The Valencian artist publishes a new single, ‘Don’t call me anymore’, after having toured with Antonio Orozco and having been on television
José Julián Martín Estruch (Valencia, 1993) had to suffer the drama of losing his father to find his way. known as Jxta Martín, this young musician left the stage of a karaoke to, guitar at the ready, defy the laws of reggaeton and return to take out the Flemish in the purest Andy and Lucas style to the fore. His first composition: a song to his father. She wasn’t the only one. Since then, she has given free rein to her lyrics in the form of singles and now has more than 31,000 followers on Instagram -another many on Tik Tok and Twitter-. And she promises to keep increasing them.
And that when he was only 14 years old, his little sister did not see a very promising future for him. “I liked to sing and she told me to stop, that I was doing it wrong& rdquor ;, he comments. And it seems that she was wrong. It only took time to pass and come of age for Jxta to continue with her destiny. “When he died my father was 18 years old and he didn’t know what he wanted to do in life. He worked at karaoke and sang old songs in my spare time. My cousin encouraged me to make a song in his memory and I started to compose & rdquor ;, she recalls. It was then that the rhythms of songs like ‘Lunares’ or ‘Destino’, one of his latest published works. This Tuesday comes to light ‘Don’t call me anymore’, a kind of second part of his previous single that talks about heartbreak. “I wrote this song and ‘Destino’ together, at a time of breakups & rdquor ;, she explains, to add that “heartbreak is what inspires me the most & rdquor ;.
Because Jxta is no longer the child that Camela listened to. Now he hits the note with themes based on their own stories, friends, or heard out there. And although his base is flamenco, he knows what he wants. “I grew up with my grandmother and one of my uncles listened to a lot of flamenco. When I started to sing, I left it unintentionally & rdquor ;, she says. “Although my base is flamenco and pop, I want to go further, I don’t want to be afraid of experimenting with new sounds and it will be seen in the next singles.”
Los Caños and the C. Tangana era
Thus, self-made at the time when Los Caños stood out strong and self-proclaimed fan of C. Tangana and Alejandro Sanz, Jxta does not give up and hopes to see himself in the future in the world of music, “without great luxuries & rdquor ;.
“I admire C. Tangana because, although vocally he is not the host, he’s up there for coco’s sake, because he’s smart& rdquor ;, he comments. “Alejandro Sanz is also an inspiration because he has lived his whole life and is an incredible composer & rdquor ;.
The Yin and Yang of music, two extremes and one center, Jxta and her songs. “I like this career, make music. It is true that over the years you realize that this is not just singing, there are many things inside, you learn how the industry works & rdquor ;, he points out and assures that “although sometimes there are days of discouragement, I am clear that I want to dedicate myself to this.
With a future yet to be shaped, endless songs and lyrics in his backpack, and a flamenco guitar as accompaniment, this young man, who defines himself as fun, nervous and sensitive, has been on the stages of ‘La Voz’, ‘Top Star’ and has been on tour with Antonio Orozco, something he defines as “incredible”.
“More a slave to social networks than to his music”, considers that the 2.0 world is the key in the world and works single by single with the illusion of being able to release an EP and a record shortly. Some say that he will be the C. Tangana of 2023, he has his feet on the ground: “This work is slow and expensive and you always have to have a bit of luck & rdquor ;.
Jxta, what do you think your father would think?I would be very proud (smiles).