Trance
Clearly, Artists from Europe (Eastern + Western Europe), Russia, & UK, dominate in Electronic Music! No Doubt! In one of my earlier blogs long back, I cited some of the best Trance artists are either originating from Europe + UK, or, Russia. And honestly, no other Nation in terms of Electronic so far can match them! Michael Cretu, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Dash Berlin, Solarstone, Otnicka, Ferry Corstein, Tinlicker, Paul Oakenfold, Motorcycle, Schiller, ATB, Aurosonic, Above & Beyond, Robert Miles, Faithless, Chicane (being an only exception from North America) etc. are some of the well-known examples coming from that region. Other Nations tried Trance, but, it looks more of unnecessarily overdoing things rather than originating anything new or everlasting! Moreover, other nations got sucked into REMIXING, rather than defining uplifting, psy, progressive, ambient, deep house (vocal or non vocal). And I don’t like the remix versions. What Trance I used to listen in my school days in the 90s and in the early 00, just vanished in the last 20+ years. Yes, Artists like Tinlicker and others tried to revive that, yet, it didn’t gain much of attention, because the Board Of Directors of the Music Industry changed and got filled with who don’t understand Beats, Music, Notes, &, Tempo! And why it matters, I tell you! Unless and Until I learn to feel that tempo in Jazz & Blues, I won’t be able to enjoy that. Yes, it keeps playing at the Coffee Shops, yet, I can only enjoy more if I can understand those typical Blues beats’! Similarly, people who are becoming DJs by Remixing different songs, are not DJs at all. If you can’t create an uplifting, progressive, PSY, Deep, House etc. beats (vocal or non vocal), then, you’re not a DJ, and can call yourself something else, maybe a mere Remixer!
Metal/Rock
Now, when it comes to Metal / Doom Death Metal / Hard Rock, in that case, US has excelled. Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Iron Maiden, earlier Slipknot, Rammstein (being an exception from Europe), Audioslave, Linkin Park, SOAD, Evanescence, and many others originated from therein.
Rap/Reggae
Again, in Rap, it is the US that outshined. Eminem, 50 Cents, Snoop etc.. While Reggae, it is the African sub-continent.
POP / Indie
When it comes to POP, Urban, Indie, Soft/Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia etc. then again, Europe and Eastern Europe have excelled! No Doubt! I’m surprised that POP, Alternative artists from US ended up becoming billionaires! How? And honestly, till today, I haven’t understood what is K-POP, except, of the fact that the American PR Companies marketing them. For what, I’ve no idea!
Kaleidoscopic Diversified Music
When it comes to more of a Kaleidoscopic diversity of music and traditional mythological hymns of myriad cultures covering in One Single Album belonging to One Single Nation, then of course in that case, INDIA excelled! Means, you can discover traditional music from close to approx 1600+ Dialects & Languages in One album. But again, just like Blues, you should be knowing the context and essence of what you’re listening to, else, you won’t understand nor enjoy.
Classical
Classical is something, that every nation takes pride of! Be it of ‘any’ Asian or African or American or European nation, every nation feels proud of their Classical legacy! So, I’m not going to comment on that part because, again, to understand and to enjoy that, you require deepest knowledge of Music, which only those people have earned, who have devoted Learning & Playing Music of different Origins and Cultures, and I’m Not one of them; thus, I’m not able to comment on that!
Am I missing something beyond Academia? Academia is Boring! 😊
© Pranav Chaturvedi
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