In 2023, a rock band from Jakarta called Ali will successfully tour Australia not once, but twice. In that year, Ali has appeared at least 10 times in various locations in Australia. They also managed to appear at a fairly well-known festival, namely the Meredith Festival in the state of Victoria.
Indonesian three-piece Ali (John Paul Patton, Arswandaru Cahyo, and Absar Lebeh) incorporate Middle Eastern musical culture with elements of 1970s Indonesian rock, cinematic soul, funk, disco, and afrobeat, to create a new groove and sound straight from the contemporary and vibrant Indonesian music scene. With all lyrics written in Arabic, Ali builds on the influence of Middle