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.

Jacob Portrait
Portrait performing with Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Jacob Martin Portrait
Also known as	Jake Portrait
Born	Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres	Psychedelic rock alternative rock indie rock
Occupations	Multi-instrumentalist songwriter record producer
Years active	1999–present
Member of	Unknown Mortal Orchestra 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.^[1] He has worked with the band on their albums Multi-Love (2015), Sex & Food (2018), IC-01 Hanoi (2018), V (2023), and IC-02 Bogotá (2025).

Portrait teamed up with singer-guitarist Charlie Hilton and bassist Patrick Adams to form the alternative rock band Blouse in Portland.^[2][3] The band's self-titled first album was released in 2011, and the band's second album Imperium was released in 2013.^[4]

Some of Portrait’s most recent writing and production credits include Lil Yachty’s album Let’s Start Here. (2023)^[5] and Montell Fish's album CHARLOTTE (2024).^[6] In 2024, he’s also written and produced on Marc Rebillet’s “Vibes Alright”,^[7] Christopher Owens’ “This Is My Guitar”,^[8] Still Woozy’s “Rid of Me”,^[9] and “Slay Bitch (Bonus Track)” on Remi Wolf’s album Big Ideas.^[10]

In 2016 he produced the album Palana by Charlie Hilton of Blouse.^[11] Porches' album Ricky Music was co-produced by Portrait.^[12] He co-produced and recorded Someone New by Helena Deland.^[13][1] He also collaborated with Okay Kaya on her album Watch This Liquid Pour Itself.^[14]

Portrait has worked with Alex G as a mixing engineer on his albums Beach Music (2015),^[15] Rocket (2017),^[16][17] House of Sugar (2019),^[18][19] and God Save the Animals (2022).^[20] God Save the Animals was co-produced by Portrait with Alex G.^[21] He also worked as an audio engineer on Whitney's Forever Turned Around in 2019.^[22]

In 2021, he worked as a producer and writer on Cloves' Nightmare on Elmfield Road.^[23] Several tracks on Claud's debut album Super Monster were composed and produced by Portrait.^[24][25]

Awards

• 2015 - APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" - Songwriter)^[26]
• 2018 - APRA Silver Scroll Awards - Nominated (Song: "Hunnybee" - Songwriter)^[27]

Selected production discography

Year	Artist	Title	Role
2023	Lil Yachty	Strike (Holster)	Composer, Musical Producer, Producer, Recording[28]
2023	Lil Yachty	Let's Start Here	Composer[29]
2022	Empath	Visitor	Producer[30]
2022	JayWood	Slingshot	Bass, Drum Machine, Fender Rhodes, Guitar (Bass), Organ, Producer, Synthesizer, Wah Wah Bass[31]
2022	Whitney	SPARK	Mixing[32]
2022	Sunflower Bean	Head Full of Sugar	Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Composer[33]
2022	Alex G	God Save the Animals	Producer, Engineer, Mixing[34]
2022	Claud (singer)	Super Monster	Composer, Producer[35]
2021	Portugal. The Man	Oregon City Sessions	Engineer, Mixing[36]
2021	Cloves	Nightmare on Elmfield Road	Composer, Producer, Programming[37]
2020	Nick Hakim	Will This Make Me Good	Additional Production[38]
2020	Okay Kaya	Watch This Liquid Pour Itself	Mixing, Additional Production[39]
2020	Helena Deland	Someone New	Bass, Drums, Keyboards[40]
2020	Porches	Ricky Music	Producer, Engineer, Mixing[41]
2020	Paloma Faith	Infinite Things	Composer[42]
2019	Alex G	House of Sugar	Mixing, Drum Engineering[43]
2019	Whitney	Forever Turned Around	Engineer[44]
2018	Sunflower Bean	Twentytwo in Blue	Producer, Mixing[45]
2018	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Sex & Food	Bass, Composer, Engineer, Producer, Synthesizer[46]
2018	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	IC-01 Hanoi	Engineer[47]
2017	Pixx	The Age of Anxiety	Producer[48]
2017	Alex G	Rocket	Mixing[49]
2017	Alex Cameron (musician)	Forced Witness	Mixing[50]
2017	EMA	Exile in the Outer Ring	Producer, Mixing, Cover Photo, Drum Programming, Drums, Piano, Soloist, Synthesizer Bass[51]
2016	Whitney	Light Upon the Lake	Mixing[52]
2016	Wild Nothing	Life of Pause	Mixing, Additional Production[53]
2016	DIIV	Is the Is Are	Mixing, Mixing Engineer[54]
2015	The Alchemist / Oh No	Welcome to Los Santos	Additional Production[55]
2015	Moon King	Secret Life	Mixing[56]
2015	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Paper Mâché Dream Balloon	Engineer[57]
2015	Gardens & Villa	Music for Dogs	Composer[58]
2015	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Multi-Love	Additional Production, Bass, Co-Producer, Composer, Engineer, Producer[59]
2015	Alex G	Beach Music	Mixing[60]
2014	Bass Drum of Death	Rip This	MProducer, Engineer, Mixing[61]
2014	TOPS	Picture You Staring	Mixing[62]
2014	Wampire	Bazaar (album)	Producer, Engineer, Mixing[63]
2013	Gauntlet Hair	Stills (Gauntlet Hair album)	Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass[64]
2013	Blouse	Imperium	Producer, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitars, Noise, Piano[65]
2013	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	II	Bass[66]
2013	Wampire	Curiosity	Producer, Engineer, Mixing[67]
2011	STRFKR	Reptilians	Producer, Engineer, Mixing[68]
2011	Blouse	Blouse	Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Group Member, Composer, Drones, Percussion, Programming, Synthesizer Bass, Wurlitzer[69]
2010	The Dandy Warhols	The Capitol Years 1995-2007	Mixing[70]
2009	The Mint Chicks	Screens	Producer, Mixing[71]
2008	The Dandy Warhols	...Earth to the Dandy Warhols...	Producer, Mixing[72]