Baba Ali is the combined force of American performer and musician Baba Doherty and British guitarist Nik Balchin, both based in London.

Within their first few years, the duo have worked with Jamie Hince (The Kills), Alex Epton and most recently Al Doyle (LCD Soundsystem / Hot Chip).

For their 2023 album Laugh Like A Bomb, Baba Ali took to production duties themselves in Al Doyle’s London studio, and finished the final mixes with Sheffield producer Ross Orton (Working Men's Club / M.I.A. / Arctic Monkeys). The album’s bold and fiery lead single Burn Me Out serves as a blueprint for what the duo call their ‘electro punk disco’ sound and was premiered by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music. Baba Ali also performed the song for their live television debut on the legendary BBC show Later…with Jools Holland.


Onstage, Baba Ali is a captivating and seductive presence, transmitting a wall of sound that fills the room with an infectious raw energy and groove that makes standing still impossible.