When Chris Cunningham from Ravenna Woods emailed me this week to tell me about a new Ravenna Woods remix, I got really excited. I was hoping Cunningham had said remix on accident and what he’d meant to say was collaboration. With Champagne Champagne. Ever since the unlikely pair took the stage together at Doe Bay Fest for a collaboration born on Orcas Island, I’ve been keeping my fingers crossed that it would one day translate into Seattle studio time for the two bands. Pearl free-styling at the audience’s demand about not wanting to leave Doe Bay remains one of my favorite moments of the Fest. Standing there, watching this collaboration blossom on stage in a way that might not have ever happened on “the mainland”, none of us wanted it to end.

But Cunningham did mean remix and a good one at that. Local producer Stres turned Ravenna’s tune “Graves” from haunted hardcore into an ethereal electronic number.

However, my fingers are still crossed one morning I’ll wake up to an email from Cunningham with Champagne Champagne Collaboration in the subject line.