You have some really nice ideas. I think it would especially work well if you varied your bass. Like have some sections that use a reese bass instead of a plucked bass and use that as a way to connect different sections.
Like I feel like at 3:25 , you could replace the bass pluck with a reese style bass and keep building up the energy. That could lead into a drop that uses some of the same sounds as the build up.
