It has good build-up and melody, but halfway through i feel like it wants to be faster and build up even more. On the other hand, as is it has a lot of 'loop-in-background' potential. I like the choice of sounds and how it is put together (yes, laymen's terms)

keep doing your thing!

I like the atmosphere at the beginning and the rhythmic content. The texture has a bit of an experimental feel, and the mixing is quite good. The drums might even be a tad too loud relative to the harmonic content. I think the piece doesn’t sound structurally complete, though, and you could really use more treble and mid-range tones throughout. The texture is pretty minimal, and overall the composition needs to be much more fleshed out. It still has some really cool instruments, moods, and atmospheric sections, though. I’d encourage you to keep working on this, but for the purposes of this competition, this isn’t getting much credit for structural or compositional categories from me. Thanks for coming out to the NGADM though, la-yinn, and good luck with your future projects! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.5/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
6.5/10

The reverby background ambiences work really well with that wooden-textured hard-hitting beat to create a very moody piece.