Antibalas sporting the animal masks they wore on the cover of their 2012 self-titled Daptone Records release.
Courtesy of our friends over at The Afrobeat Blog, here’s a list of the Top 15 Afrobeat Albums of 2012. Topping the list is Brooklyn-based Antibalas, featuring drummer and ThisWorldMusic Ghana study abroad alum Miles Arntzen.
2. Fangnawa Experience – Fanga and Abdallah Guinéa
3. Solidarity – Souljazz Orchestra
4. Good Future – EMEFE
5. Faithful Man – Lee Fields
6. Landing on a Hundred – Cody Chesnutt
7. Thrillah – Easy Star All-Stars
8. Jungle Fire – Jungle Fire
9. High Noon – The Funk Ark
10. Instrumental EP – Chico Mann
11. Radio Salone – Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
12. En Yay Sah – Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang
13. Dub to the Bone – Super Hi-Fi
14. La Bala – Ana Tijoux
15. Roots before Branches – Henry Cole & The Afrobeat Collective