The Human Beings are a London based band who were first formed in Israel in 2001 by the song writer Igal Israel – vocals, acoustic guitar who decided after attending film school to concentrate on music.
After several different forms ‘The Human Beings’ were established as a duo in 2003 with Ruth Clarke (coming from a fine art background) – flute, vocals and glockenspiel.
There are now five members; Omri Schitrit – Double Bass, Dor Kelman – Drums and Percussion, Yair Schleider – Accordion and Trumpet, Ruth and Igal
The Human beings gig in and around London as a quartet and as a sextet twice a month. This brings two unique and exciting elements to the songs one being more intimate with a Classical/ Folk feel and the other brings a world, gypsy feel to the band’s sound.
They have had the pleasure of being part of The Spitz Folk Festival where they supported ‘The 18th Day of May’ and where many artists played such as Beth Orton and Bert Jansch.
The Human Beings form a unique blend of sounds that can be called ‘mirror music’. A type of music that builds a space for you to see yourself reflected there. Besides the fact that their music is acoustic, it is hard to put it in any specific drawer .. gypsy, mellow, classical, rock, folk, psychedelic lullabies..
Former Members of the band have been

Roei Erez – Piano, Guitar
Mivsam Noiman – violin
Eli Natan – Electric Guitar
Oded Caspi – Electric Guitar
Tobi Lustigman – Electric Guitar, keyboards
Ben Vered – Bass
Yair Yona – Bass
Hofesh Schechter – Drums
Eyal Raz – Drums
Maya Gorelick – Glockenspiel