Towa Tei and Kylie Minogue—both interesting personalities in their own right, and oh so great when mixed together. Let’s start with the person you might not have heard of, although you’ve most likely heard at least one thing he’s done.

Towa Tei is most commonly associated with his native country of Japan these days, but it wasn’t too long ago that he spent a fair amount of time overseas; alongside some production work, he was part of that lovely early-90s dance group Deee-Lite—he’s the one on the turntables during the video for “Groove Is In The Heart.” He left the group after two albums and began putting together his own albums, floating in roughly the same constellation as people like Fantastic Plastic Machine, Pizzicato Five and Cornelius, but not really sounding that similar to any of them.

Kylie, of course, you know about. The first time she appears on a Towa Tei song was in 1998, somewhere in the hazy fog between her two major peaks of stardom. “G.B.I,” more commonly known as “German Bold Italic,” doesn’t seem so odd when placed against some of Minogue’s other collaborations—namely, her duet with Nick Cave. Still, it has to qualify as an oddity of sorts; there are very few songs where you’ll hear someone cooing about a “typeface that you have never heard before,” and the crazy get-up Minogue wears for the video is something to behold.

“Sometime Samurai” isn’t nearly so quirky, but it is arguably a better song. The deadpan, almost teutonic qualities of “G.B.I” have been replaced with a dreamy, rock-driven soundscape that’s much more likeable. Minogue plays to her strengths, too, lending some suitably seductive and breathless vocals to the mix. Despite the gap of seven years, it’s obvious the two can still make great singles together.