Towa Tei
| Towa Tei | |
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Tōwa Tei in 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Doug Wa-Chung |
| Also known as | Sweet Robots Against the Machine |
| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) Yokohama, Japan |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Electronica, house, trip hop, shibuya-kei, big beat, drum and bass |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer, disc jockey |
| Instruments | Keyboards, turntables |
| Labels | Elektra |
| Associated acts | Deee-Lite, |
| Website | www |
Towa Tei (テイ・トウワ（鄭 東和） Tei Tōwa?, born Doug Wa-Chung, 1965) is a DJ, artist and record producer born in Yokohama, Japan. Towa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated back from New York to rural Nagano prefecture in Japan.
His concept party, "Hotel H", started in 2009 as a social spot for music industry people in Tokyo.
Towa began making demo tapes at the age of 16 having bought his first synthesizer, a Korg MS-10. While studying at Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design he sent his tape to a radio program of Ryuichi Sakamoto titled "Sound Street".
In 1987, Towa moved to the US to study graphic design and joined house act Deee-Lite, a trio with Supa DJ Dimitry and Lady Miss Kier, enjoying almost instant success after debuting in 1990 with their album World Clique and the single "Groove Is In the Heart".
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