What score does Vintage Culture's Vintage Culture @ Robot Heart Residency Burning Man 2024, California, USA get?

Vintage Culture @ Robot Heart Residency Burning Man 2024, California, USA scores 82/100 in the SOONOS Mix Database (club ready), based on audio measurement plus multi-agent listening.

Which part of the mix scores best?

IDENTITY is the strongest category at 90/100, 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.

Vintage Culture

Vintage Culture — Vintage Culture @ Robot Heart Residency Burning Man 2024, California, USA

House · 2h 21m · Burning MAN · analysed 25 Aug 2026 · source: soundcloud.com

Overall score

82/100

Level

club ready

Duration

2h 21m

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 @ Robot Heart Residency Burning Man 2024, California, USA by Vintage Culture scores 82/100 in the SOONOS analysis (club ready). The strongest dimension is IDENTITY (90/100) and the weakest is SURPRISE (81/100).

This segment demonstrates how technical perfection can sustain a dancefloor even when the narrative arc remains relatively flat.

Key takeaways

What worked

Technical precision in transitions
Consistent energy management
Strong sense of groove and rhythm

What weakened the set

Long static loops (6×) — Sections sitting on the same loop without layering, EQ moves or tension shifts (28:00, 35:00, 40:00, 71:00, 77:00, 90:45). Long loops kill dancefloor momentum.

What to try next

Use more dramatic EQ cuts during transitions to create 'breathing room'.
Incorporate tracks with more melodic hooks to add narrative variety.
Experiment with temporary BPM shifts or rhythmic resets to break the plateau.
Introduce more melodic elements to provide emotional contrast to the heavy percussion.

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.

5:45Measured (DSP)94/100Listen at 5:45
A masterfully executed long blend where the incoming percussion replaces the outgoing elements almost imperceptibly.
10:12Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 10:12
Smooth transition focusing on the melodic handoff between tracks, maintaining the hypnotic state.
13:15Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 13:15
Seamless integration of the new bassline; the transition is almost imperceptible.
17:40Measured (DSP)85/100Listen at 17:40
Effective use of high-frequency elements to bridge the tracks.
22:10Measured (DSP)78/100Listen at 22:10
Slightly abrupt energy shift, though the beatmatch remains perfect.
26:45Measured (DSP)92/100Listen at 26:45
A seamless transition where the incoming percussion replaces the outgoing elements with surgical precision.

About this house set

Vintage Culture @ Robot Heart Residency Burning Man 2024, California, USA is a house DJ set by Vintage Culture, running 2h 21m. It was measured by the SOONOS multi-agent engine and scores 82/100 overall — club ready.

The engine files this performance as “Promising”.

This segment demonstrates how technical perfection can sustain a dancefloor even when the narrative arc remains relatively flat.

How the score breaks down

SOONOS scores this set across 5 weighted categories. The strongest is IDENTITY at 90/100; 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 57 points, moving between 20 and 92 on the SOONOS energy scale — a wide dynamic range across the set.

6 transitions were detected and scored individually.

Beat-grid measurement (DSP) reports 467.0 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.

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Full SOONOS analysis

This segment demonstrates how technical perfection can sustain a dancefloor even when the narrative arc remains relatively flat.

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 Alignmentmeasured81

Transition Qualitymeasured72

Phrase Accuracymeasured92

EQ & Frequency Control (estimated)measured85

Tempo Stability (estimated)measured96

Technical Cleanlinessmeasured85

STORYTELLING

Did the mix go somewhere?

25%88

Narrative ArcAI91

ProgressionAI87

Tension & ReleaseAI83

Section AwarenessAI89

Flow ContinuityAI92

PayoffAI85

ENERGY

Did you control the room?

20%85

Energy Curvemeasured83

PacingAI89

MomentumAI91

Peak ManagementAI85

Energy HandoffAI86

Fatigue ControlAI70

SURPRISE

Did you remain unpredictable?

15%81

Unexpected MomentsAI78

ContrastAI84

Transition Varietymeasured91

Selection RiskAI82

FreshnessAI67

Surprise ControlAI78

IDENTITY

Did the mix sound like you?

15%90

Selection QualityAI87

Identity ConsistencyAI96

IntentionalityAI90

ConfidenceAI91

RestraintAI86

SignatureAI85

Energy arc

12:00141:00