Dream Chambers is the moniker of composer and musician Jess Chambers, a Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist whose work blends modular synthesis and her voice into immersive sonic worlds. Beginning as a folk songwriter in Aotearoa and later exploring electronics within Nashville’s experimental music scene, Chambers’ career has been defined by transformation and cross-genre collaboration, with a consistent through line of emotional resonance and authenticity.

Jess first gained attention through her delicate folk albums and collaborations with artists such as The Woolshed Sessions, Rhian Sheehan, and The Upbeats. She has since released five solo albums and contributed to over a dozen collaborative recordings, spanning genres from country to drum and bass. Her work has also appeared widely in film and television, earning recognition for its emotional impact and craft, with APRA and AMA nominations and awards for songwriting.

Her performance career spans the USA, Aotearoa, and Australia, where she has headlined solo tours and shared the stage with artists including Fleet Foxes, King Woman, Mark Lanegan, Trentemøller, KT Tunstall, Nadah El Shazly, and Ceil. Recent highlights include touring an original live electronic score for the 1920s horror classic Nosferatu and presenting six of her works in concert with Nashville’s contemporary classical ensemble Chatterbird—praised by Music City Review as “a stunningly organic translation of Chambers’ intimate and breathtaking work.”

This year sees Chambers continuing to compose for the screen with her feature film debut on the sci-fi comedy Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, and as co-composer with Arli Liberman on the BBC murder mystery television series The Ridge. Recently awarded the CNZ Creative Fellowship Fund, she is now developing new experimental works that unite modular synthesiser and vocal ensemble, further expanding her exploration of voice and synthesis on a larger scale.

Beyond her creative work, Jess co-facilitates Techno Echo, a meetup supporting women and gender-diverse creatives in music technology, championing mentorship, collaboration, and gender equity in her local music community.