I like the pensive mood at the beginning and the ominous synth pattern at :11. The snare at :44 is a little loud compared to the synths, and the texture of the piece remains quite minimal throughout. You have a good sense of harmony and progression, but the composition felt a little underdeveloped here. Some stronger melodic content or some more dynamic harmonic elements would help this piece out a lot. That said, I admire your sense of atmosphere, and the production quality here is really strong. Keep at it, BigTWONeli! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.75/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.25/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.5/1
Composite score
6/10

yo i love melodic 808 cowbells! lots of atmosphere and mood going on in this. surprised at how tight the lows ended up being for the most part. i can appreciate a minimal instrumentation but i wanted something in the background in the building sections just to help push the momentum of the track some more. i think the cowbell melody gets a bit messy when the beat kicks in at 0:44, sounds like two variations are accidentally playing at the same time. shakers seem a little loud and overall the mix isn't very wide so maybe pan some stuff around and smear the shakers with a short plate reverb. a creative idea and solid foundation for a beat!

important notes on my NGUAC review process: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1476427/18#bbspost26965604_post_text

the tempo of the main song should be a good start-up for begining but it goes through the entire song which kinda gets boring. The drop which made me confused either I should give the author 4 or a 3 star because its a outstanding hard rave. So it should suggest to study different types of flavors but at the same after taste. Keep it up ;)

first of all, no it's not techno
it's quite unique to hear a cowbell used as the main sound, but i suggest layering it with either synths or whatever you like
the hi-hats sound a bit loud, the beats are not bad tho
the track is overall lack effects (for the transition)