Rodrigo Ha-Kohēn is a crossover vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineering researcher, and composer. He is the creator of Me'orav Music, an overarching musical genre and ecosystem designed to integrate Experimental and Avant-garde frameworks with Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) and Mizrahi modal traditions.
His musicological research is embodied in Digital Fusion Ney Music (DFNM), an instrumental subgenre that examines the friction between organic acoustic execution and fixed digital electronic grids. Through this framework, Ha-Kohēn developed performance protocols for traditional Middle Eastern instruments, including Ney-Flow (a binary compression technique for continuous aerophonic delivery on the Ney flute) and the Dumm Slide (a frictional pitch-bending articulation on the Riqq).
Utilizing the Ney flute, Riqq, Acoustic Guitar, and Violin as structural modules, his work integrates South Indian Carnatic rhythmic syntax (Konnakol) and Levantine modal systems (Maqamat) under polymetric dynamics without global tempo modulation—establishing the technical bedrock for his vocal microtonality and crossover identity.
Official Website: https://www.rodrigohakohen.com
