# Jacob Portrait

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

## Career

Portrait was born in Greenbrae, California. Growing up, he's lived in Vancouver, Washington as well as Eugene, Medford and Portland, Oregon. Portrait is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, where he runs a private recording studio.
Portrait started the psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2010 along with Ruban Nielson, and is currently playing with the band as their bassist. He has worked with the band on their albums Multi-Love (2015), Sex & Food (2018), and IC-01 Hanoi (2018).
Portrait teamed up with singer-guitarist Charlie Hilton and bassist Patrick Adams to form the alternative rock band Blouse in Portland. The band's self-titled first album was released in 2011, and the band's second album Imperium was released in 2013.
Some of Portrait’s most recent writing and production credits include Lil Yachty’s album Let’s Start Here. (2023) and Montell Fish’s album CHARLOTTE (2024). In 2024, he’s also written and produced on Marc Rebillet’s “Vibes Alright”, Christopher Owens’ “This Is My Guitar”, Still Woozy’s “Rid of Me”, and “Slay Bitch (Bonus Track)” on Remi Wolf’s album Big Ideas.
In 2016 he produced the album Palana by Charlie Hilton of Blouse. Porches' album Ricky Music was co-produced by Portrait. He co-produced and recorded Someone New by Helena Deland. He also collaborated with Okay Kaya on her album Watch This Liquid Pour Itself.
Portrait has worked with Alex G as a mixing engineer on his albums Beach Music (2015), Rocket (2017), House of Sugar (2019), and God Save the Animals (2022). God Save the Animals was co-produced by Portrait with Alex G. He also worked as an audio engineer on Whitney's Forever Turned Around in 2019.
In 2021, he worked as a producer and writer on Cloves' Nightmare on Elmfield Road. Several tracks on Claud's debut album Super Monster were composed and produced by Portrait.

## Awards

* 2015 - APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" - Songwriter)
* 2018 - APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Hunnybee" - Songwriter)

## Selected production discography

| Year | Artist | Title | Role |
| 2023 | Lil Yachty | Strike (Holster) | Composer, Musical Producer, Producer, Recording |
| 2023 | Lil Yachty | Let's Start Here | Composer |
| 2022 | Empath | Visitor | Producer |
| 2022 | JayWood | Slingshot | Bass, Drum Machine, Fender Rhodes, Guitar (Bass), Organ, Producer, Synthesizer, Wah Wah Bass |
| 2022 | Whitney | SPARK | Mixing |
| 2022 | Sunflower Bean | Head Full of Sugar | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer |
| 2022 | Alex G | God Save the Animals | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2022 | Claud (singer) | Super Monster | Composer, Producer |
| 2021 | Portugal. The Man | Oregon City Sessions | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2021 | Cloves | Nightmare on Elmfield Road | Composer, Producer, Programming |
| 2020 | Nick Hakim | Will This Make Me Good | Additional Production |
| 2020 | Okay Kaya | Watch This Liquid Pour Itself | Mixing, Additional Production |
| 2020 | Helena Deland | Someone New | Bass, Drums, Keyboards |
| 2020 | Porches | Ricky Music | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2020 | Paloma Faith | Infinite Things | Composer |
| 2019 | Alex G | House of Sugar | Mixing, Drum Engineering |
| 2019 | Whitney | Forever Turned Around | Engineer |
| 2018 | Sunflower Bean | Twentytwo in Blue | Producer, Mixing |
| 2018 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Sex & Food | Bass, Composer, Engineer, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 2018 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | IC-01 Hanoi | Engineer |
| 2017 | Pixx | The Age of Anxiety | Producer |
| 2017 | Alex G | Rocket | Mixing |
| 2017 | Alex Cameron (musician) | Forced Witness | Mixing |
| 2017 | EMA | Exile in the Outer Ring | Producer, Mixing, Cover Photo, Drum Programming, Drums, Piano, Soloist, Synthesizer Bass |
| 2016 | Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | Mixing |
| 2016 | Wild Nothing | Life of Pause | Mixing, Additional Production |
| 2016 | DIIV | Is the Is Are | Mixing, Mixing Engineer |
| 2015 | The Alchemist / Oh No | Welcome to Los Santos | Additional Production |
| 2015 | Moon King | Secret Life | Mixing |
| 2015 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Paper Mâché Dream Balloon | Engineer |
| 2015 | Gardens & Villa | Music for Dogs | Composer |
| 2015 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Multi-Love | Additional Production, Bass, Co-Producer, Composer, Engineer, Producer |
| 2015 | Alex G | Beach Music | Mixing |
| 2014 | Bass Drum of Death | Rip This | MProducer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2014 | TOPS | Picture You Staring | Mixing |
| 2014 | Wampire | Bazaar (album) | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2013 | Gauntlet Hair | Stills (Gauntlet Hair album) | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass |
| 2013 | Blouse | Imperium | Producer, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitars, Noise, Piano |
| 2013 | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | II | Bass |
| 2013 | Wampire | Curiosity | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2011 | STRFKR | Reptilians | Producer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 2011 | Blouse | Blouse | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Group Member, Composer, Drones, Percussion, Programming, Synthesizer Bass, Wurlitzer |
| 2010 | The Dandy Warhols | The Capitol Years 1995-2007 | Mixing |
| 2009 | The Mint Chicks | Screens | Producer, Mixing |
| 2008 | The Dandy Warhols | ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... | Producer, Mixing |