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Wall of text incoming. Full On: I think the fathers of Full On are GMS. AFAIK they were the first group that focus on the rolling bass and the effects instead of the melodies. Under that definition you could tell that were pioneers of Psytrance as well, but IMO GMS defined the Full On sound specifically. Meanwhile Xerox & Freeman were one of the first (if not the first) group from Israel with an obvious Full On style. There were artists like Children Of The Doc (aka Psysex) as well or Cosmic Navigators. In France Absolum’s early tracks defined Full On a lot IMO. His album Wild was influential in Full On especially in the Twilight genre. Now when it comes to the more clubby sound we associate Full on with I think 1200 Mics were definitely pioneers together with Alien Project and Astrix. Influential releases: GMS-Chaos Laboratory GMS-Growly Family Xerox & Freeman-Human Race Absolum-Wild Alien Project-Midnight Sun 1200 Mics-1200 Mics Year of origin: I would say 1998, completely defined in 2001 Origin of the name: Either the Full On series by HOM-Mega compilations (most plausible) or the Full (Mo)On festical (far fetched if you ask me) or the Etnica track (I don’t think so). Twilight: Realistically Twilight has the same origins with Full On since it comes from it. However we may be able to find the early Twilight influences. IMO 3D Vision were the pioneers of the sound with a darker, more aggressive form of Full On. Absolum-Wild features a most aggressive bass that normal Full On and a darker sound. Talamasca’s tracks after 1999 as well Nomad (early DJ Mael) defined the genre. When it comes to South Africa 2002 is the definitely the year we got introduced to their sound. AFAIK SA had a big scene with already established artists, but the world found out their sound in 2002. Influential releases: Absolum-Wild V/A-Psycho Tropic V/A-Ultra High Frequency Nomad-Hyperactive V/A-Africa In Trance (South Af) V/A-Encryption (South Af) V/A-Alien Safari (South Af) Year of origin: I would say 1998 the same as Full On. It was defined as Twilight in 2006 I think. Origin of the name: The first time I’ve heard the term Twilight is in the booklet of Shift-Byte Me. The same year Pitch Hikers-Twilight Zone released. I’m pretty sure South Africa artists first use it. Dark Psytrance: This is tricky since they’re two origins. The Dark Psytrance overall and the Darkpsy one. When it comes to Dark Psytrance I think is very difficult to trace it since it begins in Dark Goa. I would say artists like Cydonia, Phreaky, Psychaos, Tortured Brain, Tim Schuldt, UX, Slide etc. are among the fathers of Dark Psytrance. Now leaving Goa behind I think X-Dream-Radio was highly influential and of course Xenomorph-Cassandra’s Nightmare.(I would add Hux Flux-Cryptic Crunch, but I don’t know if people would agree). Another two albums that associated Psytrance with pure darkness are Dark Soho-Sunspot and The Delta-Scizoeffective. Influential releases: V/A-Kiss The Future X-Dream-Radio Xenomoprh-Cassandra’s Nightmare Dark Soho-Sunspot The Delta-Scizoeffective Year of origin: Difficult to define. I’d say 1998. Darkpsy: I think the fathers of Darkpsy are definitely Parasense. IMO they are who defined how Darkpsy will sound. Neuromotor’s early tracks were highly influential as well. The label that “created” the sound is definitely Acidance. Other influential artists are Dark Nebula, Droidsect, Lemurians and Skazi (oh yes). Parvati was the first label AFAIK that introduced the more crazy and harder Darkpsy sound. However Xenomorph’s debut is still the one that started all. Influential releases: Xenomorph-Cassandra’s Nightmare Parasense-Apple V/A-Drug Therapy Neuromotor-Neuro Damage V/A-First Step Year of origin: 2001 Forest: I think we can all agree that BOTFB are the fathers of Forest. Together with Ka-Sol they pretty much created the forest sound. I personally think that Logic Bomb and Hux Flux were some early pioneers without being actually Forest. When it comes to the more complex Darkpsy-ish Forest I think Derango must be the first with so much focus in effects. Of course Schlabbaduerst records are the most famous Forest label. Other highly influential labels are Boom! (not a forest label, but helped the genre) and Stoneage records. Influential releases: BOTFB-Twin Sharkfins V/A-Tales From The Forest V/A-Psychoactive Psychosounds Schlabbaduerst 001 Year of origin: 1997-98 somewhere there I guess. 2003 for the modern Forest sound. Origin of the name: I guess from the Tales Of The Forest compilation? Psycore: I think Psycore has the same origins of Darkpsy. If we’re gonna define Psycore as very hard Darkpsy as oppose to superfast Darkpsy then Parvati’s first 3 compilations are the very first releases that comes to my mind. However if we define Psycore as fast Darkpsy with horror atmosphere then it’s difficult to find the origins. 2007 was the first time I’ve heard 170+ “evil” Darkpsy in various compilations. Origin of the name: Around 2007-08 I’ve first heard the term Psycore. It’s obviously a portmanteau of Psytrance and Hardcore (or Speedcore). Funny thing I remember that term was used as a way to mock this kind of music by haters, since hardcore ain’t that respectable in the Psytrance field. Hi-Tech: Technically Psycore and Hi-Tech share the same origins. Hi-Tech as a term didn’t get introduced until 2012-13. Anything Darkpsy-ish with high bpm was called Psycore. Since the introduction of the Hi-Tech term and the split between the two genres it’s easier now to define the Hi-Tech origins. Technically Cosmo, Highko and their Highcosmos project is an early version of Hi-Tech, but without the ultra fast bpm. That’s why IMO Furious-Uncanny Beats is the first truly Hi-Tech album. Influential releases: V/A-Peace For The Wicked Cosmo-Akustical Pollution Furious-Uncanny Beats Year of origin: 2007 Origin of the name: No idea.