Martha-Jane Official - What Is Home

Biography

At the beginning of Martha-Jane’s journey to release her first EP in 2024, is a bowl of chocolate cereals and a television, on a Sunday morning of September 2001, in suburban Paris. The screen put light on a black fedora and a sparkling glove. And while the Western world experienced a major geopolitical upheaval, a little girl found a beacon that would never leave her.

This marked the beginning of years spent in choir, dance, and diligently reading record sleeve credits. She became involved in music-related associations and organized studio meetings with artists whose names adorned those CD booklets. Eventually, she found her place in the music business.

But a year before Covid put our lives on hold, she learnt that hers might not be as long as expected. Guts problems, apparently. Suddenly, everything became urgent, starting with giving herself permission to create “her music”. She thus spent two years learning music theory in jazz and contemporary music schools. This allowed her to deepen her understanding of her influences, ranging from Stevie Wonder to Carole King, Steely Dan, Minnie Riperton, and Michael Jackson. Through her music, she expresses a blend of happy nostalgia, introspection, a sense of place, and the importance of following one’s gut.