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Jane Paknia
Born (2000-11-30) November 30, 2000 (age 24)
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationMusician
Musical career
OriginNew York City
Genres
InstrumentSynthesizer
LabelsEat Your Own Ears

Jane Paknia (born November 30, 2000)[a] is an American synthesizer player and composer from New York City. An accomplished trumpeter in her teenage years, her music in adulthood primarily focuses on dance-pop and electronic jazz. Her debut EP, Orchid Underneath, was released in 2024, and her second, Millions of Years of Longing, was released in 2025.

Early life and education

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Paknia was taught piano by her Iranian grandmother beginning at age 5, and started studying trumpet at 13.[2][3][4] While a student at Weston High School in Weston, Connecticut, she was the principal trumpet in the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras's Principal Orchestra, and winner of the GYBO's Concerto Competition.[3][4] Paknia later attended Columbia University, from which she graduated in 2022, and where she met and collaborated with singer Sarah Kinsley.[5]

Career

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Paknia released her debut EP, Orchid Underneath, on April 26, 2024, via Eat Your Own Ears Recordings.[6][7] South African collective John Wizards remixed the song "Glimmers", and Hagop Tchaparian remixed the title track, with the latter remix being named the 88th best song of 2024 by Pitchfork.[2][8]

Paknia's second EP, Millions of Years of Longing, was released on June 6, 2025, by Eat Your Own Ears.[2] Three singles were released from the EP: "Solace", an electronica song which Paknia dedicated to her inspirations Sophie and Alice Coltrane, came out on March 11;[9] "Waiting Pt 1", written in 2022 and based on a "Bach-like chord progression", was released on April 15;[10] and "The Dream Is This", released on May 13,[11] which was inspired by a dream of Elmo dying.[2] Both Waiting Pt 1" and "The Dream Is This" were ranked among Stereogum's top five songs released in their respective weeks.[12][13] The Guardian's Laura Snapes compared the EP to the music of Max Tundra, Jockstrap, and the record label Brainfeeder.[2] Still Listening's Eliot Odgers called the EP "one of the strongest and most confident EPs of 2025 so far" and "exciting, innovative work from an artist with a clear vision and serious skill."[14] The Quietus's Anna Rahkonen called the album an inventive and exploratory sophomore effort, covering vast sonic ground across electronic, pop, and jazz-fusion."[15]

Style

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In a piece written for Talkhouse, Paknia explained her own musical style and how she came to it.[16] During her freshman year at Columbia, her trumpet abilities "strangely disintegrated", and after a low emotional point, she returned to piano and singing.[16] In that time, she had the idea to play the synthesizer in combination with a digital audio workstation.[16] Her friend offered her a playlist full of dance-pop music, leading her into a dance-pop fixation which she decided to combine with her interests in contemporary jazz and electronic music into a style she referred to as electronic jazz.[16]

Personal life

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As of 2025, Paknia lives in New York City.[9]

Discography

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EPs

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  • Orchid Underneath (2024, Eat Your Own Ears)
  • Millions of Years of Longing (2025, Eat Your Own Ears)

Singles

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  • "Solace" (2025, Millions of Years of Longing)
  • "Waiting Pt 1" (2025, Millions of Years of Longing)
  • "The Dream Is This" (2025, Millions of Years of Longing)

References

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  1. ^ On November 30, 2024, Paknia posted that it was her birthday on her Instagram page.[1] In an article in The Guardian, dated April 19, 2025, she was said to be 24 years old.[2]
  1. ^ Paknia, Jane [@janepakniamusic]; (November 30, 2024). "I am in France and it's my birthday. Sue me". Retrieved April 20, 2025 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Snapes, Laura (April 19, 2025). "One to watch: Jane Paknia". The Guardian. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Boros, Phyllis A.S. (May 14, 2018). "Klein youth concert to feature about 300 county students". Midland Daily News. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Renner, Tom (January 5, 2017). "Weston Trumpeter Blows 'Em Away in Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra". Daily Voice. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Auerbach, Lucia (August 19, 2022). "From TikTok to the Bowery Ballroom, Sarah Kinsley, CC '22, breaks the boundaries of music". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  6. ^ Rossignol, Derrick (April 1, 2024). "All the New Albums Coming Out in April 2024". Uproxx. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "Orchid Underneath | Jane Paknia". Bandcamp. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  8. ^ Gaca, Anna (December 2, 2024). "The 100 Best Songs of 2024". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Cummings, Bill (March 11, 2025). "Jane Paknia releases pulsing and inventive earworm "Solace" ahead of new EP". God Is in the TV. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  10. ^ Chelosky, Danielle (April 15, 2025). "Jane Paknia – "Waiting Pt 1"". Stereogum. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  11. ^ Jones, Abby (May 13, 2025). "Jane Paknia – "The Dream Is This"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  12. ^ Jones, Abby (April 18, 2025). "The 5 Best Songs of the Week". Stereogum. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  13. ^ Chelosky, Danielle (May 16, 2025). "The 5 Best Songs of the Week". Stereogum. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  14. ^ Odgers, Eliot (June 5, 2025). "Jane Paknia – Millions of Years of Longing EP Review". Still Listening. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  15. ^ Rahkonen, Anna (June 18, 2025). "Jane Paknia – Millions of Years of Longing". The Quietus. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  16. ^ a b c d Paknia, Jane (May 17, 2024). "Reference Library: Jane Paknia's Orchid Underneath was Born in a Storm". Talkhouse. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
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