Ben Nicky — Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025
Hard Trance · 1h 13m · analysed 22 Aug 2026
About this hard trance set
Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025 is a hard trance DJ set by Ben Nicky, running 1h 13m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 84/100 overall — club ready.
The engine files this performance as “Promising”.
How the score breaks down
SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 91/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 81/100.
The final score is capped by measured -: the DSP layer overrides the listening layer whenever it measures an execution issue directly in the audio.
Analysis coverage for this file is 100% — the share of the set the engine could measure with full confidence.
Energy and structure
The energy curve was sampled at 11 points, moving between 40 and 98 on the SOONOS energy scale — a wide dynamic range across the set.
7 transitions were detected and scored individually.
Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 1006.0 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 20 ms.
Full SOONOS analysis
The 8 dimensions
Score breakdown
TECHNIQUE
How well did you execute?
25%82
TECHNIQUE
How well did you execute?
STORYTELLING
Did the mix go somewhere?
25%90
STORYTELLING
Did the mix go somewhere?
ENERGY
Did you control the room?
20%84
ENERGY
Did you control the room?
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
15%81
SURPRISE
Did you remain unpredictable?
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
15%91
IDENTITY
Did the mix sound like you?
Final score capped by measured execution (-) — weighted average was 86.
Energy arc
Transitions analysed (7)
EQ-based low-end swap on phrase
Perfectly timed transition from the cinematic intro into the main psy-trance groove.
High-pass filter layering
Smooth integration of new percussive elements over the existing bassline.
Digital blend with high-pass filter swap
Sharp, precise transition maintaining the driving energy of the intro.
Double-drop layering
Expertly timed layering of two melodic themes, creating a massive wall of sound.
Perfect Phrase Swap
Minor High-End Clash
strategic_disruption
Vocal Layering Peak
Technical subscores
84
EQ balance
93
Beat alignment
93
Energy control
96
Tempo stability
85
Loudness control
83
Musical coherence
86
Harmonic compatibility
86
Transition cleanliness
Measured (DSP)
20.2 ms
Beat-grid drift (median)
195.9 ms
Drift p95
4,381
Boundaries detected
138
Hard cuts / h
70
Clipping events
246
Level jumps
Measurement confidence 100% · analysed on the full audio.
Recurring patterns
Long static loops (1×)
Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (5:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.
Timeline
- 15:45Tension Peak
- 18:20Vocal Payoff
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Questions about this analysis
- What score does Ben Nicky's Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025 get?
- Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025 scores 84/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
- How long is Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025?
- The analysed recording runs 1h 13m.
- Which part of the mix scores best?
- IDENTITY is the strongest category at 91/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 81/100.
- How is this score calculated?
- SOONOS measures the audio with a DSP pass (beat grid, loudness, tempo, energy) and runs a multi-agent listening pass on top. Measured axes always override the listening layer, so an execution issue heard in the file caps the final score.