Ben Nicky — Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025
Hard Trance · 1h 13m · analysed 22 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com
Public mix analysis — no affiliation or endorsement. This report measures a publicly available recording hosted on soundcloud.com. The scores are produced by SOONOS and do not imply any partnership with, or approval by, Ben Nicky.
In short
Ben Nicky Live @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2025 by Ben Nicky scores 84/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (91/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (81/100).
The engine files this performance as “Promising”.
Key takeaways
What weakened the set
- Long static loops (1×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (5:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.
Timestamped insights
Each moment below is tagged with how it was produced: “measured” comes from the DSP pass on the audio, “listening” comes from the multi-agent listening pass.
Perfectly timed transition from the cinematic intro into the main psy-trance groove.
Smooth integration of new percussive elements over the existing bassline.
Sharp, precise transition maintaining the driving energy of the intro.
Expertly timed layering of two melodic themes, creating a massive wall of sound.
Strategic disruption
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.
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.
How this score is built
Measured layer (DSP): the audio file is analysed directly — beat grid, tempo stability, loudness and energy. These values are measurements, not opinions.
Listening layer: a multi-agent pass reads musical intent — programming, storytelling, coherence and crowd effect. This layer interprets, it does not measure.
Fusion and ceilings: the two layers are merged, and the measured layer always wins on execution. When the DSP hears an execution problem, it caps the final score even if the listening layer is positive.
Measured coverage for this file is 100% of the set.
Full SOONOS analysis
The 8 dimensions
Not available — the 8-dimension profile was not measured for this set.
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?
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 ms
Beat-grid drift (median)
Typical gap between the two tracks' beats while they play together. Lower is tighter.
196 ms
Drift p95
Worst-case drift: 95% of the set stays tighter than this value.
4,381
Boundaries detected
Points where the audio changes track or section.
138
Hard cuts / h
Abrupt track changes per hour, with no blend between the two records.
70
Clipping events
Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.
246
Level jumps
Sudden volume steps between tracks.
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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Methodology and limitations
This report is produced automatically from the published recording. It measures what is present in the audio file: a bad source encoding, a partial upload or a heavily processed broadcast version can change the measured values. Nothing here reflects the room, the crowd or the night itself.
Read the full SOONOS methodology →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.
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