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Listening. Solid kick/bass combination, reminds me of Octagen's sounds. Some techy sounds playing in the back slightly, which is a plus. A minor suggestion - I hear various percussion elements as well as most of the synths in the background (including the main lead fading in) all processed with reverb, this makes the sound a bit muddy and takes away from the track's crisp. Ok strings coming in now, heavy with reverb BUT lack stereo width. The strings are loud enough, have lots of reverb, but the original source of the sound does not pan very effectively, so no matter how big you make it sound it'll still have a flatness to it =/ Another personal preference comment here, the strings are very orchestral, classic strings, which I think is getting outdated in trance. A much more effective choice, in my opinion, is the use of nifty synthesized pads which are more spacy and proggy. Okay anyway moving on to the lead, it's got the same issues in terms of not being wide in the stereo field. It's loud, very audible, but doesn't play mind tricks with your ears through intricate panning and left/right channel delaying. The melody is nice and memorable, a plus. Solid work overall, and I know I was a bit picky - but you guys are good enough producers so that I don't have to point out huge faults, and can just focus on the smaller elements that make a track truly stand out. Take care.
Stan.
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The good thing about using really long melody loops is that they rarely sound repetative, and so they dojnt get boring, but also, the mood can be varried alot, and thats been pulled off very well here i think. As the melody progresses, it portrays different feelings, like excitement, happiness, posibly danger! its cool how it does that. really nice tune anyway 
