Vintage Culture — Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3

    House · 1h 17m · analysed 25 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

    Overall score
    81/100
    Level
    club ready
    Duration
    1h 17m
    Genre
    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, Vintage Culture.

    In short

    Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3 by Vintage Culture scores 81/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (91/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (79/100).

    The engine files this performance as “Promising”.

    Key takeaways

    What weakened the set

    • Long static loops (6×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (5:00, 31:00, 33:00, 37:30, 44:00, 54:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

    What to try next

    • Experiment with subtle percussion layering to add micro-energy shifts.
    • Use more dramatic filter sweeps to signal chapter changes.
    • Maintain the excellent balance between vocals and instrumental grooves.

    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.

    • 4:48Measured (DSP)88/100Listen at 4:48

      A textbook melodic house transition. The basslines are swapped perfectly on the phrase, maintaining the hypnotic flow.

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

      Smooth transition using high-pass filtering to clear space for the incoming percussion.

    • 20:45Measured (DSP)82/100Listen at 20:45

      Intentional reset

    • 25:12Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 25:12

      A textbook melodic house transition. The incoming bassline is introduced so subtly it feels like a natural evolution of the first track.

    • 29:30Measured (DSP)88/100Listen at 29:30

      Uses the breakdown of Track A to introduce the atmosphere of Track B. Very effective for maintaining emotional momentum.

    About this house set

    Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3 is a house DJ set by Vintage Culture, running 1h 17m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 81/100 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 79/100.

    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 30 points, moving between 40 and 90 on the SOONOS energy scale — a wide dynamic range across the set.

    7 transitions were detected and scored individually.

    Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 486.1 grid breaks per hour, with a median beat offset of 25 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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    Full SOONOS analysis

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    The 8 dimensions

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

    Score breakdown

    TECHNIQUE

    How well did you execute?

    25%85
    Beat Alignmentmeasured75
    Transition Qualitymeasured79
    Phrase Accuracymeasured91
    EQ & Frequency Control (estimated)measured88
    Tempo Stability (estimated)measured92
    Technical Cleanlinessmeasured85

    STORYTELLING

    Did the mix go somewhere?

    25%85
    Narrative ArcAI90
    ProgressionAI84
    Tension & ReleaseAI80
    Section AwarenessAI86
    Flow ContinuityAI90
    PayoffAI76

    ENERGY

    Did you control the room?

    20%81
    Energy Curvemeasured91
    PacingAI88
    MomentumAI85
    Peak ManagementAI83
    Energy HandoffAI84
    Fatigue ControlAI25

    SURPRISE

    Did you remain unpredictable?

    15%79
    Unexpected MomentsAI80
    ContrastAI86
    Transition Varietymeasured91
    Selection RiskAI84
    FreshnessAI31
    Surprise ControlAI80

    IDENTITY

    Did the mix sound like you?

    15%91
    Selection QualityAI90
    Identity ConsistencyAI94
    IntentionalityAI91
    ConfidenceAI88
    RestraintAI89
    SignatureAI91

    Energy arc

    0:0076:30

    Transitions analysed (7)

    4:48

    Long EQ blend with low-end swap

    A textbook melodic house transition. The basslines are swapped perfectly on the phrase, maintaining the hypnotic flow.

    88
    9:12

    Filter-assisted blend

    Smooth transition using high-pass filtering to clear space for the incoming percussion.

    82
    11:45

    Perfect Blend

    100
    16:20

    Harmonic Handover

    100
    20:45

    Minor EQ Overlap

    intentional_reset

    82
    25:12

    64-bar EQ blend with low-end swap on phrase

    A textbook melodic house transition. The incoming bassline is introduced so subtly it feels like a natural evolution of the first track.

    92
    29:30

    Filter-assisted blend during breakdown

    Uses the breakdown of Track A to introduce the atmosphere of Track B. Very effective for maintaining emotional momentum.

    88

    Technical subscores

    88

    EQ balance

    93

    Beat alignment

    84

    Energy control

    92

    Tempo stability

    86

    Loudness control

    87

    Musical coherence

    93

    Harmonic compatibility

    89

    Transition cleanliness

    Measured (DSP)

    25 ms

    Beat-grid drift (median)

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

    218 ms

    Drift p95

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

    4,578

    Boundaries detected

    Points where the audio changes track or section.

    52

    Hard cuts / h

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

    600

    Clipping events

    Moments where the recording hits the ceiling and distorts.

    245

    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 (5:00, 31:00, 33:00, 37:30, 44:00, 54:00). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

    Timeline

    • 0:45Atmospheric Hook
    • 4:48Seamless Handoff
    • 24:50Vocal Layering Excellence

    Coaching notes

    • Experiment with subtle percussion layering to add micro-energy shifts.
    • Use more dramatic filter sweeps to signal chapter changes.
    • Maintain the excellent balance between vocals and instrumental grooves.
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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 Vintage Culture's Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3 get?
    Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3 scores 81/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.
    How long is Vintage Culture @ Cigarettes After Sex Chapter 3?
    The analysed recording runs 1h 17m.
    Which part of the mix scores best?
    IDENTITY is the strongest category at 91/100, while SURPRISE is the lowest at 79/100.
    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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