UJose Soto Soto, eyaziwa ngcono njenge UJose Mercé (Ifani yakhe yobugcisa yimbeko kwiminyaka awayecula ngayo kwikwayala ye-Basilica de la Merced, kwidolophu yakhe), wazalelwa eJerez de la Frontera ngo-1955, ngakumbi kwindawo yaseSantiago. Umzukulwana omkhulu kaPaco Luz kunye nomtshana kaManuel Soto, uhlala ephefumla i-flamenco kuwo omane amacala. Xa wayeneminyaka eli-13 kuphela ubudala, waya eMadrid, apho aqala khona ukuhamba nabadanisi abanjengoMario Maya, uCarmen Mora no-El Güito, emva koko u-Antonio Gades wajoyina inkampani yabadanisi awathi wahambela i-Yurophu kunye neMelika enkulu. UMercé wasebenzisana neGades phakathi kuka-1973 no-1987, nabo bathatha inxaxheba kwiifilimu "iBodas de sangre" kunye ne "Flamencos", nguCarlos Saura. Ngo-1983 wabhala “Ingcongolo iluhlaza"Ndikunye noTomatito no-Enrique de Melchor, ozakulandela ngo-1987"Iindlela zasebukhosini ze cula”. Ngo-1991 wazigqwesa ngokuba “Iingcambu ezinzulu", Kwaye kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, ngo-1994, wapapasha"Ukuhlutha umphefumlo”. Nangona kunjalo, yayiku-1998 xa umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa uthathe ithuba elibalulekileyo, xa wayerekhoda icwecwe “Ngomso”Ndikunye nomdlali wegitare uVicente Amigo. Elicwecwe lanikela ngomfanekiso ohlaziyiweyo wobugcisa beFlamenco obabuzaliswe ngo-2000 ngo “Umoya"Kwaye mva nge"Umyalezo"Ngo-2002, icwecwe elichazwa nguMercé" njengealbham eyenziwe ngentliziyo ", apho wayenentsebenziswano, phakathi kwabanye, kaEnrique de Melchor. Kutshanje, ngo-2004, wazisa “Ndithembele kuFuá", I-albhamu apho abonisa khona ubuchule bokwenza i-cantaor ngomxube weengoma kunye neyona cante inyani.
Impumelelo enkulu:
Ngethuba lokuqala kwikhondo lakhe elide, uJosé Mercé wapapasha i-albhamu ngazo zonke iingoma ezenze ukuba i-cantaor eyazalelwa eJerez ibe lelona nani likhulu kwiflamenco namhlanje ngenxa yokukwazi kwakhe ukufikelela kubo bonke abaphulaphuli ngaphandle kokuphulukana nobunzulu okanye ubunzulu. I-albhamu enkulu yeHits nguJosé Mercé ikhutshwa ngo-Matshi 26 kwaye iqulethe iingoma ezili-17 ezimvumele ukuba athengise ngaphezulu kwama-600.000 eekopi zealbhamu zakhe zamva nje kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo. Iingoma ezifana Umoya, Primavera, Ekuseni, Ndizokupeyinta, Ndiyakukhumbula Amanda, Ukunyaniseka, Ngomso, Umyalezo, UMammy oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka… Imixholo yoqobo kunye neenguqulelo ezidibana okokuqala kwi Impumelelo enkulu kaJosé Mercé, ibali lesona siganeko sikhulu siveliswe yiflamenco kule minyaka idlulileyo. Kwakukho ngo-1998 xa uJosé Mercé wabhala i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kunye neNtombi: Ngomso. Iveliswe sisiginkci uVicente Amigo kunye neengoma ezifana Primavera, UJosé Mercé wafikelela kubaphulaphuli abancinci kwaye akazange alandele iflamenco, ethengisa iikopi ze-albhamu eziyi-190.000. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, waphula irekhodi lakhe kunye nealbhamu elandelayo, Umoya, ethengise ngaphezulu kwe-230.000 yeekopi kubandakanya uguqulelo lweAl alba, iklasikhi nguLuis Eduardo Aute. Impumelelo yeenguqu zabo ziya kuphindwa kwii-albhamu Umyalezo Ngo-2002 (uJosé Mercé uyacula Ndiyakukhumbula Amanda nguVíctor Jara); ivuliwe Ndithembe ukusuka fuá isuka kwi2004 (I-Clandestine ngu-Manu Chao) kunye no Yintoni ongayinikwanga isuka kwi2006 (UMammy oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yeePop top).
Zonke ezi ngoma zikwi-albhamu Impumelelo enkulu kaJosé Mercé, Kunye nabanye abathathwe kwiialbham zokugqibela ezintlanu: Ngomso, Primavera y Iyakuchukumisa kwaye iyakutshisa bakwi-albhamu Ngomso (1988); Ekuseni, Umoya, Ubomi buyaphuma y Ilindile kwidiski Umoya (2000); ndiyakukhumbula Amanda, Umyalezo y IFilarmoney yendawo yaseSantiago a Umyalezo (2002); I-Clandestine y Ndithembe ukusuka fuá kwi-albhamu Ndithembe ukusuka fuá (2004) kunye UMammy oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka y Ndizokupeyinta a Yintoni ongayinikwanga (2006). Kunye nabo, Isithuba esifutshane apho angekhoyo, ulonwabo lukaPablo Milanés 'odidi olufakwe kwi-albhamu Indawo yeFlemish, Ikumkani kunye Solea ngasekunene. Libali lakutshanje neliphumeleleyo likaJosé Mercé, igcisa elivela esibelekweni, kuba wazalelwa eJerez de la Frontera, kwindawo yaseSantiago, esifubeni sosapho lakwaSoto. Urekhode icwecwe lakhe lokuqala xa wayesengumntwana. Kamva wavuma kunye noAntonio Gades, bathatha inxaxheba kwifilimu Umtshato wegazi nguCarlos Saura, wasebenzisana neNational Ballet, waphumelela iNational Flamenco Art Contest yaseCórdoba ngo-1986, wavuswa ngobugcisa ngo-1998. Impumelelo enkulu kaJosé Mercé, imvumi eyazi kakuhle indlela yokudlulisa iflamenco yeyomntu wonke.
Ukuze ubuxabise ubugcisa bukaJosé Mercé nantsi iklip yevidiyo Umyalezo: