really intricate and lush, well done on the sounds

Have to say my critique would go along the lines of TL for composition. As far as mix, it's a bit top heavy on your intro glitches, as well as breaks. I'm talking the 6k and especially around 10k and up

Wishing there were more volume on your bass and less contrast between loud and soft sections, by a few dB perhaps.

Your watery noises at 2:20 or so are out of stereo field it sounds like with your synths. I think panning, widening, delays, or some other effects to achieve the wideness of your harmonic instruments could help there. The biggest issue is mesh between textures. I can't describe why some feel flat and wide, others centered, like the contrast between watching a spectrogram in one hand and a wall of noodles perpendicular to it is what my brain tried to conjure up as an analogy for how the sound is behaving.

It may sound better on open air monitors, but it sounds a bit thin. I think multiband compression tinkering could help fatten individual instruments and FX up, and a subtle treatment to soften high treble (hi-hat range) would do well on the master. That's the only weak point of this piece, stereo mix and the outro being quite abrupt. Otherwise I sincerely enjoyed it.

im fanboying over these glitches so hard

I like the glitchy and ominous riffs at the beginning. The sound design and production are both awesome, and you nailed the rich atmosphere and moodiness too. At :46 or so, the piece loses a bit of momentum, and after a while I would’ve liked the piece to stay grounded in some more stable harmonic content. The melancholy breakdown at 1:40 is nice, and I really like the addition of the piano and the wavering synth pads at around 2:05. The filtering/volume adjustments on the pads at around 2:35 are a bit disorienting, but I like how the piece sinks back into a mellow atmosphere before the final drop at 3:23. That said, there are also a lot of moments in this piece where the texture is fairly minimal, and I might’ve liked to see either some more melodic content or otherwise a thicker soundscape. Still, the mixing, mastering, and instrumentation are killer here. Really evocative piece, CrowdDoll! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
2/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
8/10

This is awesome I love it