Let’s say you’re an artist and you’ve got a track that’s begging for a different kind of remix. Maybe you don’t want the dancefloor treatment because that’s been done to death. The rock remix works alright sometimes, but you’re afraid the end result will sound like it belongs on drive-time classic rock radio. Maybe you’re looking for something a little less ordinary, something you don’t hear quite so often. In that case, might I suggest you give your song to Cornelius and let him sort it out?

Keigo Oyamada’s performing name is well known to Japanese music fans, especially those particularly attuned to his sample-heavy style of bubbly organic electronica, but far less so in the States despite backing from Matador Records. This is probably partially because Matador hasn’t bought into the Japanese trend of putting out tons of compilations between proper releases—people don’t seem to buy artist comps nearly so much in North America—meaning the latest Matador release was in 2004, a DVD video compilation accompanied by a disc of remixes from Cornelius’s 2001 album Point (which was released on its own in Japan as PM). Cornelius has since moved to a smaller label for his American releases, Everloving Records, for his 2006 album Sensuous.

What’s missing from the North American discography is CM2, a compilation that collects a number of Cornelius remixes of other artists. The effervescent remix of Tahiti 80’s “Heartbeat” is on the disc, as well as remixes of Blur’s “Tender,” the Avalanches’ “Since I Left You,” and this remix of Japanese producer Towa Tei’s “Butterfly.” The original track was exactly what you’d expect from the Deee-Lite member turned DJ/producer, a nimble Shibuya-kei-influenced dance pop track. Cornelius turns it into a sublime slice of glitchy folktronica more at home in the living room than the dancefloor. It does sound a bit like an outtake from Point, but that’s not at all a bad thing—especially if you’re already a Cornelius convert.