Aarne, BUSHIDO ZHO - SOS (nightcore/speed up)

Social/practica mix for West Coast Swing. Follows a journey format.

Track list:
Goodness - Emancipator
Gooey - Glass Animals
Window - Still Woozy
Rainberry - ZAYN
Tough - Quavo, Lana Del Rey
True Passions - goopsteppa, ill chill
Booty - Morillo 
Water Bender - The Polish Ambassador ft. Deva Carolina
PRADA - $ayonara.
Boyfriend - Selena Gomez
Walk That Walk - Bakermat, Nic Hanson
Popular - The Weeknd, Madonna ft. Playboi Carti
Walk Like This - FLO
Glory Box - The Avener, John Martyn 
Say Yeah - TroyBoi
Contemplate - Ean Golden
Fly Girl - FLO ft. Missy Elliott
Sure Thing (Sped Up) - Miguel
Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat
Feel Good - Polo & Pan 
Before You Were Mine - Still Woozy
Young - Vallis Alps

85-105 BPM

Walk That Walk (WCS Social Mix)

West Coast Swing mix maintaining a tame, steady energy level with floaty vibes at medium to medium-high tempos.

Track list:
West Coast Love - Emotional Oranges
Touch - Dillon Francis ft. BabyJake
Esther - BAYNK ftm Tinashe
Equally Lost - Tove Lo ft. Doja Cat
how deep? - Tai Verdes
Walk in Love - Scott Nice
Rocky - Still Woozy
Kick In The Head - Tove Lo
bet u wanna - Sabrina Carpenter
Leave a Trace - CHVRCHES
All We Need - ODESZA ft. Shy Girls
go with u (Louis La Roche Remix) - BAYNK
Pressure, Pt. II - James Vickery, Sinead Harnett ft. SG Lewis
All My Friends - Snakehips ft. Tinashe, Chance The Rapper
Needs - Tinashe
OUT FRONT (Clean) - Jack Harlow
Sundays - Emotional Oranges
Cinnamon - SunSquabi ft. Late Night Radio
Warm Blood - Carly Rae Jepsen
Palo Santo - Saint Joshua
Glue - Lil Halima
Keeps On Fallin' - Babyface ft. Ella Mai
Magnets - Disclosure ft. Lorde
back in time - Marian Hill
Forgive Me - SOFI TUKKER, Mahmut Orhan
Heat Waves (Shakur Ahmad Remix) - Glass Animals
Give It To You (from Songland) - Julia Michaels
No God - Sam Smith

87-108 BPM

Love and Oranges (WCS Mix)

Here is my set from October’s Sunset Swing social. The set’s name comes from the hot air balloons we saw rising into the sky nearby as we danced on the Artthaus rooftop. At that point I played a couple of songs in honor of them. Check my Instagram for some footage from this night (though sadly, I did not capture the majestic sky candles on video in time). I came really close to playing Fireflies after someone mentioned it, but didn’t. Missed opportunity? Props to the amoeba of contact-swing fusion shenanigans that the whole dance floor formed near the end of the night as I was playing energetic Hip Hop. That’s how you know the dance was good.

BPM: 83-106
Energy: full range, several waves
Location: The Omni Movement, Artthaus Studios (rooftop)

Sunset Swing - "Candles In The Sky" (West Coast Swing DJ Set, 10/20/24)

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Singles

wcs x xaxanity x 6arelyhuman - In My Head

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@s4eed

wcs x s4eed - more than nothing

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Released: 2022-11-10
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Lil Flash X WCS ~ WYA [prod. Bril Beatz]

Enjoy this totally ridiculous song I made. Maybe the first one to ever exist specifically on the subject of Swouk.

Lyrics:

[Intro]

What's my favorite word?
Swouky!
(Get Swouky)

[Verse 1]

I've got a bone to pick, and it's with sitting down
If you've got two feet, why don't you come around?
Doesn't matter if you're local or from out of town
Just shake that booty, and drop it to the ground

And you know I ain't tripping 'cause I'm down to dance
I've got this feeling, it's itching in my pants
I love to do Swouk, it's my favorite dance
I'll do a Roll-in, Yo-Yo to a Left Side Pass

[Buildup 1]

Bring you close and switch the grip
The body's information, let me feel your hips
I'll shift my weight while you come through
That's a Gostosinho (Yummy!)

