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 (a.k.a. Black Dream) 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". In 2014 he released the "one track album" Horoscope, with Zifeng on flute and Moxi Zishi.
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, born to his ex-wife, photographer Gao Yuan.
On 10 May 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.
Solo albums
1994 Black Dream (黑梦)
1995 Sunny Days (艳阳天)
1998 Mountain River (山河水)
2004 Eight Fragments (八段锦) (recorded between 1995 and 2003)
2013 Yang Jin Mantra (殃金咒)
2015 Tian Zhen Jun Gong (天真君公)
Collaborations
1991 Hei Bao (Panther,黑豹) with Black Panther
1994 Black Dream (黑梦) with Dreaming
1999 Acousma (幻听) E Band
2000 Rainy Murmur (雨吁) E Band (demo)
2002 Gloriette by Water (水亭) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2003 One Stone, Two Birds (壹举·两得) with Indefinite (不一定) (recorded in 2001)
2013 Mu Liang Wen Wang (暮良文王) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2004 The Story Between the Mirror and Flowers (镜花缘记) with FM3
2004 Three States, Four Scores (三国·四记) with Indefinite (不一定)
2004 Wuque Liuyan (五鹊·六雁) with Indefinite (不一定)
2004 Live On (相相生) Mu Liang Wen Wang (recorded in 2002)
2004 Qiguo Shengdan (期过圣诞) with Indefinite (不一定) (live at Shenzhen, recorded in 2001)
2005 Shan Dou Ji Shi Ye (山豆几石页) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2005 Ji Ran Pin Qi Guo (祭然品气国) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2005 Ba He (八和) with Indefinite (不一定)
2005 Jiu Sheng (九生) with Indefinite (不一定)
2006 Shui Xian Hou Gu Qing Feng Yue (水先后古清风乐) with Indefinite (不一定) (live at ARK Bar, Shanghai, recorded in 2005)
2006 Pilgrimage to the East (东游记) (recorded in 2005)
2006 Rainy Murmur (雨吁) with E Band (recorded in 2000)
