Matt's piece starts off with a very percussive synth lead that is accompanied by another synth pad that provides depth to the sound. The main synth that comes in at the beginning is enhanced by a reverb effect affixed to the mixer and the resulting sound quality lingers a bit, and thus creating a very cool effect. Additionally, the synth stays on the beat for the first two beats, but on the last two, it enters in on the offbeat, which creates a syncopated melody.
The synths are then accompanied by the actual percussion section when muffled claps slowly fade in to the sound with a sort of techno drum kit. The claps come on the 1 and 3 beats of the 4-4 time signature, which amplifies the rhythm of the already-percussive synths. The drum kit stays on beat for the most part, but because the rhythm involves many 16th notes, the rhythym is very upbeat and catchy. Later on, the percussion is momentarily interrupted when a crescendo-ing synth pad enters to start the lead melody of the song. The claps and drum kit then re-enter to provide a propulsive beat to the song.
As the lead synth goes along, various synth melodies underneath accompany the lead synth. One example, in particular, enters in at 0:26, is a synth with noticeably high reverb/echo which creates a cool ripple effect with the synth sound. This sound perfectly complements the extremely rapid movement of the drum kit underneath. For a bit, the percussion section goes out, but a cool riff of claps brings it back in and this plays throughout for the rest of the song until the end synth part. Then at the very end, this same clap riff ends the piece.
As a whole, the piece works as a very cool, upbeat tune that has moments of unpredictability that make it interesting. The syncopated beats, the layering of synth melodies, and the momentary absences of sound that get released with even cooler synth leads all combine to create a full sound that works well with each other.
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