Go on mate
I had a party on my own to this.
Ass shaking bass and percs.
Love the first synth.
Nice little first break, dont realy dig the vocal but thats my taste, seems you have none (baboom tish im so funny)
Nice production, nice mixdown, baybe the kick and bass could stand out a bit more but maybe not cause it might change the mixdown you have.
Realy digging the rides too.
Concerning the wanting the pads to stick out a bit more but not wanting to back off on the chorus.
How about you just put the chorus in a bus as a send and then use it that way.
Or duplicate the track, take the chorus off the new track, find the freq that makes it poke out of the mix and filter out the rest then mix the two.

Oh and get a shave