Need opinions/help on experimental electronic

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I can see what you mean; it feels like the song is missing something. I'm not familiar enough with the genre to be able to specifically identify what that is though.

My best guess would be that you don't have a lot going on at any given time. Maybe add more... stuff?
 
Everything seems pretty quiet and not really EQ'd at all. Did you try EQing anything? Especially the drums, they're really lacking in energy.
 
I would solo the drums first and get them sounding large. There doesn't seem to be any significant bass drum sound. No thud! Work on the drums first then add your other sounds.

You can benefit from samples of other music/voices/film quotes, play with them, cut them up, reverse them, make new sounds completely alien from anything else. The beauty of electronic music is there are no rules! Try anything, and then more. But always keep in mind not to bloat your tunes with too much stuff because it will only become muddy.

You can also try to think in the way of Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Verse, Chorus, Outro, or a mixture of them. Returning sections of music but with slight changes to melody, tone, samples, etc. A nice Bridge/Breakdown of something completely different to the rest of the song but linking two halves can keep the imagination going and the listener interested.

The possibilities are literally endless with electronic music. It's good fun discovering stuff.

Another good habit to get in to is to save your sounds to presets as you work, if you don't use that sound you've discovered in one tune, you might in another in the future.

Have fun! :D
 
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