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debbchia:

Besides textbook genres, another way to describe music is via its origins. E.g. Detroit Techno, West Coast Hip Hop, Southern Rock n’ Roll, Brit Pop etc etc. Given that sub-cultures arise based on locality (at least before the advent of the Internet), there is every reason to believe that where you are from also determines in some sense, how you sound like. There seems that there really is something in the water; a distinctive, yet collective sound that can be identified not just in the obvious vocals, but also from playing live drums out of Australia or making beats in Iceland. If music is language, then accented music reveals our national identity. Dialect, creole and pidgin et al. As for how much that nationalised sound is in demand depends partly on the real or imagined tropes of authenticity, heritage and myths surrounding creation and origin.