The album compiles a series of King of Limbs remix singles by electronic artists including Jamie xx, Nathan Fake, Four Tet, Caribou, Modeselektor and SBTRKT.

[3] The singer, Thom Yorke, said Radiohead wanted to experiment with the music by giving it to other artists to remix, and liked the idea that it was not "fixed and set in stone".

[5] The first seven remixes were released as 12-inch vinyl singles through XL Recordings on Radiohead's Ticker Tape Ltd. imprint label,[6] and are compiled on TKOL RMX 1234567.

[1][5][19] Radiohead celebrated the release with a live event at London's Corsica Studios on 11 October, with DJs including Yorke and contributing remix artists Jamie xx, Caribou, Lone and Illum Sphere.

[23] AllMusic said it was "fascinating to hear how this current crop of producers ... twists, bends, adjusts, and appropriates the source material".