Dou Wei

This article is about the musician. For the Tang dynasty chancellor, see Dou Wei (Tang dynasty).
Dou Wei
Chinese name 竇唯 (traditional)
Chinese name 窦唯 (simplified)
Pinyin Dòu Wéi (Mandarin)
Jyutping Dau6 Wai2 (Cantonese)
Origin Beijing, China
Born (1969-10-14) October 14, 1969
Beijing, China
Occupation Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, poet
Genre(s) Alternative Rock, Post-rock, Ambient, Folk, Electronic, Chinese rock
Instrument(s) Flute, drum, guitar
Years active 1987 – present
Spouse(s) Faye Wong (1996–1999)
Gao Yuan (2002–2006?)
Children Leah Dou (b. 1997)
Dou Jiayuan (b. 2002)
Official website www.dou-wei.com
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Dou.

Dou Wei (born October 14, 1969) is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter and composer.

Music

Dou Wei is a multi-instrumentalist and produces music across many genres. He first came to prominence as a member of the hard rock group Black Panther (Hei Bao, 黑豹). His album Dark Dreams draws influences from The Cure and Bauhaus, and was a landmark album in the Chinese rock scene and gained strong popularity. In the following albums Sunny Days and Mountain River, Dou Wei explored new frontiers in electronic and ambience. From there on, Dou Wei's music took the direction of ambience, folk and post-rock. His two last vocal album Acousma and Rainy Murmur with the E band drew influence from the UK post-rock group Bark Psychosis.

Since then Dou Wei's music became more improvisational and he has consistently collaborated with others and formed the group Indefinite. His 2013 album was described as "a fifty-minute Buddhist metal freakout".[1] In 2014 he released the "one track album" Horoscope, with Zifeng on flute and Moxi Zishi.[1]

Personal life

Dou Wei has two daughters: one named Dou Jingtong (born January 3, 1997), born to his ex-wife, Chinese pop singer Faye Wong, and the other one born to his ex-wife, photographer Gao Yuan.

On May 10, 2006, Dou was arrested after storming the office of the Beijing News newspaper's editorial department, destroying a computer keyboard and a DVD player, and pouring water on editors in the office, before setting fire to a car's boot parked in front of the newspaper's office building. Dou claimed that his actions had been justified by the actions of an anonymous Beijing News reporter, whom Dou accused of publishing what he believed to be falsified news about Dou and his second wife, Gao Yuan.

Dou Wei wrote and sang the theme song of the 2011 film Dragon. The song was nominated for best original theme song at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Faye Wong

Compilations

Other albums

See also

References

  1. 1 2 William Griffith (29 April 2014). "New Releases: Dou Wei, Peng Tan, Supermarket, SUBS". Live Beijing Music. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

External links

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