Society of Authors ZAiKS, ZAiKS). He is self-taught. He began learning to play keyboard instruments at the age of 4. In order to improve his skills, he attended the Institute of Organ Training in Warsaw and the Author's School of Popular Music and Jazz named after Krzysztof Komeda. He mainly plays Hammond organ, Hammond organs and Analog synthesizer, analog synthesizers from the 1970s and 1980s. In 2021, after nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theremin
The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which function not as radio antennas but rather as position sensors. Each antenna forms one half of a capacitor with each of the thereminist's hands as the other half of the capacitor. These antennas capacitively sense the relative position of the hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations. The theremin has been used in movie soundtracks such as Miklós Rózsa's '' Spellbound'' and '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analog Synthesizer
An analog synthesizer () is a synthesizer that uses Analogue electronics, analog circuits and analog signals to generate sound electronically. The earliest analog synthesizers in the 1920s and 1930s, such as the Trautonium, were built with a variety of vacuum tube, vacuum-tube (thermionic valve) and electro-mechanical technologies. After the 1960s, analog synthesizers were built using operational amplifier (op-amp) integrated circuits, and used potentiometers (pots, or variable resistors) to adjust the sound parameters. Analog synthesizers also use low-pass filters and high-pass filters to modify the sound. While 1960s-era analog synthesizers such as the Moog synthesizer, Moog used a number of independent electronic modules connected by patch cables, later analog synthesizers such as the Minimoog integrated them into single units, eliminating patch cords in favour of integrated signal routing systems. History 1900–1920 The earliest mention of a "synthetic harmoniser" using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Satanist (album)
''The Satanist'' is the tenth studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The album was announced on 31 May 2013 and released on 3 February 2014, through Nuclear Blast and on 4 February in Poland via Metal Blade Records and Mystic Production, respectively. Release was preceded by digital download single "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" and 12" EP under the same title released on 4 December 2013. Background and history The Satanist was recorded between February and June 2013 in Hertz Studio in Białystok, and RG Studio in Gdańsk, both in Poland, produced by Behemoth, Daniel Bergstrand, and the Wiesławscy Brothers. The album was mixed by Matt Hyde at Hydeaway Studios in Los Angeles, and mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York City. Colin Richardson was the initial producer for the album, but stepped down after four weeks due to creative differences. A music video was shot for the song "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" which was produced and directed by Grupa 13, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunatic Soul (album)
''Lunatic Soul'' is the first solo album by Lunatic Soul - the solo project of Polish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mariusz Duda, vocalist and bass guitarist of prog-rock band Riverside. The album was released on October 13, 2008 by the Kscope label. The album does not feature any electric guitar parts. Guest appearances on the album include then- UnSun and Indukti drummer Wawrzyniec Dramowicz, as well as Michał Łapaj, the keyboardist of Duda's main band, Riverside. The recordings reached the 23rd position on the Polish OLiS chart. ''Lunatic Soul'' was voted Best Album of the Year by listeners of the ''Noc Muzycznych Pejzaży'' radio show. Reviewers described the album as “forty-five minutes of moving, meticulously thought-out music.” They also noted the oriental-ambient sound of the project as being distinctive from the music of Mariusz Duda's primary band Riverside. The German magazine Eclipsed rated the album 9/10 and described Lunatic Soul as “trip rock.” Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasteland (Riverside Album)
''Wasteland'' is the seventh studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. The album was released on 28 September 2018, through InsideOut Music. The album reached number one in Poland and Sweden, the top 20 in Germany, and the top 40 in Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It is the first album without founding guitarist Piotr Grudziński after his death on 21 February 2016. Track listing Personnel Riverside * Mariusz Duda Mariusz Duda (born 25 September 1975 in Węgorzewo) is a Polish musician, composer, vocalist, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. Duda is best known for his performances with the rock band Riverside (band), Riverside, one of the ... – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, piccolo bass, banjo; guitar solo on "Lament" and "Wasteland" * Piotr Kozieradzki – drums * Michał Łapaj – keyboards and synthesizers, rhodes piano and Hammond organ; theremin on "Wasteland" Guest personnel * Maciej Meller – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The Soundscape
''Eye of the Soundscape'' is a compilation album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside, released on 21 October 2016 through InsideOut Music. Background The album is a collection of older experimental instrumental pieces in addition to four new tracks: "Where the River Flows", "Shine" (released in Poland as the only single), "Sleepwalkers" and "Eye of the Soundscape". It is the first, and only, posthumous album to feature guitarist Piotr Grudziński after his death on 21 February 2016. Track listing Personnel Riverside * Mariusz Duda – loops and percussion (except "Heavenland", "Promise" and "Eye of the Soundscape"); bass (CD1: 1–3; CD2: 1, 2, 4); acoustic guitar (CD1: 1, 2 and 4; CD2: 1, 3, 4, 7); vocals (CD1: 1, 3 and 5; CD2: 1, 2); keyboards on "Nigh Session – Part One", "Sleepwalkers" and "Machines"; ukulele on "Night Session – Part Two", "Rainbow Trip" and "Promise"; fretless bass on "Aether" * Michał Łapaj – keyboards (except "Heavenland" and "Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Fear And The Time Machine
''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' is the sixth studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. The album was released on 4 September 2015 through InsideOut Music. Background It was their final album to feature guitarist Piotr Grudziński before his death on 21 February 2016. Illustration, design and layout for the album were completed by Travis Smith. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Serakos Studio in Warsaw, Poland between November 2014 and June 2015 by Magda and Robert Srzednicki. Prior to the release of the album on 9 July 2015, the label released a lyric video for "Discard Your Fear". The same day the album premiered the band released a music video for "Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching)" and on 11 February 2016, another lyric video was released, this time for the song "Time Travellers." Track listing Personnel Riverside *Mariusz Duda – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, ukulele *Piotr Grudziński – guitar *Michał Łapaj – keyboards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrine Of New Generation Slaves
''Shrine of New Generation Slaves'' is the fifth studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. The album was released on 18 January 2013 in Poland, 21 January in the rest of Europe, and 5 February in the US. It is available in four different formats: digital, 1CD jewelcase, 2CDs mediabook, and 2LP vinyl. The latter two contain two bonus tracks. The author of the art booklets is, as is the case with all the previous albums, Travis Smith. The first single, "Celebrity Touch", was released on 17 December 2012 and a videoclip for the song, directed by Mateusz Winkiel, was released on 14 January 2013. Track listing Personnel ;Riverside * Mariusz Duda – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, ukulele *Piotr Grudziński – guitar * Michał Łapaj – keyboards and Hammond organ * Piotr Kozieradzki – drums ;Guest Personnel * Marcin Odyniec – Soprano sax on 'Deprived' and alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno Domini High Definition
''Anno Domini High Definition'' is the fourth studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside and also the first full-length Riverside album that is separate from the Reality Dream suite. The album was released in Poland on Friday 19 June 2009 through Mystic Production and was released in Europe on 6 July 2009 through InsideOut. The album was a commercial success in the band's home country of Poland where it reached the top of the official album chart. The art design and direction was, once again, handled by Travis Smith. A special edition of the album includes a bonus DVD, filmed during a December 2008 live performance at Amsterdam's Paradiso club. Track listing Special edition bonus DVD 'Live in Amsterdam 2008' # "Volte-Face" - 8:50 # "I Turned You Down" - 5:10 # "Reality Dream III" - 5:16 # "Beyond The Eyelids" - 7:23 # "Conceiving You" - 4:18 # "Ultimate Trip" - 5:07 # "02 Panic Room" - 4:43 Personnel Riverside *Mariusz Duda – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar * Pio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Eye Movement (album)
''Rapid Eye Movement'' is the third studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. It was released on 28 September 2007 in Europe by InsideOut Music, on 24 September by Mystic Productions in Poland, and internationally by InsideOut Music on 9 October 2007. Background ''Rapid Eye Movement'' is the final installment of the Reality Dream Trilogy which includes '' Out of Myself'' and '' Second Life Syndrome''. The album is split into two parts, entitled "Fearless" (tracks 1-5) and "Fearland" (tracks 6-9). A two-CD Digipack version of the album was also released and includes extra tracks and some video footage. There are also two outtakes from the last Reality Dream Suite, the title track and "Reality Dream IV". Instead, both are included in the bonus disk, and the final instrumental suite is titled "Lucid Dream IV". The album was named as one of ''Classic Rock''‘s 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade.''Classic Rock'', February 2010, issue 141. In 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Life Syndrome
''Second Life Syndrome'' is the second studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside, released on 31 October 2005. This second release garnered quite as much praise as '' Out of Myself'' and was released on the large prog rock label Inside Out Music. ''Second Life Syndrome'' has a noticeably more raw and heavy feel than ''Out of Myself'' which in general was much more laid back and mellow. The title track has been said in one radio interview to be one of the best songs to sum up Riverside's sound. The song contains three parts: A slightly aggressive first part, a mellow and quiet second part, and an instrumental third part. This album is the second part of the Reality Dream trilogy which would explain the first and last track's titles; ''Second Life Syndrome'' comes after ''Out of Myself'' but before ''Rapid Eye Movement''. As of March 2009, the album is #43 on Metal Storm's Top 100 albums of all-time list. Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy named ''Second Life Syndrome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the Sound-on-film, synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound film, sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
