Originally Posted by Glice

I was actually thinking about this last night - I generally don't think about things on this forum away from the forum - and I came to a similar conclusion. India already has an enormous trance scene - Delhi and Goa trance, which is very different to the Ministry of Sound type trance. Also, it's kind of why I mentioned Bhangra. It sells by the absolute bucket-load over here, thanks to the large British-Indian/ Pakistani populations, but so far as I know there's not much spill-over into 'mainstream' (which in this case might as well mean non-South Asian) culture. I've heard some people referring to Desi as a genre, but then others say it's just Bhangra with a different name - either way, I think I'm not alone in being horrifically ignorant of this music.

India and China are at a similar point now to where Japan was earlier in the last century - growing to be a large player in global economics. It really wouldn't suprise me if either country suddenly became the hot spot for exciting music; it wouldn't surprise me if they already are. But then, it could also be the case that everyone jumps on Senegalese hip-hop (which is already, as far as I can make out, splitting quite majorly with its American template). Actually, in the latter case, I think a lot of French chaps are jumping on African hip-hop in French and it's doing big business. Couldn't be sure though.

So yeah, those are some thoughts.

Edit: I forgot to mention - I think you can only really suggest America/ UK as having the 'best' music if you're referring to rock/ pop. If you're into Dance music, in whatever form it comes, I think it's incredibly unlikely you'd look to Britain, unlikely you'd look to the US since the early-90s and much more likely you'd be looking towards South-American countries or continental Europe. The old rock slant of the forum in full effect in this thread.