What score does Knife Party's Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12 get?

Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12 scores 86/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (festival ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.

How long is Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12?

The analysed recording runs 1h 00m.

Which part of the mix scores best?

IDENTITY is the strongest category at 92/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 85/100.

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.

Knife Party

Knife Party — Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12

Electro House · 1h 00m · Ultra Music Festival · analysed 23 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

Overall score

86/100

Level

festival ready

Duration

1h 00m

Genre

Electro 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, Knife Party.

In short

Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12 by Knife Party scores 86/100 in the SOONOS analysis (festival ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (92/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (85/100).

This mix succeeds by leaning into the 'Knife Party' signature of aggressive, high-fidelity sound design and uncompromising energy.

Key takeaways

What weakened the set

Repeated volume jumps (2×) — Gain-staging mismatches break perceived continuity and force the crowd to readjust. Detected 2× (5:45, 28:32).
Long static loops (6×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (10:00, 20:00, 26:00, 36:00, 43:30, 50:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

What to try next

Incorporate more melodic breathers to create even greater contrast for the drops.
Experiment with longer, more complex layering during the electro-house segments.
Utilize more varied transition techniques (e.g., loop-based builds) to keep the technical interest high.
Introduce more mid-tempo or atmospheric segments to create a more dynamic narrative arc.

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.

2:12Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 2:12
Perfectly timed energy handoff that catches the crowd at the peak of the build.
5:45Measured (DSP)78/100Listen at 5:45
Functional transition maintaining the high-energy electro-house groove.
9:22Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 9:22
Effective use of a breakdown to reset the palette before slamming into a new track.
12:25Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 12:25
Sharp, professional transition that maintains the high energy level.
14:42Measured (DSP)90/100Listen at 14:42
Excellent layering that builds tension before a seamless handover.
24:12Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 24:12
Perfectly timed switch into a new bass rhythm, maintaining peak energy.
28:32Measured (DSP)78/100Listen at 28:32
High-frequency elements from both tracks overlap; slightly cluttered but effective for tension.

About this electro house set

Knife Party - Ultra Music Festival 3-25-12 is a electro house DJ set by Knife Party, running 1h 00m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 86/100 overall — festival ready.

The engine files this performance as “Promising”.

This mix succeeds by leaning into the 'Knife Party' signature of aggressive, high-fidelity sound design and uncompromising energy.

How the score breaks down

SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 92/100; the weakest is SURPRISE at 85/100.

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 35 points, moving between 60 and 98 on the SOONOS energy scale — a moderate dynamic range across the set.

7 transitions were detected and scored individually.

Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 794.8 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.

Listen to the original set

Full SOONOS analysis

This mix succeeds by leaning into the 'Knife Party' signature of aggressive, high-fidelity sound design and uncompromising energy.

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 Alignmentmeasured82

Transition Qualitymeasured84

Phrase Accuracymeasured92

EQ & Frequency Control (estimated)measured83

Tempo Stability (estimated)measured96

Technical Cleanlinessmeasured79

STORYTELLING

Did the mix go somewhere?

25%91

Narrative ArcAI91

ProgressionAI88

Tension & ReleaseAI93

Section AwarenessAI90

Flow ContinuityAI87

PayoffAI97

ENERGY

Did you control the room?

20%87

Energy Curvemeasured87

PacingAI87

MomentumAI95

Peak ManagementAI93

Energy HandoffAI95

Fatigue ControlAI52

SURPRISE

Did you remain unpredictable?

15%85

Unexpected MomentsAI86

ContrastAI85

Transition Varietymeasured94

Selection RiskAI90

FreshnessAI53

Surprise ControlAI86

IDENTITY

Did the mix sound like you?

15%92

Selection QualityAI92

Identity ConsistencyAI97

IntentionalityAI95

ConfidenceAI97

RestraintAI71

SignatureAI95

Energy arc

0:0060:00