“Mellow but uplifting” is how tastemaker DJ Rob Da Bank introduced Gui Boratto’s remix of the new Massive Attack track “Paradise Circus” on a recent radio show, and that’s a pretty good way to put it. Brazilian DJ/producer Boratto is the most maximal of the minimal techno generation, filling his insistent grooves with stirring emotion and (gasp!) something resembling pop hooks; therefore he’s a perfect choice to remix a track off Heligoland, the latest album from the trip-hop titans.

Massive Attack are legendarily moody, and the minor chord melodies of “Paradise Circus,” along with the hushed, whispery voice of guest singer Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star fame), certainly go to that dark place. But Boratto brings an undercurrent of euphoria to the proceedings, with a tribal backbeat, shuffling hi-hats, and guitar/bass lines that split the difference between Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti Westerns and New Order’s blue Mondays. In Boratto’s transformation, “Paradise Circus” shimmers on simmer, staying true to the spirit of the original yet giving it new life. It’s a subtle revision, but in doing so, Boratto has created what may be one of the remixes of the year.