Jo Dusepo, better known simply as Dusepo, is a luthier, multi-instrumentalist musician, ethnomusicologist, composer, radio host, sound engineer and producer from London, England. From November 2014 to 2017, she was a radio host on K2K Radio in Kilburn, west London.
Luthier
Jo Dusepo has worked as a luthier since 2008, and specialises in world and historical stringed instruments, including mandolins, citterns and others.[1]
Musical styles
Many of her earlier music 2006–2010 was ambient, electronic music and dub in style, apart from the 2008 album Blue & Purple, which was minimalism. Since 2012, most of her music has been classical music, folk music, world music and acoustic music.[2][3][4]
She has sung in English, German, Spanish, Romanian and Esperanto, and also worked as a sound engineer and producer for other artists.
Discography
Short Circuit
- Released: 1st June 2008
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 15
Blue & Purple
- Released: 1st December 2008
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 5
A Long Journey
- Released: 1st September 2015
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 9
Lapiz Lazuli
- Released: 22nd March 2020
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 9
Waves of Sound
- Released: 16th August 2022
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 24
Oudok
- Released: 24th July 2023
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writers: Jo Dusepo, Nashenas Naujawân
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 6
Phase Boundary
- Released: 25th July 2023
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 5
Glow
- Released: 4th August 2023
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 17
Benevolence
- Released: 25th February 2024
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writers: Jo Dusepo (Oud, Tanbur, Singing Bowl), Anthony Dunnicliff-Hagan (Violin, Cello), Nashenas Naujawan (Ney)
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 8
European Medieval Music on Oud
- Released: 7th September 2024
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 7
Short Stories
- Released: 20th October 2024
- Format: Digital
- Label: Equaniminity Records
- Writer: Jo Dusepo
- Producer: Jo Dusepo
- Tracks: 8
References
- ^ "Strung out with Jo Dusepo – docksnfrocks quirky lifestyle blog". Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "A Long Journey | Dusepo". Dusepo.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Dusepo | Jamendo Music | Free music downloads". Jamendo.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Jo's World – K2K Radio". 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.