SHORT BIOGRAPHY AND INFLUENCES
Born and raised in the Alpine region, I am based in Finland since 2005. I am an academic and hold a senior position at a University.
My Ph.D. thesis (January 2010, University of Helsinki) focused on particle cosmology, supergravity and supersymmetric dark matter.
Active on guitar and bass since 1994, my music combines different genres and styles with continuous experimentation, and my lyrics draw influences from both Western (the Ancient Greeks, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Blake, Stendhal, Dostoevsky…) as well as Oriental (I Ching, Lao Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Paramahansa Yogananda, Sri Yukteswar…) traditions.
Stylistically, I am mostly influenced by rock, fusion and classical music (Miles Davis, Frank Zappa and Igor Stravinsky), with a theatrical approach in the vocal delivery. In my own music, I try to merge all these different elements in a hopefully organic and musical manner. I have accordingly chosen “Experimental art metal” to define my main style. Through the years, I have combined music, physics and my interest in Oriental philosophies and Martial Arts to shape the concept of Dark Matter Guitar.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Session musician for recordings and gigs. My solo project is Quantum Prana (guitar, bass, vocals). Collaborations in various genres and composition of soundtracks. Bassist in the alternative psychedelic rock group Echoes From A Great Distance and session fretless bassist for progressive metal bands. Guitar teacher since 2003.
As of November 2023, the highlight of my carrier has been performing with the industrial metal band Odalisque on lead guitar during the Helldone 2013 tour, when we opened for the band HIM.
REVIEWS
“The Finnish band Quantum Prana, released in early 2022, the EP entitled “Event Horizon”. With 4 songs in just over 20 minutes, one of its highlights is the song “Funky Matters”, with lyrics that talk about the discoveries and uncertainties of particle physics and instrumental that proves to be quite varied. Merging elements of Progressive Metal, Jazz, Funk, the song stands out mainly for its good weight, technique and quality melodies.” Roadie-Metal.com (BRA)
“Today we have a real musical journey, we have Quantum Prana, a musical project that manages to transport the listener through a musical environment that goes from Gothic metal, to psychedelic, with Groove and a lot of creativity, we feel for several moments as a true interspatial journey in a creation that manages to break paradigms and deliver something unique that deserves your attention!
The Tyger (A Tale of Creation) was the song that introduced us to the creative soul of Quantum Prana, a song that is full of elements and nuances, those that labeling would be imprecise and describing would be vague, so listen and draw your conclusions. !!!” Metal Junkbox (PT)
“Funky Matters is a one fresh track with unique rock sound that is bringing me different angle to this genre, the vocals are interesting, well mixed, I like how the song changes and evolves since it is making the rack captivating throughout the whole runtime, the guitar solos in as bridges are incredible and guitar work in the track in general is amazing”. Curator on submithub.com
LINKS: https://linktr.ee/quantumprana
CONTACT: info(at)quantumprana.com
MUSIC LINKS/VIDEOS
VIDEOS
Quantum Prana - The Dark Matter Guitar 