Remixes & Mashups - DJ Quintessence

Originals, remixes, mashups, and edits will all be posted here as they're released. Originals first, followed by remixes and mashups.

All Tracks by DJ Quintessence (Originals + Remixes & Mashups)

My first original track is here! Leave it to a drummer to compose a track where the drums act like they're the lead instrument, ay? The title has multiple meanings. If you can guess them all, you win my super secret mystery prize.

F Minor, 72 BPM

Making Contact

Original track number two! This will be part of my upcoming EP. I derived enormous pleasure from making this track, and I hope it can give you a similar pleasure.

B Minor, 84 BPM

Uncertainty

Using new methods to create mashups. The process hits different now that I've been producing originals too. Enjoy this beauty!

I dropped this for the first time tonight at West Coast Swing. You can thank that dance for the way I decided to EQ the drums and make them sound so much more powerful than in the original instrumental. Now the result really makes me want to dance.

I've been wanting to put this one together for months but it took the skills I have now in Ableton to make it work just right and stop some of the elements from clashing. Sidechaining and giving some of the stems rests were my friends here. I put a full day of work into this and I'm very pleased with the result.

E Minor, 87 BPM

True Passions of the Equinox (DJ Quintessence Mashup)

Seems a fitting enough time to drop this one with the world in chaos, no?

Thanks to Molly for the idea to throw these two together.

B Minor, 80 BPM

What A Wonderful Skyfall (DJ Quintessence Mashup)

Remastered version of one of my favorite mashups. Meant for Brazilian Zouk and Fusion Dance.

Had to triple the track to get the upload to stay, sorry!

C#m vs. F#m, 70 BPM

Underwater Flow (DJ Quintessence Mashup - 2025 Remastered)

One of my most classic mashups, now with a cleaner sound and a hybrid of both of the original basslines. Great for partner dancing or Brazilian Zouk. (Tripled for SoundCloud.)

C vs. Am, 75 BPM

Lovesong Viver (DJ Quintessence Mashup - 2025 Remastered)

Happy Valentine's week to all the Zoukers and Billieheads.

C#m, 60 BPM

Everything I Wanted (Zouk Sax Cover Remix)

Single number three! Yes, it is in C Sharp.

C#m, 80 BPM

Sharpened Sea

I made this song for West Coast Swing. Enjoy! It has a steady backbeat throughout and sits at a very comfortable tempo of 85 BPM, making it a good one for warmup and practice. May the hypnotic and catchy Chill Pop vocals get as stuck in your head as they have in mine. 

C#m, 85 BPM

Stop Pretending

My first club shaker is here! Get lost in the deep and hypnotic sounds of this progressive track as you dream of higher days.

Cm, 124 BPM

Higher Days

New Sky (DJ Quintessence Zouk Remix)

DJ Quintessence (Lexi Battle, she/her) is one of the most diverse and musically nuanced acts you’ll find performing today. In addition to being a lead DJ and organizer of the “Ecstaturday” Ecstatic Dance in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, she is also a resident DJ in partnership with The Omni Movement, a progressive partner dance studio located in Oakland. You’ll most commonly find her playing for Fusion Dance, Brazilian Zouk, or West Coast Swing around the Bay Area, though she also holds passion for her unique take on club-style EDM. As a highly multidisciplinary DJ and music producer, she brings lessons and influences from each of the music scenes she’s involved with into all of the others, giving her a unique perspective that allows her to hybridize the elements that work from the different scenes and let them inform each other.


Quintessence is a master of the intentional dance journey. She begins with tempos and rhythms designed to warm the body up while the melodic content creates emotional depth and intrigue that set the stage for what’s to come. Each stage successively builds on what we’ve experienced in the last, taking us somewhere new that still feels part of the same story. The crescendos and climaxes interplay with periods of moderate rest and reflection to create a series of waves through various energies and moods. Finally, we come to the sentimental landing and closing stages where we can integrate what we’ve experienced as the journey nears its end, perhaps indulging in one final burst of joy or artistic expression before sending us off to what’s next.


As a dancer herself whose life has been transformed by the practice, Quintessence always plays for the party she wants to be at. Her work often defies genre, weaving through a great many of them throughout the journey in delightfully surprising ways. As she’s a multidisciplinarian with extremely broad taste, you’ll never get the same experience with DJ Quintessence twice. She’ll make you move, make you melt, take you to places beyond words, and leave you wanting more.


DJ Quintessence has shared a stage with acts such as DJ Kakah, Tzoul, Fab, Dhroovy, Mark Carpenter, Exuberance, Intrepid, Ji, Kurama, and Andrew Roth. She can be found on Instagram, SoundCloud, Spotify, and all other major music platforms.

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