Jacob Martin Portrait is an American multi-instrumentalist,

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

, and

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

. He is the bassist of the New Zealand

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and a current member of the

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

-based

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band

Blouse A blouse (blau̇s, 'blau̇z, ) is a loose-fitting upper garment that was worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.The Concise Oxford English Dictionary It is typically gathered at the waist or hips (by tight hem, pleats, parter ...

Career

Portrait is from

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

. Portrait started the

band Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2010 along with

Ruban Nielson Ruban Nielson (born 20 February 1980) is a New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. One of the most acclaimed New Zealand musicians of his generation, he ...

, and is currently playing with the band as their

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

. He has worked with the band on their albums ''

Multi-Love ''Multi-Love'' is the third studio album from the New Zealand band Unknown Mortal Orchestra. It was released on 26 May 2015. Frontman and primary contributor Ruban Nielson produced, mixed, and engineered the entirety of ''Multi-Love.'' He expl ...

'' (2015), '' Sex & Food'' (2018), and '' IC-01 Hanoi'' (2018). Portrait teamed up with singer-guitarist Charlie Hilton and bassist Patrick Adams to form the

band

in Portland. The band's self-titled first album was released in 2011, and the band's second album ''Imperium'' was released in 2013. Portrait has produced music for several artists. In 2016 he produced the album ''Palana'' by Charlie Hilton of

Porches Porches may refer to: * Porch, an architectural element * Porches (Lagoa), a civil parish (''freguesia'') in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal * Porches Pottery (Olaria Algarve), producer of hand-painted pottery * Porches (band) Porch ...

' album ''

Ricky Music ''Ricky Music'' is the fourth studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums ...

'' was co-produced by Portrait. He co-produced and recorded ''Someone New'' by

Helena Deland Helena Deland is a Canadian singer-songwriter. To date she has released five EPs: ''Drawing Room'' (2016) and ''From the Series of Songs "Altogether Unaccompanied"'' Vol. I, II, III & IV (2018) that she has written and composed. Her first one-pi ...

. He also collaborated with

Okay Kaya Kaya Wilkins (born August 14, 1990), better known as Okay Kaya, is a Norwegian-American musician from New Jersey. History Wilkins was born in New Jersey and raised in Nesoddtangen, 4 miles outside of Oslo. Raised by her mother along with 5 brot ...

on her album '' Watch This Liquid Pour Itself''. Portrait has worked with

Alex G Alexander Giannascoli (born February 3, 1993), better known by his stage names Alex G or, formerly, (Sandy) Alex G, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter. He started his career with DIY self-releases on Bandcamp and began build ...

as a

mixing engineer A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...

on his albums ''

Beach Music Beach music, also known as Carolina beach music, and to a lesser extent, Beach pop, is a regional genre of music in the United States which developed from rock/ R&B and pop music of the 1950s and 1960s. Beach music is most closely associate ...

'' (2015), ''

Rocket A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...

'' (2017), ''

House of Sugar ''House of Sugar'' is the eighth studio album by American musician Alex G, released on September 13, 2019, through Domino Recording Company. The album's title is a reference to both the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and the gingerbread house f ...

'' (2019), and ''

God Save the Animals ''God Save the Animals'' is the ninth studio album by American musician Alex G, released on September 23, 2022, through Domino Recording Company. Recording ''God Save the Animals'' was recorded at Headroom Studios, Spice House, and Alex's home ...

'' (2022). ''God Save the Animals'' was co-produced by Portrait with Alex G. He also worked as an

audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

on Whitney's ''Forever Turned Around'' in 2019. In 2020, Portrait co-wrote the lyrics of "I'd Die for You" on

Paloma Faith Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut studio album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?,'' was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK. The album spawned the sing ...

's ''

Infinite Things ''Infinite Things'' is the fifth studio album by British singer Paloma Faith, released through Sony Music on 13 November 2020. Background Faith's fourth album '' The Architect'' became her first album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. A ...

'' alongside Faith and

Patrick Wimberly Jonathan Patrick Wimberly (born May 29, 1983) is an American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and mixing engineer best known as being one-half of the synth-pop duo Chairlift. The band parted ways in 2017 so Patrick and ...

. In 2021, he worked as a producer and writer on

Cloves Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, ''Syzygium aromaticum'' (). They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice, flavoring or fragrance in consumer products, s ...

' ''Nightmare on Elmfield Road''. Several tracks on Claud's debut album ''Super Monster'' were composed and produced by Portrait.

Awards

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

- APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" - Songwriter) *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

- APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Hunnybee" - Songwriter)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Portrait, Jacob Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Portland, Oregon Psychedelic rock musicians American alternative rock musicians Singer-songwriters from Oregon Record producers from Oregon