Jane Machine

“Jane Machine takes us on a journey through the desert of our collective subconscious.” -HighClouds

Soaring into the underbelly with pop sensibility and stark darkness, Jane Machine is as much dreamy and sensual as it is gritty and melancholic. Songwriter/producer/vocalist Erica von Trapp carves out a new landscape from her Portland, Oregon studio, exploring notions of human purpose, desire, and void swimming through a mix of analog synths, intimate vocals, experimental instrumentation, and electronic/modular percussion. The result is a playful yet haunting ethereal art pop.

"Von Trapp’s voice is strong, delivering almost hyper-feminine breathiness redolent with an exotic tang radiating on waves of sonic color." - huffpost

Drawing electronic music inspiration from her years spent in Paris, where she started producing music and maneuvering recording studios, hip hop rhythm from her childhood growing up in the California Bay Area, and other-worldly textures from her years homesteading in Joshua Tree, Jane Machine lies somewhere between alt pop, trip hop, and ethereal electronic.