Simplicity

Ka chofé lannuit
Ton chimen vini lanmou
Mé chimen anlè nou

Lè ou gad mwen, tout étwal ka briyé
Kè mwen ka bat doub, mwen pa pé espéré
Vwa’w dou kon sik, ka balé mwen
Dousé a’w rivé, mwen ka tann’w kontinen

Kè kont kè nou ka plané
Tan ka glissé, nou pa bloté

Rété avèw toujou asou lannuit
Laisse lanmou ka palé pou nou
Nout rèv ka dansé an latwob
San fòt, san ron
Rété avèw, malè an mwen
Nan silans lanmè, lanuit ka chanté
Ton ri a mwen, mon souf a’w
Rété avèw — rété avèw

Men’w anlè po mwen ka chofé
Paròl dou ki’r touché mwen
Lè mwen tann non’w, mwen pèdi sans
Ton mizik ka vwayajé andidan mwen

Kè kont kè nou ka plané
Tan ka glissé, nou pa bloté

Rété avèw toujou asou lannuit
Laisse lanmou ka palé pou nou
Nout rèv ka dansé an latwob
San fòt, san ron
Rété avèw, malè an mwen
Nan silans lanmè, lanuit ka chanté
Ton ri a mwen, mon souf a’w
Rété avèw — rété avèw

Lè lonbra ka vini, dout ka monté
Fèmen zié’w, mwen la bò’w pou toujou
Aucun distans pa pou kraze sa
Lyen sakré nou ka bati anba swa

Mi di “Rété”
Ou di “Vini”
Mi di “Toujou”
Ou di “Pou janmé”

Rété avèw toujou asou lannuit
Laisse lanmou ka palé pou nou
Nout rèv ka dansé an latwob
San fòt, san ron
Rété avèw, malè an mwen
Nan silans lanmè, lanuit ka chanté
Ton ri a mwen, mon souf a’w
Rété avèw — rété avèw

Lè jou ka levé, nout kè ka rété
Rété avèw pou tout tan

Stay avèw toujou (Nu Zouk reload)

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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https://linktr.ee/MusicByQuintessence

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecstaturdaydancecommunity

https://www.theomnimovement.org/

May the Spirit of Dance lift you up on the Wings of Freedom 🕊

The entire sound is in my hands. I write cyber poetry, produce, and compose every track ready for Immersive 3D. Every beat is crafted for spatial and next-gen headphones.
Intimate lyrics, total immersion, every track.

For 30 years I kept unfinished demos to myself, never letting them out. Now I finish what I start and release it the moment it’s alive.

I use every tool available, human or machine, as an instrument.
Technology doesn’t replace creativity. It expands it.

New tracks tagged #modern zouk