Cohen@Mushon (; pronounced Cohen At Mushon) are an Israeli hip hop duo comprising the rapper and record producer
Michael Cohen and the actor
Michael Moshonov
Michael Moshonov ( he, מיכאל מושונוב; born ) is an Israeli actor, rapper, musician and TV host. Moshonov won the Ophir Award for Best Actor twice, for '' Lost Islands'' and for '' The Human Resources Manager''. He is also known profess ...
. their musical producer and DJ is DJ Mesh. The rappers call themselves by the stage names "Cohen" and "Mushon" in reference to their
last names, because they are both have the same
first name
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Michael
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Cohen@Mushon's musical style is influenced mainly from the international hip hop scene. Contrast part of the Israeli rap artists who sings
protest song
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s.
Biography
In 2008
Hed Arzi released ''Kosher Gufani'' (), Cohen@Mushon debut album, the album produced by
Cohen himself and
Ori Shochat. at the same year they were nominated on the
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Israeli Act The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award
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. after 3 years, In 2011 they released their second album, ''Machshev Lekol Yeled'' () which got many praises. After 5 years, in 2016 they released their third album ''Yamim Arukim'' (), the album includes guest appearances from
Peter Roth,
Ravid Plotnik,
Michael Swissa,
Peled and the actors
Ido Mosseri and
Dana Frider
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. the album contains samples from songs of
Arik Einstein
Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein ( he, אָרִיק אַייְנְשְׁטֵייְן, ; 3 January 1939 – 26 November 2013) was an Israeli singer, actor, comedian and screenwriter. He was a pioneer of Israeli rock music and was named "the voice of Is ...
, that was a good friend of Mushon's father
Moni Moshonov
Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov ( he, שלמה "מוני" מושונוב; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.
Early and personal life
Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family that immigrated ...
, the album produced by Cohen@Mushon and
Ori Shochat includes guest production by the international record producer
The Alchemist
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in the song ''Ein Shum Be'aya'' ().
History
Cohen and Moshonov got acquainted through mutual friends in high school when they were 16 years old.
They started to perform music at the beginning of the 2000s.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Kosher Gufani'' (2008,
Hed Artzi
Hed Arzi Music ( he, הד ארצי, meaning: ''Echo of My Country'') is an Israeli record label founded in 1946.
History
The company was founded in Tel Aviv in 1946 as a partnership of Zvi Levin (also known as Hirsch Lewin) with Josef Grossman, ...
)
* ''Machshev Lekol Yeled'' (2011, Hi Fidelity)
* ''Yamim Arukim'' (2016, Unicell)
Mixtapes
* ''Chroimal’e MeKohav Moshe'' (2013, Vibetown)
* ''Havai Ve'Bidur''
(with DJ Mesh) (2016, Shigola)
References
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Israeli musical duos
Israeli hip hop groups
Musical groups established in 2000
Musical groups from Tel Aviv