well i dont think it actually works well, so in that sense its certainly shoehorned for my liking. It's very rare these kind of "massive artist meets relatively small underground producers" remix things actually work, for me, this doesnt, and im a huge radiohead/thom yorke fan.
i meant niche from the underground producers pov, or a better way of putting it, i think more people will be buying it just because its a thom yorke release as such, and not because its Surgeon on remix duties. If you could call it a remix, like you say, its got more of a personal kinda bootleg vibe about it
either way, not for this time