Ben UFO — Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend

    Indie House · 2h 16m · Fabric London · analysed 21 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

    Overall score
    87/100
    Level
    festival ready
    Duration
    2h 16m
    Genre
    Indie House

    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 UFO.

    In short

    Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend by Ben UFO scores 87/100 in the SOONOS analysis (festival ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (95/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (83/100).

    You mix like a producer, focusing on how the frequencies of two tracks combine to create a third, unique rhythmic space.

    Key takeaways

    What worked

    • Elite track selection and curation.
    • Masterful long-form EQ blending.
    • Exceptional rhythmic consistency.

    What weakened the set

    • Long static loops (6×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (30:00, 34:00, 38:00, 58:30, 68:00, 72:00). 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.

    • 9:12Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 9:12

      Strategic disruption

    • 21:25Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 21:25

      Strategic disruption

    • 24:15Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 24:15

      Perfectly executed handover. The incoming track's sub-bass takes over without any phase cancellation or volume dip.

    • 29:30Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 29:30

      Smooth transition focusing on textural overlap. The tracks share a similar industrial aesthetic, making the blend feel like a single composition.

    About this indie house set

    Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend is a indie house DJ set by Ben UFO, running 2h 16m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 87/100 overall — festival ready.

    The engine files this performance as “Promising”.

    You mix like a producer, focusing on how the frequencies of two tracks combine to create a third, unique rhythmic space.

    How the score breaks down

    SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 95/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 83/100.

    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 64 points, moving between 60 and 92 on the SOONOS energy scale — a moderate dynamic range across the set.

    7 transitions were detected and scored individually.

    Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 486.7 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 23 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.

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    You mix like a producer, focusing on how the frequencies of two tracks combine to create a third, unique rhythmic space.

    The 8 dimensions

    Not available — the 8-dimension profile was not measured for this set.

    Score breakdown

    TECHNIQUE

    How well did you execute?

    25%86
    Beat Alignmentmeasured78
    Transition Qualitymeasured82
    Phrase Accuracymeasured93
    EQ & Frequency Control (estimated)measured87
    Tempo Stability (estimated)measured94
    Technical Cleanlinessmeasured85

    STORYTELLING

    Did the mix go somewhere?

    25%91
    Narrative ArcAI94
    ProgressionAI91
    Tension & ReleaseAI90
    Section AwarenessAI91
    Flow ContinuityAI94
    PayoffAI86

    ENERGY

    Did you control the room?

    20%84
    Energy Curvemeasured83
    PacingAI94
    MomentumAI92
    Peak ManagementAI89
    Energy HandoffAI90
    Fatigue ControlAI37

    SURPRISE

    Did you remain unpredictable?

    15%83
    Unexpected MomentsAI86
    ContrastAI87
    Transition Varietymeasured93
    Selection RiskAI87
    FreshnessAI39
    Surprise ControlAI86

    IDENTITY

    Did the mix sound like you?

    15%95
    Selection QualityAI94
    Identity ConsistencyAI97
    IntentionalityAI96
    ConfidenceAI94
    RestraintAI95
    SignatureAI94

    Energy arc

    23:00135:40

    Transitions analysed (7)

    5:42

    Perfect Blend

    100
    9:12

    Minor Gain Mismatch

    strategic_disruption

    82
    12:34

    Perfect Blend

    100
    17:00

    Seamless Handoff

    100
    21:25

    Minor EQ Overlap

    strategic_disruption

    82
    24:15

    Long EQ blend with low-end swap

    Perfectly executed handover. The incoming track's sub-bass takes over without any phase cancellation or volume dip.

    92
    29:30

    Mid-range layering and filter fade

    Smooth transition focusing on textural overlap. The tracks share a similar industrial aesthetic, making the blend feel like a single composition.

    85

    Technical subscores

    87

    EQ balance

    92

    Beat alignment

    89

    Energy control

    94

    Tempo stability

    87

    Loudness control

    90

    Musical coherence

    85

    Harmonic compatibility

    88

    Transition cleanliness

    Measured (DSP)

    23 ms

    Beat-grid drift (median)

    Typical gap between the two tracks' beats while they play together. Lower is tighter.

    216 ms

    Drift p95

    Worst-case drift: 95% of the set stays tighter than this value.

    8,122

    Boundaries detected

    Points where the audio changes track or section.

    24

    Hard cuts / h

    Abrupt track changes per hour, with no blend between the two records.

    128

    Clipping events

    Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.

    450

    Level jumps

    Sudden volume steps between tracks.

    Measurement confidence 100% · analysed on the full audio.

    Recurring patterns

    • Long static loops (6×)

      Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (30:00, 34:00, 38:00, 58:30, 68:00, 72:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

    What SOONOS heard

    • Elite track selection and curation.
    • Masterful long-form EQ blending.
    • Exceptional rhythmic consistency.

    Timeline

    • 27:45Groove Lock Peak
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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 UFO's Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend get?
    Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend scores 87/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (festival ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
    How long is Ben UFO - Recorded Live at fabric 15th Birthday Weekend?
    The analysed recording runs 2h 16m.
    Which part of the mix scores best?
    IDENTITY is the strongest category at 95/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 83/100.
    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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