Well, I think if you cut the traditional mud frequencies and that didn't do it, the problem is something else as you suggest. To me it doesn't sound like a mess really, but perhaps there are some things to consider, for example:
Have you rolled off the low frequencies of your cymbals and crashes? What about the other high frequency instruments? What happens to the mix if you roll them off at a slightly higher point? The kick doesn't seem to cut through sufficiently for me, I'd look at putting in a compressed/eqed version in, possibly alongside what you have now. The kick for me plays an important role in the track, so the fact that it lacks the impact it could have possibly accounts for the 'overcompressed' flat sensation another poster got.
Have you 'cut a hole' (EQed) for the dominant kick frequency in the bass? How about adding a bit of 5 KHz to the kick to boost the attack?
If it were my track I'd change the snare sound. At the moment it seems to take up a lot of space in the mix - I'd consider decreasing the decay and putting a low pass filter (or removing a good deal of the high frequency content). I had a play around with one of the versions you uploaded. The intention being not really to 'fix' what you have, rather to provoke a response to something in particular you might decide stands out as wrong.
Having said all that though, assuming you have already low or high passed the various instruments appropriately to improve clarity, I'd say if you're happy with the composition, the track is almost at the stage where you should probably just send it off for mastering imho, as I said it really doesn't sound a mess here at all.
I never considered that it sounds compressed when the kick just isn't cutting through. That's a good point.
I rolled off a 6db pole at about 100 hz for a lot of them. I should probably mention that I didn't necessarily have low mids cut, I just had them getting rolled off because the pole was high enough. I originally had cuts, but I decided it sounded weird.
One thing I forgot to do was add side chain compression to the bass on either versions. I had it before, but I did a complete remake and forgot to put it in (and it sounds like it could use it)
I haven't cut a hole in the bass because I just don't like to do that with the bass.
I get the snare decay. I know it's a lot of reverb, I put it on there on purpose. I wanted people to notice the verb as part of the sound. I made it mono so it would be less crazy, but I can try turning it down.
I'll listen to your version in a bit.
I'm not sure what it is I'm hearing, but it just sounds like I don't even have that many sounds but it's coming through in a bad way. Kick, Snare, Piano, Synth through guitar rig, Cymbal, another synth, strings, claps.
Everything is technically mono. The piano, strings, and guitar rig synth are just going through reverbs, and the other synth has a haas delay.
