I don't know what happened in 1989 for you to say that was the last time something completely new occured within music, but it seems as arbitrary as any date. As for something that was musically fresh since then. Maybe Hardcore (rave not punk) although that borrowed from earlier house/techno - itself derivative of Disco, Hip Hop, Funk, etc. I don't think any music has been produced which was truly unique and not traceable, at least in part, to some earlier development.
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