Dou Wei

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Dou Wei
Dou Wei Yu Bu Yi Ding Le Dui Yan Chu .jpg
Dou Wei and band perform, 2007
Born
Occupation(s)Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Poet
Years active1987 – present
Spouses
(m. 1996;div. 1999)
Gao Yuan
(m. 2002;div. 2006)
Children Leah Dou (daughter) (b. 1997)
Dou Jiayuan (daughter) (b. 2002)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Musical career
OriginBeijing, China
Genres Alternative Rock, Post-rock, Ambient, folk, Electronic, Chinese rock
Instrument(s)Flute, Drums, Guitar
Website www.dou-wei.com

Dou Wei is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter and composer.

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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). In the album Sunny Days and Mountain River , Dou Wei explored new frontiers in electronic and ambience.[ citation needed ] 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. [1]

Since then[ when? ] Dou Wei's music became more improvisational and he has consistently collaborated with others and formed the group Indefinite. His 2013 album Golden Curse (殃金咒) was described as "a fifty-minute Buddhist metal freakout". [2] In 2014 he released the "one track album" Horoscope, with Zifeng on flute and Moxi Zishi. [2]

Personal life

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

On 10 May 2006, Dou was arrested after storming the office of The Beijing News' 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. [3]

In March 2019, Dou Wei was married to a longtime fan two decades younger than him. She and Dou had a child in 2016. [4]

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations

With Faye Wong

Compilations

Other albums

See also

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References

  1. Dan Waterfield (October 24, 2016). "The Rise Of Chinese Rock In 10 Bands". Culture Trip. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. 1 2 William Griffith (April 29, 2014). "New Releases: Dou Wei, Peng Tan, Supermarket, SUBS". Live Beijing Music. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. 窦唯闯入《新京报》抗议 烧编辑私人车辆(图). Sohu yule (in Chinese (China)). May 10, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  4. Fam, Jonathan. "So This Is What Happened To Faye Wong's First Ex-Hubby Chinese Rocker Dou Wei". Today. Retrieved March 17, 2020.