Biography
Ane Díaz, born in Venezuela and now residing in Los Angeles, works as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose approach merges inventive, modern takes on Venezuelan folk material with elements of indie folk, rock, and pop.
Her family relocated to Florida in the United States during her seventeenth year. From childhood onward she performed on string and percussion instruments while also singing, and she committed to a musical path at an early stage. Her professional activity dates back to the closing years of the 1990s. She contributed vocals and instrumentation to Aleka’s Attic alongside Rain and River Phoenix, and she later played bass in the former’s project Causey Way. In 1998 she supplied backing vocals for R.E.M.’s album Monster.
She established the indie rock band Producto in 2001 and served as its frontwoman, shaping material in both English and Spanish. The group issued three albums whose titles consisted solely of numbers across the span from 2002 to 2007; Díaz handled lead vocals, shared songwriting duties, and co-produced the first two of those releases.
In 2018 she issued the three-track Venezuela EP, which Rain Phoenix produced and which appeared under her own imprint. Two years later she affiliated with the actress’s LaunchLeft label and put out the acoustic single “Los Ejes de Mi Carreta.” The 2023 album Despechada comprises ten Venezuelan folk songs that her mother selected and that received extensive reinterpretation. Jim White, Paul Fonfara, and John Keane shared production responsibilities, and the collection appeared in June of that year, earning widespread critical recognition internationally.
Her family relocated to Florida in the United States during her seventeenth year. From childhood onward she performed on string and percussion instruments while also singing, and she committed to a musical path at an early stage. Her professional activity dates back to the closing years of the 1990s. She contributed vocals and instrumentation to Aleka’s Attic alongside Rain and River Phoenix, and she later played bass in the former’s project Causey Way. In 1998 she supplied backing vocals for R.E.M.’s album Monster.
She established the indie rock band Producto in 2001 and served as its frontwoman, shaping material in both English and Spanish. The group issued three albums whose titles consisted solely of numbers across the span from 2002 to 2007; Díaz handled lead vocals, shared songwriting duties, and co-produced the first two of those releases.
In 2018 she issued the three-track Venezuela EP, which Rain Phoenix produced and which appeared under her own imprint. Two years later she affiliated with the actress’s LaunchLeft label and put out the acoustic single “Los Ejes de Mi Carreta.” The 2023 album Despechada comprises ten Venezuelan folk songs that her mother selected and that received extensive reinterpretation. Jim White, Paul Fonfara, and John Keane shared production responsibilities, and the collection appeared in June of that year, earning widespread critical recognition internationally.
Albums
Singles
