a really good alternative group:Nichiya
i hope you could go to some russian music webs and to find some songs from them!
they have a song in english which called it's the pain to
just find them

Nichiya seems to be a common word, so it's very difficult to find their band site, plus most is in russian, making it very difficult to find unless you know russian and have a Cyrillic OS.

I Am Not Russian, But I Could Find It By Myself
Beacuse I Have A Good Memory Of Many New Russian Words Which I Still Don't Know
The Meanings.~~~~i Am Form China Also Just 16.so....if I Am A University Student Who Are StUDing Russian,maybe I Could Translate More Introductions Of Them
Ok,i Will Try Best.just Wait.......

just post a link

http://www.nichya.ru
it has a website in english

I'd say from what I heard from the band, that this thread would be better in the pop or electronic thread.

i don't think so.i'd like you to listen their new album first.and then maybe you will find out the music isn't like simple pop or electroic.because you didn't understand the russian what they sung. just like Bjork,YOU ALSO COULD NOT SAY HER MUSIC IS POP

just try more to know them.i hope they could go to China, and then they will be really popular.
just beat the japanese music and korean!!

I do think Bjork is pop rather than world or folk.

Word and folk generally have some traditionally ethnic elements even if very progressive.

No offense to them, if they were doing some songs with balalaika on them on there other stuff ok, but the link you sent sounds likes top 40, in any language.

This

http://en.nichya.ru/media/anyutin_mix.mp3

is neither world nor folk

i have told you that you should know more about them.that just a remix for the masses....just try to know more.