“Whenever we have played with DJs or electronic artists, they have expressed interest in remixing [us], or hearing our music remixed,” says Lobo Marino’s Jameson Price, 31.

It could be because We Hear the Ocean (stream it below), the album Lobo Marino released on D.C. label Bad Friend Records in May, is built on chants and harmonium drones. Their spacious compositions leave ample room for reinterpretation. A remix project just seemed to make sense.

“We come from the folk tradition of music, and part of the folk tradition is having your songs live past you and be transferred to other people,” says Sullivan, 30.

Sullivan’s bandmate hopped aboard. “There’s already this putting it in other people’s hands when you’re doing any kind of album,” Price says. “This is just taking it to the next level.”

So Lobo Marino commissioned a remix album, out today on Bad Friend (stream it below). To do it, they recruited folks they had played with in the past. One of the first people they turned to was Ryan Bowman, who performs under the name DJ Gon.

Bowman’s remix of “We Hear The Ocean, Lift Up The Mountain” is a reverb-heavy drone set to a throbbing beat. His take on the track is undeniably a step away from the source material, but he maintains some its key themes.

“The chorus is this sort of mystical protest imagery that we kind of intended to put in it,” Sullivan says. “The idea is that we’re hearing the ocean asking for us to clean the waterways that come from the mountain.”

To mesh with that, Bowman incorporated sounds that call to mind water and mountains.

“All the samples are all organic sounds from the river, or from wells, as well as some ocean sounds,” says the DJ, 26. “The name of the song also really motivated me to try and use crumbling sounds to symbolize the mountain.”

Price sounds pleased with the results.

“A lot of people say that a song has a spirit,” he says, “and this really turned into ‘our song.’”

Now, D.C. label Bad Friend Records is giving back in its own way. Tuesday marks the release of the imprint’s new remix collection, Deleted Scenes vs The Caribbean vs Tereu Tereu: A Benefit for HIPS. All proceeds will go to nonprofit organization HIPS, which provides services and advocacy for people affected by sex work and drug use.

Bad Friend Records’ co-owner Ryan Little, a member of Tereu Tereu, says the mission of the compilation is simple. “For me, it’s just caring about other humans,” he writes in an email. “Sex workers and prisoners are two marginalized groups that won’t score advocates any political points, so I think they’re important to care about. I learned about that in church growing up — Jesus tended to hang out with prostitutes and criminals.”

Little also has a history of supporting HIPS in particular. “I was part of a HIPS benefit years ago on Exotic Fever Records when I played in the band Pash,” he writes. “Being part of that compilation, which was called This Is A Care Package, taught me a lot about the issues facing sex workers. When I brought the idea of working with HIPS to the bands … they all really felt it was an important issue.”

The album features remixes of songs by local indie-rock acts Deleted Scenes, The Caribbean and Little’s Tereu Tereu — all of them tweaked by the bands themselves.

Some tracks sound like a loose homage to the original recording, like Tereu’s Tereu’s version of Deleted Scenes’ “You Get To Say Whatever You Want,” which turns the guttural slow burn of the original into a four-on-the-floor stomper. Others, like Deleted Scenes’ hypercaffeinated take on The Caribbean’s “Jobsworth,” use the source material as a springboard to something out of this world. “There were no rules!” Little writes. “That was the only way we knew to approach it.”

Tereu Tereu and The Caribbean, along with D.C. guitar experimentalist Harness Flux, play a release show Saturday at Union Arts. The compilation will be available for purchase in advance of its Tuesday sale date, and the show’s $8 admission will also go towards HIPS.

“Bands don’t make much money, period. Most begin and end in obscurity,” Little writes. “But if you put a little effort into it, playing music can be an inclusive way to bring people together to work on stuff that matters to the community you live in.”

Tereu Tereu, The Caribbean and Harness Flux play a benefit for HIPS at Union Arts on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m.