Cygnus X was a trance music project from Germany named after the X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann and Ralf Hildenbeutel, who later left. Other projects of the pair include A.C. Boutsen, Brainchild and Dee.FX. Their sound extends from hard to ambient trance. Their first release was "Superstring" in 1993. "The Orange Theme", released in 1994, was the project's best received track: a trance version of Henry Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of... [more on Wikipedia]