Random Dogs was formed in 2011, when Ben Rayzman (singer-songwriter) and Da’el Campbell (bass guitar player), close friends since school, joined together to start their life project - form a band and release their original music. Along the way, Oren Ronen (electric guitar player), Gil Meir (electric guitar player) and Jonathan Alter (drummer) joined, and together, after endless hours of rehearsing, writing, recording and mixing - the band released its debut EP, entitled Out of the Race,  on May 2014. Our EP is available for a free download from our Bandcamp page - http://dogsrandom.bandcamp.com 

Random Dogs’ five members are based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The band’s name was picked after a friend from NYC mentioned the enormous numbers of random dogs wandering around in Tel Aviv. The name was catchy and we felt it represents us well.

2) Do you see a difference between Israeli and American audiences? 

We can’t tell yet, as the upcoming visit in Atlanta, GA, is our first time as a band outside of Israel. Back here in Tel Aviv we get a lot of great feedbacks and attention, and we’re looking forward to exposing our music to American audience, which we’re sure will be as warm as here in Israel. Our music is written in English, as we see it reaching out to international crowds, so we’re really excited about this opportunity.
 

3) What message do you hope to convey through your music?

We come from such a complicated area, and our music carries the message of peace and harmony between people, no matter what their race, sex, looks or religion. We believe that arts and music in particular are an amazing way to connect people to each other - and we’d like to deliver these energies world wide.
 

4) What are you most looking forward to doing in Atlanta (besides playing at the Velvet Underground, of course!)