Jacob Portrait

Jacob Portrait a.k.a. Jake Portrait is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He is founder and current member of New Zealand psychedelic rock band, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Portland-based alternative rock band, Blouse.

Jacob Portrait
Birth nameJacob Martin Portrait
BornPortland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)multi-instrumentalist, Singer-songwriter, and record producer
Years active1999–present

Career

Portrait is from Portland, Oregon.

He started a psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2010 along with Ruban Nielson. He is a playing bass for the band as a lead member.[1] He has worked with the band on their albums Multi-Love (2015), Sex & Food (2018), and IC-01 Hanoi (2018).

He also teamed up with singer-guitarist Charlie Hilton and bassist Patrick Adams and they founded a 3 members alternative rock band, Blouse, in Portland.[2][3] The band's debut was self-titled Blouse which was released in 2011 and second record Imperium was released in 2013 which was made entirely with instruments.[4]

Portrait has produced music for several artists. In 2016 he produced the first solo album Palana by Blouse's singer Hilton.[5]

He has worked with Alex G mixing his albums Beach Music (2015), Rocket (2017), and House of Sugar (2019).[6][7][8][9][10]

He worked as an engineer on the Whitney's Forever Turned Around in 2019.[11]

In 2020, He wrote the lyrics of "I'd Die for You" in Infinite Things along with Paloma Faith and Patrick Wimberly.[12] Porches' album Ricky Music was co-produced by Portrait.[13] He co-produced and recorded Someone New by Helena Deland.[14][1] He also collaborated in Okay Kaya's album Watch This Liquid Pour Itself.[15]

In 2021, He worked on Cloves' Nightmare on Elmfield Road.[16] Several tracks on Claud's debut album Super Monster were composed and produced by Jake.[17][18]

Awards

References
  1. Bagel, Joe (October 14, 2020). "Helena Deland's 'Someone New' Is a Confetti Cannon Filled with Breakup Roses". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  2. Mokoena, Tshepo (September 6, 2013). "Perversely, We Talked to Blouse about T-shirts". Vice. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  3. "Band to Watch: Blouse". Thought on Tracks. 30 January 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  4. Zoladz, Lindsay (September 25, 2013). "Blouse: Imperium". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  5. Pearis, Bill (November 11, 2015). "Blouse's Charlie Hilton releasing solo album produced by UMO's Jacob Portrait, shares first single "Pony" (listen)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  6. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (August 27, 2015). "Indie-Pop Prodigy Alex G on His New Album, 'Beach Music'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  7. Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (March 2, 2017). "Listen To Two New Songs From Alex G's Upcoming Rocket Album". The Fader. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  8. "Alex G Announces New Album Rocket, Shares Two New Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. March 2, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  9. Groundwater, Colin (September 12, 2019). "Inside Alex G's Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll Album from Hell". GQ. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  10. Bruce-Jones, Henry (June 4, 2019). "(Sandy) Alex G announces new album House of Sugar". Fact Magazine. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  11. "Whitney - Forever Turned Around FTA - New Lp Record 2019 USA Secretly Canadian Chicago Exclusive Dual Green Vinyl & Download - Indie Rock". Shuga Records. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  12. "Release "Infinite Things" by Paloma Faith - MusicBrainz". MusicBrainz. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  13. "Porches announces new album 'Ricky Music' out march 13". V2 Records. January 23, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  14. Chelosky, Danielle (October 16, 2020). "Helena Deland Breaks Down "Someone New" Track by Track". FLOOD. Retrieved April 20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  15. "Get To Know... Okay Kaya". DIY magazine. January 7, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  16. Gallagher, Alex (April 30, 2021). "CLOVES announces new album 'Nightmare on Elmfield Road', shares new single". NME. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  17. Solomon, Kate (February 12, 2021). "Claud's Super Monster is a sugary rush of youthful adrenaline". The i. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  18. "Claud Announces Debut Album 'Super Monster'". Dead Oceans. December 3, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  19. "APRA Silver Scroll Awards – 2015 Top 20 + 1981 Top 5". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  20. "Five finalists for 2018 Apra Silver Scroll Award announced". Stuff. August 29, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
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