[Chorus 1]

Get Swouky
Get Swouky
Swouk it up now
We get Swouky

[Verse 2]

The joy that I get from this dance, it's intangible
Take two steps back, now we're in Elastico
Could bring it in close but I think I'll Lateral
Bring you side to side, torsion is my pal

Now I've got ideas 'cause we've got the Swing hand hold
Slingshot and a double bounce, that's cool
Got more options than you can handle
Come around for the Whip and start a double spin scandal

[Buildup 2]

Aw yeah, this is called compression
It's for the dance
Oh, leading from the legs? Yeah, I can show you that right now
Let me demonstrate (ha ha ha)

[Chorus 2]

Get Swouky
Get Swouky
Swouk it up now
We get Swouky

[Bridge]

It's like, I can't even contain it
What am I supposed to do with all this energy?
It's just, bursting out
Everywhere!

Everywhere?
Everywhere!
It's all over the floor, it's all over my shoes
I don't know how I'm going to clean any of this up!

I'mma Swing over here
I'mma Zouk over there
I'mma Zouk over here
I'mma Swing over there

Getting Swouky [x12]
Getting Swouky out here tonight!

You know, you're the Swoukiest person I know, and I really mean that.
For real? That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. Thank you!

[Buildup 3]

(Alright)
Make it Swouky

[Chorus 3]

Make it Swouky
So Swouky
Make it Swouky
You're so Swouky

Get Swouky [Happy Omni-versary 3.0]

January's West Coast Swing social at The Omni Movement.

Sunset Swing - "Passionate Needs" (West Coast Swing DJ Set, 1/19/25)

Bass West Coast Swing

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

Remix of Awaken from Damien Escobar and Trade it for the Night by HAEVN.
Enjoy !

Awaken x Trade it for the Night - PEPITO REMIX

https://open.spotify.com/track/1l5zdnXMNtXTSORz5XsEDw?si=8855129135db4552&nd=1&dlsi=2d61f9507fbd4484
https://music.apple.com/au/album/green-envy/1798400989?i=1798400990
This track leans into a bluesy 12/8 rhythm, with a gentle nod to West Coast Swing styling — slow, swaying, and emotionally charged. Green Envy was a bit of an experiment: an attempt to capture that bittersweet feeling of jealousy with a simple groove and some unpolished honesty.
The melody came together surprisingly well, and the electric guitar solo adds a heartfelt touch near the end. Created using AI tools to explore musical ideas, but hopefully still carrying something that feels human and real.
Nothing flashy — just a small track with a bit of soul, and a tempo you might just dance to.

LYRICS

I see you with him and I hide my face
Pretendin I'm cool but I lost my place
Actin all smooth like I don't care
But inside I'm pullin out my hair

Green-eyed monster got a hold on me
Dancin in the dark where I can't see
Play it off cool like I don't mind
But jealousy’s a beast that’s hard to find

Tappin my feet to the beat of the band
Faster every time you stand
Tryin to smile but it’s just a frown
Every time I see you twirl around

Green-eyed monster got a hold on me
Dancin in the dark where I can't see
Play it off cool like I don't mind
But jealousy’s a beast that’s hard to find

I laugh and joke when I hear your name
But deep inside I'm playin a game
Tryin to show I'm happy and proud
When really I’m stompin inside a cloud

Summon a grin as you walk by
Blink back the tear that's in my eye
Holdin my ground but I can't win
'Cause jealousy has crawled within

Green envy

Green envy 70:105bpm (12:8)

Here it is, my first live mixed West Coast Swing set! Live mixing is very rare in WCS, so I find it awesome that SwingOut! House Party is giving it a platform by dedicating the final hour to live mixing. I came in swinging with this one, and the crowd kept eating up the energy I was dishing out so I kept giving them more of it. The smiles and nods were making my night! Proud of this one, and it feels like a proof of concept for how cool this format can be.

SwingOut! House Party - "Forbidden Freshness" (Mixed West Coast Swing DJ Set, 8/16/25)

youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBoOs20wkNv9M5WJ8uur54w

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

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👋 Hi, I’m Ed. I am an AI-assisted songwriter and remixer. I like to blend rhythm, emotion, and storytelling across genres. Much of my music carries a Brazilian Zouk feel, reflecting my roots as a dancer, but I also create songs that step beyond the dance floor into more reflective, lyric-driven explorations of universal human themes. I’m equally drawn to electronic and beat-driven styles — from house to ballroom Latin — where AI and virtual tools become instruments in their own right. Whether I’m re-imagining tracks as a cappellas or sculpting Zouk-inspired grooves, my focus is on balancing digital innovation with human depth.

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