Dudu Prudente is drummer, composer, music producer, recording / mixing engineer and label manager. Born in Sergipe, Brazil, and currently based in Belgium, he combines diverse cultural influences in his art. He started his career as a graphic designer in advertising agencies after graduating in communication, but soon turned to music. Over the past 20 years, Dudu has collaborated with a wide range of artists, exploring genres ranging from folk culture to pop, instrumental, electro and experimental. He is also a co-founder of the Belgian-Brazilian group Anavantou, which blends musical traditions from northeastern Brazil and Belgium; a member of the Brazilian experimental group Membrana and the Belgian instrumental group Munsch.

Dividing his time between the two countries, Dudu works in his Orí studio in Sergipe, Brazil, and his MAAR sound atelier in Belgium. Currently, he is dedicated to research and composition of electroacoustic pieces, sound creations and installations. In 2022, he began training at the Institut Musiques et Recherches (Belgium) with master Annette Vande Gorne. Since then, his works have gained visibility in festivals such as BOEM (Ghent, Belgium) and Electrobelge (Brussels, Belgium). His most recent piece, "Calcaire", received an honourable mention at the prestigious Musica Nova Contest (Prague, Czech Republic) in 2023 and the award for best composition at the Métamorphoses Festival (Brussels, Belgium), in 2024.

In his creations, he explores sound micro-ecosystems, using the organicity and the power of gesture to recreate universes, always making room for experimentation, Dudu likes to manipulate machines, objects, electronic circuits, field recordings and musical instruments, and has been learning through electroacoustic experience to value the relationship established with the sound source, considering sound as a malleable material capable of generating invisible sculptural forms in the collective imagination.

His most recent project is Longe, an independent label dedicated to giving voice and promoting emerging and underrepresented artists. Based on creative freedom, experimentation, and diversity, Longe offers an inspiring and inclusive environment by connecting artists, the public, and innovative sociocultural initiatives.

"The sound is in everything; you just need to know how to listen." (Naná Vaconcelos).