Listening to this, I got the “woa, what is that?” factor you described in my submission. I love the different tuning in this, it’s really attention grabbing in a way that reminds me a lot of when I visit abstract and professionally done art exhibits. I could picture this being in such an exhibit about “The Far Reaches”.
The reed instrument was really well programmed, it sounds very human. The voices and percussion also contributed nicely to the soundscape and made it sound very open. The mixing and automation was good and I think achieved what you wanted to express.
The only critique I have is really minor and subjective, the vocals at around the 1:00 mark got a bit too “clear” like it didn’t come from the same space and took me out of the environment a little, though it didn’t last long.
Well done! Loved this piece.