@jawoodruff
Many times I don't think in a tonality, or I mix tonal music with other things, so there was nothing intentional.
Regarding those scales with augmented seconds and semitones I'm used to hear them all the time. I live in the Mediterranean coast and all the traditional scales around are based on those intervals, from Middle East to Spain, from North Africa to Balkans.... I didn't want an ethnic flavor. In fact, I liked that Edom means Red.