As opposed to the emotive cello one often thinks of in this kind of context, for a track like this I’d prefer to hear it as a component of the rhythm. I know that may not be what you want to hear, but when I hear a track like this and thinking in the context of an addative, rather than a lead instrument providing a solo or delivering a speech such as it were, I’d be interested to hear it driving the track. Almost to supplement if not replace the drums - like to make the drums an afterthought.
Maybe not for all applications, but when listening to this that’s the feeling I get. Maybe a bit more lively than one would expect, catching the sharp sound of the bowstrike, maybe it’s called ricochet bowing? I’m not sure if that’s the correct term for what I want to say. But if it were a person breathing, they would be taking short shallow rhythmic breaths.
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